Verdi – Chorusess and Ballet Music – Claudio Abbado

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Don Carlos - Ce jour heureux est plein d'allégresse! - chorus
Nabucco - Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate - chorus
Macbeth - ballett music
Il Trovatore - Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie - chorus
Don Carlos - ballett
Aida "Gloria all'Egitto" *
Aida - triumphal scene
Aida - ballett
Aida "Vieni, o guerriero vindice" *

Nicolai Ghiaurov - bass *
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado - conductor

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Verdi – Requiem – Fritz Reiner

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Messa da Requiem *
Quattro pezzi sacri +

Leontyne Price - soprano *
Rosalind Elias - mezzo-soprano *
Jussi Björling - tenor *
Griogio Tozzi - bass *
Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano +
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde *
Los Angeles Master Chorale +
Wiener Philharmoniker *
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra +
Fritz Reiner - conductor *
Zubin Mehta - conductor +

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Various Composers – 'Verdi & Variations' – Yuli Turovsky

Marc-Olivier Dupin (b.1954):
Fantasia on Arias from "La Traviata" *
Antonio Pasculli (1842-1924):
Grand Concerto on Themes from Verdi's "I vespri siciliani" +
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
String Quartet in E minor (arr.for strings by Y.Turovsky)

Alexander Trostiansky - violin *
Philippe Magnan - oboe +
I Musici de Montréal
Yuli Turovsky - conductor

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Various Composers – 'Messa per Rossini' – Helmuth Rilling

remembering Gioachino Rossini

(29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868)

Messa per Rossini

Antonio Buzzolla (1815-1871): Requiem, Kyrie, Die Irae
Carlo Pedrotti (1817-1893): Tuba mirum
Antonio Cagnoni (1828-1896): Quid sum miser
Federico Ricci (1809-1877): Recordare Jesu
Alessandro Nini (1805-1880): Ingemisco
Raimondo Boucheron (1800-1876): Confutatis, Oro supplex
Carlo Coccia (1782-1873): Lacrimosa, Amen
Gaetano Gaspari (1808-1881): Domine Jesu, Quam olim Abrahae, Hostias
Pietro Platania (1828-1907): Sanctus, Hosanna
Lauro Rossi (1812-1885): Agnus Dei
Teodulo Mabellini (1817-1897): Lux Aeterna
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Libera me, Dies irae, Requiem aeternam

Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová - soprano
Florence Quivar - contralto
James Wagner - tenor
Alexandru Agache - baritone
Aage Haugland - bass
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling - conductor

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Verdi, Ponchielli, Wagner – Orchestral Music from Operas – Various Artists

Ballet music from Operas:

CD 1:

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Jérusalem (I Lombardi)
Il Trovatore
Otello
Don Carlo

CD 2:
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
I vespre siciliani
Macbeth
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886):
La Gioconda
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Tanhäuser

Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Staatskapelle Dresden
London Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Antonio de Almeida - conductor
Silvio Varviso - conductor
Edo de Waart - conductor

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Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi – String Quartets (Orchestra) – Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Crisantemi for String Quartet
3 Minuetti for String Quartet
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
String Quartet No.9 in D minor
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
String Quartet in E minor

Orchestre d'Auvergne
Jean-Jacques Kantorow - conductor

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Barenboim - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven, Brahms, Verdi

tribute to Daniel Barenboim on his birthday

(born 15 November 1942)

CD 1/ CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Missa solemnis, op.123

Tina Kiberg - soprano
Waltraud Meier - mezzo-soprano
John Aler - tenor
Robert Holl - bass


CD 3:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Ein deutsches Requiem, op.45

Janet Williams - soprano
Thomas Hampson - baritone


CD 4 / CD 5:
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Messa da Requiem

Alessandra Marc - soprano
Waltraud Meier - mezzo-soprano
Plácido Domingo - tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto - bass


Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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Verdi Discoveries – Riccardo Chailly

remembering Giuseppe Verdi on his birth bicentenary

(10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Sinfonia in C
Variazioni per pianoforte ed orchestra *
La forza del destino - Preludio (1862)
Adagio per tromba ed orchestra +
Aida - Preludio (1872)
Variazioni per oboe ed orchestra #
Otello - Preludio [attrib.]
I lombardi alla prima croatia - Preludio, Atto III
Simon Boccanegra - Preludio (1857)
Capriccio per fagotto ed orchestra §

