Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces - Decca Import - PID 874345 - 02

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest opera stars.

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Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Overture

Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Un di felice

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Merc, dilette amiche (Bolero)

Performer: Maria Chiara (Soprano)
Conductor: Nello Santi
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1855

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Colin Davis
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus)

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus
Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Stride la vampa!

Performer: Stefania Toczyska (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Colin Davis
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ritorna vincitor!

Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 7 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Dio, che nell'alma infondere

Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Prelude

Conductor: John Pritchard
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Caro nome

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: O don fatale

Performer: Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

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

Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: Ernani!, Ernani, involami

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Nello Santi
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Di tu se fedele

Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Morrò, ma prima in grazia

Performer: Margaret Price (Voice)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Quando le sere al placido

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1849

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Gloria all'Egitto (Grand March)

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae (excerpt)

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

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

Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan
Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella

Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Nello Santi
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)

Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria

Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Parigi, o cara

Performers: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano); Frank Lopardo (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Ah, la paterna mano

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1847.
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus
Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: O Carlo, ascolta (Morte di Rodrigo)

Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Ingemisco

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: Come in quest'ora bruna

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Salve, o Re!... Si colmi il calice (Brindisi)

Performers: Mara Zampieri (Soprano); Neil Shicoff (Tenor); Lucia Vocals] (Soprano); Renato Bruson (Baritone)
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
Notes: Composition written: 1847.
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: O patria mia

Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: La mia letizia infondere

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : I masnadieri :: Lo sguardo avea degli angeli

Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1847

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

Performers: Gegham Grigorian (Voice); Nikolai Putilin (Baritone)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Patria oppressa

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus
Notes: Composition written: 1847.
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Tacea la notte

Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Conductor: Colin Davis
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : I due Foscari :: Dal piú remoto esilio... Odio solo, ed odio atroce

Performers: Mieczyslaw Antoniak (Tenor); José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza (Auto-da-fé Chorus) (Excerpt)

Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

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