100 Best Verdi

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Performers

• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Boris Christoff (Bass)
• Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Jon Vickers (Tenor)
• Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
• Thomas Vocals] (Tenor)
• Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
• Beverly Sills
• Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
• Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Mirella Fiorentini (Mezzo Soprano)
• Gabriella Tucci (Voice)
• Bonaldo Giaiotti (Bass)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
• Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano)
• Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Ferruccio Mazzoli (Bass)
• Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone)
• Piero de Palma (Tenor)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Simon Estes
• Florindo Andreolli (Tenor)
• Alfredo Kraus
• Birgit Nilsson
• Anna di Stasio (Mezzo Soprano)
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
• Mario Sereni
• Rolando Panerai (Baritone)
• Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• James McCracken (Tenor)
• Nan Merriman (Mezzo Soprano)
• José Carreras
• Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
• Tomaso Spataro (Tenor)
• Franco Bonisolli (Tenor)
• Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor)
• Nicola Zaccaria (Bass)
• Horst Nitsche (Tenor)
• Daniella Dessi (Tenor)
• Luigi Alva
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Giuliano Bernardi (Tenor)
• Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Soprano)
• Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Maria Borgato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Renato Ercolani (Vocals)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone)
• Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone)
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
• Kenneth Collins (Tenor)
• Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Gwynne Howell (Bass)
• Keith Erwen (Tenor)
• Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Dolora Zajick (Mezzo Soprano)
• Benito Bella (Voice)
• Paul Plishka
• Franco Ricciardi (Tenor)
• Luciana D'Intino (Soprano)
• Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass)
• Marilena Laurenza (Soprano)
• Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Shirley Verrett
• Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Walter Monachesi (Baritone)
• Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Paolo Dari (Bass)
• Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
• Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Giuseppe Campora (Tenor)

Conductors

• Abbado, Claudio
• Armstrong, Richard
• Barbirolli, John
• Barker, John
• Ceccato, Aldo
• Erede, Alberto
• Ferraris, Franco
• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Levine, James
• Maazel, Lorin
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Mehta, Zubin
• Molinari-Pradelli, France
• Muti, Riccardo
• Pappano, Antonio
• Patane, Giuseppe
• Pido, Evelino
• Rescigno, Nicola
• Rudel, Julius
• Santini, Gabriele
• Schippers, Thomas
• Serafin, Tullio
• Stapleton, Robin
• Viotti, Marcello

Ensemble

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Composer

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Notes & Reviews:

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of the world's leading singers, choruses, orchestras and conductors. The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera houses all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into popular culture from being used in TV adverts and film soundtracks, as well as being performed by the most famous classical singers of the day in concerts and on records. * CD 1 brings together many of Verdi's great arias for tenor and baritone, from the swaggering bravado of `La donna è mobile' from Rigoletto to the heartbreaking poignancy of `Niun mi tema', the death scene from Otello, Verdi's inspired setting of Shakespeare's tragedy. CD 2 presents a veritable galaxy of great sopranos and mezzos who provide a program of the greatest Verdi arias for the female voice from operas like La traviata, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera and Aida. In CD 3, the singers come together in pairs for a program of some of Verdi's finest duets, the first of which is the irresistible brindisi: `Libiamo' from La traviata sung by Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. CD 4 is a collection of great ensembles including some of the most powerful passages from Otello, Don Carlo and Aida. The next CD contains many of Verdi's best choruses, from the lively Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore to the deeply moving Chorus of Hebrew Slaves: `Va, pensiero' from Nabucco. The final CD brings together some of Verdi's powerful overtures to operas like La forza del destino and Luisa Miller, the deeply moving preludes from La traviata and Aida and some colorful ballet music from Macbeth that Verdi added for its French production.

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Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 2. Lunge da lei...Deé miei bollenti spiriti... O mio rimorso

• Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Conductor: Marcello Viotti
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 2. Di Provenza il mar, il suol

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 1. Dí tu se fedele

• Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 3. Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m'è forza perderti

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. Questa o quella

• Performer: Alfredo Kraus
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. Pari siamo

• Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
• Conductor: Alberto Erede
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. La donna è mobile

• Performer: Alfredo Kraus
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Act 2. Oh! fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido

• Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Franco Ferraris
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 4. O figli, o figli miei!...Ah, la paterna mano

• Performer: José Carreras
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 3. Il balen del suo sorriso

• Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
• Conductor: Alberto Erede
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 3. Ah sì, ben mio

• Performer: Franco Bonisolli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 3. Di quella pira

• Performers: Horst Nitsche (Tenor); Franco Bonisolli (Tenor); Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : I Lombardi alla prima crociata :: Act 2. La mia letizia

• Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Conductor: Marcello Viotti
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Act 1. Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire!

• Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem :: Ingemisco

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Act 3. La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli

• Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 4. Niun mi tema

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Barker
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : Falstaff :: Act 1. L'onore! Ladri!

• Performer: Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 1. E strano!....Ah. fors'è lui...

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 1. Follie! Follie!...Sempre libera

• Performers: Natalie Dessay (Soprano); Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. Teneste la promessa...Addio del passato

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome

• Performers: Benito Bella (Voice); Franco Ricciardi (Tenor); Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass); Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 2. Condotta ell'era in ceppi

• Performers: Franco Corelli (Tenor); Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 4. D'amor sull'ali rosee

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 2. La luce langue

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 1. Zitti...Re del abisso

• Performer: Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 2. Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dell'arido stelo divulsa

• Performer: Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 9 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 4. O don fatale

• Performer: Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Robin Stapleton
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Act 4. Pace, pace, mio Dio!

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Ritorna vincitor!

