Essential Verdi (us release)

~ Release by Giuseppe Verdi (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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1Requiem: "Dies irae" (extract)
choir vocals:
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
partial recording of:
Requiem: II. Dies Irae
composer:
Cyrillus Kreek (in 1927)
part of:
Requiem
2:30
2La forza del destino: "Pace, pace, mio Dio!"5:43
3Rigoletto: "Questa o quella"
tenor vocals [Duca]:
Carlo Bergonzi
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor:
Nello Santi
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 Ballata “Questa o quella” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (from 1850 until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (from 1850 until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto I
2:01
4Rigoletto: Quartet "Bella figlia dell'amore"
baritone vocals [Rigoletto]:
Sherrill Milnes
mezzo-soprano vocals [Maddalena]:
Huguette Tourangeau
soprano vocals [Gilda]:
Joan Sutherland
tenor vocals [Duca]:
Luciano Pavarotti
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. N°12 Quartetto "Bella figlia dell'amore" (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
4:04
5Otello: "Ave Maria"
soprano vocals [Desdemona]:
Renée Fleming
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Ave Maria” (Desdemona)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (from 1884 until 1886-11-01, in 1887)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
4:57
6La traviatta: "Parigi, o cara"4:24
7Macbeth: "Ah, la paterna mano"2:33
8Il trovatore: "Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera"2:53
9Don Carlo: Morte di Rodrigo "O Carlo, ascolta"4:17
10Requiem: "Ingemisco"
producer:
John Culshaw and Christopher Raeburn
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-28)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-28)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-28)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-28)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-28)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore) (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-28)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
3:38
11Simon Boccanegra: "Come in quest'ora bruna"3:42
12Macbeth: Brindisi "Salve, o Re!... Si colmi il calice"3:30
13Aida: "O patria mia"5:32
14I lombardi: "La mia letizia infondere"2:26
15I masnadieri: "Lo sguardo avea degli angeli"
soprano vocals [Amalia]:
Montserrat Caballé (in 1975)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Lamberto Gardelli (in 1975)
recording of:
I masnadieri: Atto I. N°4 “Lo sguardo avea degli angeli” (Amalia) (in 1975)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
part of:
I masnadieri: Atto I.
4:00
16La forza del destino: "Solenne in quest'ora"
baritone vocals [Carlo]:
Nikolai Putilin (in 1995-12)
tenor vocals [Alvaro]:
Gegam Grigorian (in 1995-12)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (in 1995-12)
conductor:
Valery Gergiev (in 1995-12)
recorded at:
Mariinsky Theatre in Sankt-Peterburg, Russia (in 1995-12)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto III, scena 1. “Solenne in quest’ora” (Alvaro, Don Carlo) (in 1995-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto III
4:19
17Macbeth: "Patria oppressa"4:58
18Il trovatore: "Tacea la notte"3:46
19I due Foscari: "Dal più remoto esilio ... Odio solo, ed odio atroce"5:01
20Don Carlo: Auto-da-fé Chorus "Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza" (extract)3:36