Les Introuvables Du Chant Verdien (Verdi Vocal Rarities)Amazon. com This collection, whose French title might be translated "Verdi Vocal Rarities," is a unique contribution to the Verdi centennial year. Its 136 selections on eight compact discs offer an in depth survey of singers who recorded notable Verdi performances during the era of 78 rpm recording. Coincidentally, this period covers, within a few years, the half century after the composer's death, in 1901. Some of the singers in the earliest cuts