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 3. Qui Radamès verrà...O patria mia

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 4. Ave Maria

• Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 1. Libiamo, ne'lieti calici

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 1. Un dì felice, eterea

• Performers: Beverly Sills; Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 3. Parigi, o cara

• Performers: Alfredo Kraus; Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 4. Mira, d'acerbe lagrime...Vivrà! contendo il giubilo

• Performer: Gabriella Tucci (Voice)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 4. Sì, la stanchezza m'opprime...Ai nostri monti

• Performers: Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano); Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. E il sol dell'anima

• Performers: Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor); Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Giovanna d'Arco :: Act 3. A lui pensa!...Amai, ma un solo istante...

• Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1845

Verdi, Giuseppe : Giovanna d'Arco :: Act 3. Tu che all'eletto Sàulo...Or dal padre benedetta

• Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1845

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 3. Teco io sto...Non sai tu che se l'anima mia...Oh, qual soave brivido

• Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 9 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Act 3. Solenne in quest'ora

• Performers: Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem :: Recordare

• Performers: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 2. Dio, che nell'alma infondere amor

• Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Simon Estes; Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 3. Ciel! mio padre!...Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate

• Performers: Birgit Nilsson; Mario Sereni
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 4.O terra, addio

• Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 1. Già nella notte densa...

• Performers: James McCracken (Tenor); Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 1. Quando narravi

• Performers: James McCracken (Tenor); Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. Un dì, se ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell'amore

• Performers: Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone); Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor); Daniella Dessi (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 4. Miserere...Quel suon, quelle preci

• Performers: Franco Bonisolli (Tenor); Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 1. O gran Dio, che ne' cuori penetri

• Performers: Giuliano Bernardi (Tenor); Maria Borgato (Mezzo Soprano); José Carreras; Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 2. Si colmi il calici

• Performers: Maria Borgato (Mezzo Soprano); José Carreras; Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 1. Volta la terrea...

• Performers: Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Kenneth Collins (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); Placido Domingo (Tenor); Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Act 1. Ogni cura so doni al diletto

• Performers: Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Kenneth Collins (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); Placido Domingo (Tenor); Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Forza del destino :: Act 2. Al suon del tamburo

• Performer: Dolora Zajick (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Forza del destino :: Act 3. Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan!

• Performer: Dolora Zajick (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Act 4. Non imprecare, umiliati a Lui chè giusto e santo

• Performers: Paul Plishka; Placido Domingo (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 2. Nei giardin del bello

• Performers: Luciana D'Intino (Soprano); Marilena Laurenza (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 4. Ah! sii maledetto, sospetto fatale

• Performers: Shirley Verrett; Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: Act 1. Plebe! Patrizi

• Performers: Walter Monachesi (Baritone); Tito Gobbi (Baritone); Paolo Dari (Bass); Giuseppe Campora (Tenor); Boris Christoff (Bass); Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Gabriele Santini
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem :: Lacrymosa

• Performers: Ruggero Raimondi (Bass); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano); Jon Vickers (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Su! del Nilo al sacro lido

• Performers: Mirella Freni (Soprano); Thomas Vocals] (Tenor); Ruggero Raimondi (Bass); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano); José Carreras
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Nume, custode e vindice

• Performers: Mirella Fiorentini (Mezzo Soprano); Bonaldo Giaiotti (Bass); Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 2. Che veggo! Egli? Mio padre!

• Performers: Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano); Birgit Nilsson; Ferruccio Mazzoli (Bass); Mario Sereni; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Bass); Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 3. A terra!...sì, nel livido fango

• Performers: Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass); James McCracken (Tenor); Gwyneth Jones (Soprano); Piero de Palma (Tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Florindo Andreolli (Tenor); Anna di Stasio (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 9 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Falstaff :: Act 1. Del tuo barbero diagnostico

• Performers: Rolando Panerai (Baritone); Nan Merriman (Mezzo Soprano); Tomaso Spataro (Tenor); Nicola Zaccaria (Bass); Luigi Alva; Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Soprano); Renato Ercolani (Vocals); Anna Moffo (Soprano); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Acts 2. Vedi le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus)

• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Act 3. Or co'dadi...Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera

• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Act 1. Gli arredi festivi

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Act 3. Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: Act 1. Eviva! beviam! beviam!

• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: Act 3. Un patto! un giuramento!...So ridesti il Leon di Castiglia

• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. Zitti, zitti (Chorus of Courtiers)

• Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 2. Noi siamo zingarelle (Chorus of Gypsies)

• Performers: Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Keith Erwen (Tenor)
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 2. Di Madride noi siam mattadori

• Performers: Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano); Keith Erwen (Tenor)
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Prologue. Urli, rapine

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Prologue. Viva il re delle mille foreste

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi, alla prima crociata :: Act 3. Gerusalem! Gerusalem!

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi, alla prima crociata :: Act 4. O Signore, dal tetto natio (Pilgrims' Chorus)

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 4. Patria oppressa (Chorus of Scottish Refugees)

• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Act 5. Si celebri alfine tra canti, tra fior

• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Act 3. Nella guerra è la follia

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 1. Fuoco di gioia (Fire Chorus)

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 3. Spuntato ecco dì d'esultanza

• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem :: Dies irae

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem :: Sanctus

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 2. Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal Scene and Grand March)

• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Overture

• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 1. Prelude

• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 3. Prelude

• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Overture

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Overture

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 7 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Overture

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 3. Ballet Music

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 10 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Prelude

• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 2. Ballet Music

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Act 3. Le quattro stagioni. L'inverno

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Act 3. Le quattro stagioni. L'estate

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Act 3. Le quattro stagioni. L'autunno

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 9 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855
• Studio/Live: Live