Jean-Yves Thibaudet - piano *
Gianluigi Petrarulo - trumpet +
Alessandro Potenza - oboe #
Andrea Magnani - bassoon §
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Verdi - La Forza del Destino – Levine

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
La Forza del Destino - opera in 4 acts

with:
Leontyne Price
Placido Domingo
Sherrill Milnes
Fiorenza Cossotto
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Gabriel Bacquier

John Alldis Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
James Levine - conductor

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Verdi - Simon Boccanegra – Abbado

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Simon Boccanegra - opera in 3 acts

with:
Piero Cappuccilli
Mirella Freni
Nicolai Ghiaurov
José Carreras
José van Dam
Giovanni Foiani
Antonio Savastano

Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado - conductor

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Verdi – Messa da Requiem, Quattro Pezzi Sacri – John Eliot Gardiner

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Messa da Requiem
Quatro Pezzi Sacri

Luba Orgonasova - soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Luca Canonici - tenor
Alastair Miles - bass
Donna Brown - soprano
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique [on period instruments]
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

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Verdi – Requiem – LPO, Lopez-Cobos

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Requiem

Margaret Price - soprano
Livia Budai - mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Giacomini - tenor
Robert Lloyd - bass
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos - conductor

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Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera – Solti

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Un ballo di maschera - opera in 3 acts

with:
Luciano Pavarotti
Margaret Price
Renato Bruson
Christa Ludwig
Kathleen Battle
Peter Weber
Robert Lloyd
Malcolm King
Alexander Oliver
Peter Hall

London Opera Chorus
Royal College of Music Junior Department Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti - conductor

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Verdi - Ernani – Muti

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Ernani - opera in 4 acts

with:
Plácido Domingo
Mirella Freni
Renato Bruson
Nicolai Ghiaurov

Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti - conductor

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Verdi - Otello – Solti

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Otello - opera in 4 acts

with:
Luciano Pavarotti
Kiri Te Kanawa
Leo Nucci
Rolfe Johnson
Elzibeta Ardam
Dimitri Kavrakos
Alan Opie
John Keyes
Richard Cohn
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti - conductor

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Rossini, Verdi – Overtures – Ferenc Fricsay

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Overture of "Il barbieri di Siviglia"
Overture of "Tancredi"
Overture of "Il Signor Bruschino"
Overture of "La gazza ladra"
Overture of "Semiramide"
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Overture of "Nabucco"
Prelude of the 1st act of "La Traviata"
Prelude of the 4th act of "La Traviata"
Overture of "La forza del destino"
Overture of "Aida"
Overture of "I vespri siciliani"

RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Verdi – Aida – Karajan

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Aida - opera in four acts

with:
Mirella Freni
José Carreras
Agnes Baltsa
Piero Cappuccilli
Ruggero Raimondi
José van Dam
Katia Ricciarelli
Thomas Moser

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Opera Fantasies – Ensemble Wien-Berlin

George Bizet / François Borne:
Fantaisie brillante on Themes from Carmen for Flute and Piano
Carl Maria von Weber / Fritz Kroepsch:
Der Freischütz - Fantasy for Clarinet and Piano
George Gershwin / Heinz Czadek:
Songs from Porgy and Bess for Bassoon and Piano
Giuseppe Verdi / Franz Liszt:
Rigoletto - Concert Paraphrase for Piano solo
Richard Wagner / Roland Horvath:
Der Ring des Niebelungen - Fantasy for Horn and Piano
Gaetano Donizetti / Antonio Pasculli:
Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera La Favorita for Oboe and Piano

Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Stefan Vladar - piano

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Verdi – Il Trovatore – Mehta

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Il Trovatore - opera in four acts

with:
Leontyne Price
Placido Domingo
Sherrill Milnes
Fiorenza Cossotto
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Ryland Davies
Stanley Riley
Neilson Taylor

The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Verdi - Falstaff - Giulini

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Falstaff - commedia lirica in 3 acts

with:
Renato Bruson
Leo Nucci
Dalmacio Gonzales
Michael Sells
Francis Egerton
William Wildermann
Katia Ricciarelli
Barbara Hendricks
Lucia Valentini Terrani
Brenda Boozer

Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini - conductor

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