This 6CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of the world’s leading singers, orchestras and conductors.
The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera houses 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.
CD 1 brings together many of Verdi’s great arias for tenor and baritone, from the swaggering bravado of ‘La donna è mobile’ from Rigoletto to the heartbreaking poignancy of ‘Niun mi tema’, the death scene from Otello, Verdi’s inspired setting of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The first singer to be heard is the matchless Placido Domingo, and he is followed by a procession of other great tenors including José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Villazón and Roberto Alagna, as well as some of the world’s finest baritones such as Tito Gobbi and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
CD 2 presents a veritable galaxy of great sopranos and mezzos, led by the legendary Maria Callas and including Natalie Dessay, Victoria de los Angeles and Montserrat Caballé who provide a programme of the greatest Verdi arias for the female voice from operas like La traviata, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera and Aida.
In CD 3, the singers come together in pairs for a programme of some of Verdi’s finest duets, the first of which is the irresistible brindisi: ‘Libiamo’ from La traviata sung by Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. Some of the major stars heard on this CD for the first time include Beverly Sills, Renata Scotto and Birgit Nilsson.
CD 4 is a collection of great ensembles, beginning with the famous quartet from Rigoletto and including some of the most powerful passages from Otello, Don Carlo and Aida. The CD finishes with the scene from Verdi’s comic masterpiece Falstaff where the women make fun of Sir John’s clumsy efforts to woo them in one of the most brilliant pieces of quicksilver vocal writing in all opera.
The next CD contains many of Verdi’s best choruses, from the lively Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore to the deeply moving Chorus of Hebrew Slaves: ‘Va, pensiero’ from Nabucco. The disc finishes spectacularly with the Grand March and Chorus from the Triumphal Scene in Aida.
The final CD brings together some of Verdi’s powerful overtures to operas like La forza del destino and Luisa Miller, the deeply moving preludes from La traviata and Aida and some colourful ballet music from Macbeth that Verdi added for its French production. It ends with extracts from the ‘Four Seasons’ ballet from I vespri siciliani, also written specially for its première in Paris.
CD 1
1. Aida (2001 Digital Remaster) – Se quel guerrier io fossi …. Celeste Aida
Placido Domingo
2. La Traviata – Scena, aria e cabaletta: Lunge da lei…De’ miei bollenti…O mio rimorso (Alfredo)
Rolando Villazon
3. Scene & Aria – Di Provenza il mar, il suol
Renato Bruson
4. Un ballo in maschera (1990 Digital Remaster) – Di’ tu se fedele (Act I) (1990 Digital Remaster)
Giuseppe Patanè
5. Un ballo in maschera – Forse la soglia…Ma se m’è forza perdeti
New Philharmonia Orchestra
6. Scene 1 (1996 Digital Remaster) – Questa o quella (Duca) (1996 Digital Remaster)
Alfredo Kraus
7. Rigoletto (1995 Digital Remaster) – Pari siamo!
Alberto Erede
8. Act 3 (1996 Digital Remaster) РLa donna ̬ mobile (Duca) (1996 Digital Remaster)
Alfredo Kraus
9. Luisa Miller – Oh! Fede negar potessi… Quando le sere al placido
Franco Ferraris
10. Macbeth (1985 Digital Remaster) – O figli, o figli miei … Ah, la paterna mano
José Carreras
11. Il trovatore (1995 Digital Remaster) – Il balen del suo sorriso
Berliner Symphoniker
12. ACT 3 Scene Two – Ah si, ben mio, coll’essere io tuo (Manrico)
Chöre der Deutschen Oper Berlin
13. ACT 3 Scene Two – Di quella pira l’orrendo foco (Manrico/Ruiz/Coro)
Chöre der Deutschen Oper Berlin
14. I Lombardi – Cavatina: La mia letizia (Oronte)
Rolando Villazon
15. ACTE 1 РR̩citative et Romance: Fontainbleau! For̻t immense et solitaire! (Don Carlos)
Roberto Alagna
16. Sequenza: – Ingemisco
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
17. La Forza del Destino (1993 Digital Remaster) – La Vita e inferno all’infelice-oh tu che in seno agli’angeli
Carlo Bergonzi
18. Otello – Niun mi tema (Act 4)
John Barker
19. Scene One – L’Onore! Ladri!…Io stesso, sì, io, io (Falstaff)
Tito Gobbi
CD 2
1. La Traviata – È strano! È strano!…Ah, fors` è lui
Concerto Köln
2. La Traviata – Follie! Follie!…Sempre libera
Concerto Köln
3. La Traviata (1992 Digital Remaster) – Teneste la promessa….Attendo – ne a me giungon mai!….Addio, del passato (Violetta/Annina/Doctor)
Silvio Maionica
4. Rigoletto [Act I] (1988 Digital Remaster) – Gualtier Maldè… Caro nome (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Courtiers, Marullo)
