Newton Classics > Verdi, Giuseppe

Verdi: Overtures, Preludes and Sinfonias for orchestra / Marko Letonja

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Forza del destino; Giovanna d'Arco; Luisa Miller; I Masnadieri; Otello; I Vespri siciliani; Nabucco
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta

The preludes and overtures to his operas fulfil different functions according to the nature of the main work, and when he wrote it. This broad...continue...
Recording information: Villa Pisani, Biadene di Montebelluna, Treviso (09/01/2002-09/06/2002)....continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi & Puccini / Pritchard

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Le villi; Tosca; La rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Zealand-born Kiri Te Kanawa's lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career, won her critical acclaim and a multitude

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Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (09/17/1981)....continue...

Rita Streich sings Waltzes & Arias

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rossignol; Giuseppe Verdi: Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano; Benjamin Godard: J...
Performers: Streich, Rita
Conductors: Gaebel, Kurt
Ensemble: Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin

"...she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...
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Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner, & Weber: Operatic Arias / Brouwenstijn

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La for...
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre
Conductors: Otterloo, Willem Van; Moralt, Rudolf

The Dutch soprano Gré Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country for the fearless vibrancy of her approach to...continue...