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Verdi Heroines / Gheorgiu, Chailly, Giuseppe Verdi SO Milan

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello
Performers: Downes, Shana; Gheorghiu, Angela; Polverelli, Laura; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"...this stunning new disc captures Angela Gheorghiu in some big roles we would not expect her to take into her repertoire at present...it is refreshing...continue...

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Chailly, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-04-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bullo, Massimiliano; Corbelli, Alessandro; De Candia, Roberto; Pertusi, Michele; Piccoli, Francesco; Polverelli, Laura; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"...Chailly's tempos here are just enough faster than his earlier one to give most of the opera an effervescence that makes it sail by. Cecilia...continue...