Gergiev, Valery > Verdi, Giuseppe

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Gergiev, Gorchakova, Putilin, Grigorian [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Alexashkin, Sergei; Gorchakova, Galina; Grigorian, Gegam; Karasev, Grigory; Putilin, Nikolai; Tarasova, Marianna
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi's drama of love and destiny in times of war remains one of the best known operas by this Italian master. Conductor Valery Gergiev...continue...
Run Time: 160 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish
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Homage - The Age of the Diva / Fleming, Gergiev, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2006-10-17

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The oprichnik; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane, oper...
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Skvarova, Yvona; Terentiev, Kirill
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery

Acclaimed American soprano Renee Fleming enjoys particular success in roles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when glorious vocal writing and opulent orchestrations...continue...

Portrait - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

2 CD / Philips / 2006-05-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Vincenzo Bellini: I ...
Performers: Arkadiev, Mikhail; Boshniakovich, Oleg; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery; Marin, Ion; Marriner, Sir Neville; Skripka, Sergei; Kalinin, Nikolai; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; The Chorus O...

Dmitri Hvorostovksy is one of the leading representatives of a generation of Russian singers who, unlike their immediate predecessors, have able to establish themselves as...continue...

Verdi: Requiem

2 CD / Philips / 2001-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Borodina, Olga; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery

"From almost every point of view this is a superb version of a work whose vocal, choral and orchestral requirements...make it a severe challenge. Gergiev's...empathy...continue...
Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most tuneful, beloved composers of vocal music Italy has produced. Verdi wrote REQUIEM in honor of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist he greatly admired. Acc...continue...

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; ...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

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...continue...