Francesco Molinari Pradelli
5. ACT 2 Scene 1 – Condotta ell’era in ceppi (Azucena, Manrico)
Giulietta Simionato
6. ACT 4 Scene 1 – D’amor sull’ali rosee (Leonora)
Chöre der Deutschen Oper Berlin
7. Scene 1 (2007 Digital Remaster) – La luce langue (Lady Macbeth) (2007 Digital Remaster)
Nicola Rescigno
8. Un ballo in maschera: Zitti…Re del abisso – Zitti… l’incanto… Re dell’abisso
Girls from the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, Elstree
9. Un ball in maschera: Ecco l’orrido campo – Ecco l’orrido campo … Ma dall’arido stelo
Martina Arroyo
10. Don Carlo (1984 Digital Remaster) – Don Carlo: O don fatale
Elena Obraztsova
11. ACT 4 – Pace, pace, mio Dio (Donna Leonora)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
12. Aida (2007 Digital Remaster) – Ritorna vincitor (Atto I)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
13. Aida (2007 Digital Remaster) – Aida: Qui Radamès verrà …O patria mia
Montserrat Caballé
14. Seconda scena/Scene 2/Zweite Szene/Deuxi̬me Sc̬ne РAve Maria, piena di grazia (Desdemona)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
CD 3
1. La traviata: Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici (Alfredo/Tutti/Violetta – Act I)
Terry Edwards
2. Act I (1988 Digital Remaster) – Un dì, felice, eterea
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
3. La Traviata – Parigi, o cara
Alfredo Kraus
4. Il Trovatore (highlights) – Mira, d’acerbe lagrime…Vivra:contende il glubilo
Mario Rinaudo
5. Il Trovatore (highlights) – Si, la stanchezza m’opprime…Al nostri montri ritorneremo
Mario Rinaudo
6. Scene 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) – E il sol dell’anima (Duca/Gilda/Ceprano/Borsa/Giovanna)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
7. Act 3 (1989 Digital Remaster) – A lui pensa!…Amai, ma un solo istante (1989 Digital Remaster)
Sherrill Milnes
8. Act 3 (1989 Digital Remaster) – Giovanna d’Arco: Tu che all’eletto SÃ ulo…Or dal padre benedetta
Sherrill Milnes
9. Un ballo in maschera: Teco io sto…Non sai tu che se l’anima mia…Oh, qual soave brivido – Teco io sto…Non sai tu che se l’anima mia…Oh, qual soave brivido (Act II)
Placido Domingo
10. ACT 3 – Solenne in quest’ora (Don Alvaro/Don Carlo di Vargas)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
11. Sequenza: – Recordare
Jon Vickers
12. Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster) – Dio, che nell’alma infondere amor (Carlo/Rodrigo/Coro/Un Frate) (2000 Digital Remaster)
John McCarthy
13. Act 3 – Aida: Ciel! mio padre!…Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate
Mario Sereni
14. Act 3 – Aida: O terra addio (2001 Digital Remaster)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
15. Terza scena/Scene 3/Dritte Szene/Troisième Scène – Gia nella notte densa ….
Glynne Thomas
16. Terza scena/Scene 3/Dritte Szene/Troisième Scène – Quando narravi … Ed io vedea fra le tue tempie … Venga la morte! (Otello/Desdemona)
Glynne Thomas
CD 4
1. ATTO TERZO/ACT 3/DRITTER AKT/TROISIÈME ACTE – Rigoletto: Un dì, se ben rammentomi…Bella figlia dell’amore
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
2. ACT 4 Scene 1 – Miserere…Quel suon, quelle preci (Coro/Leonora/Manrico)
Leontyne Price
3. ACT 4 Scene 1 – Macbeth: O gran Dio, che ne’cuori penetri
Giuliano Bernardi
4. Macbeth (1999 Digital Remaster) – Si colmi il calice (Lady Macbeth/Coro/Macduff/Dama) (1999 Digital Remaster)
John McCarthy
5. Scena prima/Scene 1/Erste Szene/Premi̬re Sc̬ne РVolta la terrea (Oscar/Riccardo/Giudice/Renato/Samuel/Tom/Coro) (1997 Digital Remaster)
Piero Cappuccilli
6. Scena prima/Scene 1/Erste Szene/Premi̬re Sc̬ne РOgni cura si doni al diletto (Riccardo/Renato/Oscar/Samuel/Tom/Coro) (1997 Digital Remaster)
Piero Cappuccilli
7. ACT 2 – Al suon del tamburo (Preziosilla/Un Alcade/Don Carlo di Vargas)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
8. ACT 3 – Rataplan, rataplan, della gloria (Preziosilla)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
9. ACT 4 – Non imprecare, umiliata (Padre Guardiano/Donna Leonora/Don Alvaro)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
10. ACT 1 – Nei giardin del bello (Eboli/Tebaldo/Coro di Dame)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
11. Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster) – Ah! si maledetto, sospetto fatale (Filippo/Elisabetta/Eboli/Rodrigo) (2000 Digital Remaster)
Shirley Verrett
12. Scena seconda/Scene Two (Conclusion) – Plebe! Patrizi! (Simone/Coro/Amelia/Pietro/Paolo/Gabriele/Fiesco)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera, Roma
13. Sequenza: – Lacrymosa
Jon Vickers
14. Aida (1986 Digital Remaster) – Su! del Nilo al sacro lido
Thomas Moser
15. Scene 2 (1989 Digital Remaster) – Nume, custode e vindice (Ramfis, Radames, Priests, Priestesses, Priestess) (1989 Digital Remaster)
