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[[Transcription disc|Transcription]] recordings were made of some of his live performances, including a 1935 concert of [[Beethoven]]'s ''[[Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)|Missa Solemnis]]'' with [[Arturo Toscanini]] and the [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra]] (which also featured [[Elisabeth Rethberg]], Marion Telva, and [[Ezio Pinza]] (broadcast by [[CBS]]), a 1939 performance of [[Verdi]]'s ''[[Simon Boccanegra]]'' by the [[Metropolitan Opera]], also with Rethberg and Pinza (broadcast by [[NBC]]), and various ''Otellos'' from the 1930s onwards—including a 1941 version with [[Lawrence Tibbett]], [[Stella Roman]], and [[Alessio de Paolis]], under [[Ettore Panizza]]. Some of these trancriptions have been issued on LP and CD.
 
On August 6, 1926, Martinelli appeared in a [[Vitaphone]] short film, singing "[[Vesti la giubba]]" from ''[[I Pagliacci]]'', one of eight short films shown before the [[Warner Brothers]] feature film ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'' starring [[John Barrymore]].
Several episodes of a [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] TV series hosted by him called ''[[Opera Cameos]]'' (1953-55) are stored at the [[Paley Center for Media]].
 
Several episodes of a [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] TV series hosted by him called ''[[Opera Cameos]]'' (1953-55) are storedin the collection of at the [[Paley Center for Media]].
 
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