Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

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Album Summary

Performers

• Daniella Dessi
• Gabriella Tucci (Voice)
• Luciana Moneta (Mezzo Soprano)
• Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Fiamma D'Amico (Voice)
• Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Jose Carreras
• Régine Crespin (Soprano)
• Dolora Zajic (Mezzo Soprano)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
• Veriano Luchetti (Tenor)
• Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone)
• Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Beverly Sills
• Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Keith Erwen (Tenor)
• Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone)
• Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano)
• Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Benito Bella (Voice)
• Franco Ricciardi (Tenor)
• Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass)
• Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Alfredo Kraus
• Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone)
• Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor)

Conductors

• Barbirolli, John
• Ceccato, Aldo
• Davis, Colin
• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Molinari-Pradelli, France
• Muti, Riccardo
• Patane, Giuseppe
• Pretre, Georges
• Rudel, Julius
• Schippers, Thomas
• Serafin, Tullio
• Stapleton, Robin
• Zedda, Alberto

Ensemble

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Composer

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Notes & Reviews:

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera 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. Pieces from the same opera are grouped together, beginning with the famous drinking song from La traviata: 'Libiamo', followed by other popular favorites La traviata Rigoletto and II trovatore, among them being the swaggering "L:a donna e mobile; and the powerful Anvil Chorus. The first CD concludes with extracts from the earlier operas: Ernani and Macbeth, the latter providing one of Verdi's most impressive soprano scenes in which the scheming Lady Macbeth calls on the powers of evil to assist her in murdering Kin Dunca. The second CD opens with heartfelt chorus: 'Va pensiero' from Nabucco, sung by the Hebrew in exile longing for their homeland. Then came more well-known arias and choruses from Verdi's later operas like Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino and Aida. After extracts from this moving Requiem Mass, we hear the Fire Chorus from another of Verdi's Shakespearian settings: Otello and the program ends with three items from what some now consider to be Verdi's finest work, the historical drama Don Carlo.

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved and most popular works by the great composers, performed by the world's leading artist. The series provides a good introduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials.

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Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici

• Performers: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

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

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

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

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Noi siamo zingarelle

• Performers: Keith Erwen (Tenor); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Di Madride noi siam mattadori

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

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Teneste la promessa... Addio, del passato

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: 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. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

• Performer: Alfredo Kraus
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

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

• Performers: Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone); Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor); Daniella Dessi
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Che piu t'arresti... Tacea la notte placida... Di tale amor

• Performers: Gabriella Tucci (Voice); Luciana Moneta (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Vedi le fosche notturne

• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Ah sì, ben mio

• Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

• Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: Surta è la notte... ! , involami

• Performer: Fiamma D'Amico (Voice)
• Conductor: Alberto Zedda
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Nel dì della vittoria... Vieni! t'affretta... Or tutti sorgete

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 7 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Patria oppressa

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

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

• Performer: Jose Carreras
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

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

• Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

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

• Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 9 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Al suon del tamburo

• Performer: Dolora Zajic (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 :: Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan!

• Performers: Dolora Zajic (Mezzo Soprano); Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

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

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

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

• Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

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

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Gloria all'Egitto

• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: O terra addio

• Performers: Jose Carreras; Mirella Freni (Soprano); Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Ingemisco

• Performer: Veriano Luchetti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Fuoco di gioia

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

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

• Performers: Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone); Jose Carreras
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: O don fatale

• Performer: Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Robin Stapleton
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884