Mirella Fiorentini
16. Scene 2 (1989 Digital Remaster) – Aida: Che veggo! Egli? Mio padre!
Ferruccio Mazzoli
17. Ottava e Nona scena/Scenes 8 & 9/Achte und Neunte Szene/Huitième et Neuvième Scènes – Otello: A terra! sì, nel livido fango
Florindo Andreolli
18. Scene Two – Del tuo barbaro diagnostico (Caio/Alice/Nannetta/Quickly/Meg/Uomini)
Roberto Benaglio
CD 5
1. ACT 2 Scene 1 – Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Gypsies)
Gianni Lazzari
2. ACT 3 Scene 1 – Or co’ dadi, ma fra poco (Soldiers’ Chorus) (Soldiers, Ferrando)
Gianni Lazzari
3. Nabucco – Gli arredi festivi
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
4. Nabucco – Va pensiero, sull’ali dorata
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
5. Act I – Evviva! beviam! beviam!
6. Act III – Un patto! un giuramento!…Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia
7. Rigoletto [Act I] (1988 Digital Remaster) – Zitti, zitti, (Courtiers, Gilda, Rigoletto)
Francesco Molinari Pradelli
8. Scene II – Noi siamo zingarelle (Zingare/Coro/Flora/Marchese) (1988 Digital Remaster)
Richard Van Allan
9. Scene II – Di Madride noi siam mattadori (Gastone/Mattadori/Tutti) (1988 Digital Remaster)
Aldo Ceccato
10. Attila – Urli, rapine (Prologo)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
11. Attila РViva il r̩ dalla mille foreste (Prologo)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
12. I Lombardi alla prima crociata – Gerusalem!
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
13. I Lombardi alla prima crociata – O Signore, del tetto natio (Chorus)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
14. Macbeth (1987 Digital Remaster) – Patria oppressa! (Act 4) (1987 Digital Remaster)
Lamberto Gardelli
15. Act V (1996 Digital Remaster) – Si celebri alfine tra canti, tra fior
16. La forza del destino РNella guerra, ̬ la follia
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
17. Prima scena/Scene 1/Erste Szene/Première Scène – Fuoco di gioia! … (Ciprioti)
Glynne Thomas
18. Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster) – Spuntato ecco il dì d’esultanza (Coro) (2000 Digital Remaster)
John McCarthy
19. Sequenza: – Dies irae
Jon Vickers
20. Sequenza: – Sanctus
Jon Vickers
21. Aida (1987 Digital Remaster) – Gloria all’ Egitto (Act II)
Lamberto Gardelli
CD 6
1. La forza del destino – Overture
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
2. Act I – Prelude (1988 Digital Remaster)
Aldo Ceccato
3. Act III – Prelude (1988 Digital Remaster)
Aldo Ceccato
4. Luisa Miller: Overture (2004 Digital Remaster) – Overture
Sir Charles Mackerras
5. Luisa Miller: Overture (2004 Digital Remaster) – Nabucco – Overture
Riccardo Muti
6. I vespri Siciliani (1986 Digital Remaster) – Overture
Riccardo Muti
7. I vespri Siciliani (1986 Digital Remaster) – Ballet Music from Macbeth
Riccardo Muti
8. Aida (1989 Digital Remaster) – Prelude
Tullio Serafin
9. Aida (1998 Digital Remaster) – Act 2, Ballet Music
Herbert von Karajan
10. ATTO TERZO/ACT 3/DRITTER AKT/TROISIEME ACTE – Primo Ballabile – L’Inverno (Orchestra)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
11. ATTO TERZO/ACT 3/DRITTER AKT/TROISIEME ACTE – Terzo Ballabile – L’Estate (Orchestra)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
12. ATTO TERZO/ACT 3/DRITTER AKT/TROISIEME ACTE – Quarto Ballabile – L’Autunno (Orchestra)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
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