Recommendations for CD of Tosca? (particularly Scarpia)

Hi folks! I'm wondering what folks think is the best CD recording of Tosca? I was in Half Price Books tonight, and everything was all about Puccini's heroines or arias, but what I care most about is Scarpia's big scene in Act I. I'm not very knowledgeable about opera, but really want a full recording of this.

The 1953 Callas/Gobbi/di Stefano recording, de Sabata conducting, with the orchestra and chorus of La Scala. It's legendary.

>2 lilithcat:

Thank you! Will look into that.

Oh, I'm also interested in an orchestral recording with no vocals. (I do also want the vocals, but I want it without too.) Does this exist?

Sorry if I seem like I'm trying to make other people do my work. So far my attempts to look up recordings have been murky and confusing.....

>3 amysisson: I have a CD recording called Puccini Without Words, consisting of orchestral arrangements of pieces from Tosca as well as La Boheme and Madama Butterfly. The label is CBS Records.

>4 Meredy:

Ooh, thanks!

I will second the recommendation of the Callas/Gobbi/di Stefano/de Sabata recording of Tosca. I've had it in my collection, first on tape and then CD, for a good 25 years or more now. Tosca is the one opera where there seems to be virtual unanimity among critics as to the best recorded version.

>6 Jestak:

Thanks! In the meantime, I've been listening online (via Amazon Prime Music). But I still want to purchase a CD, and I'm glad there's agreement on which to buy. :-)