Giuseppe Verdi

(1813-1901)

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Georg Solti: The Legacy 1937-1997

CD 1 [80:00 approx]

[1] Schubert: Abschied 3:21

Recorded: 25 June 1947 [studio]

Max Lichtegg / Sir Georg Solti

[2] Mozart: Di Zauberflöte: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen 3:57

Recorded: Salzburg Festival 1937

Willi Domgraf-Faßbaender / WP / Toscanini

Sir Georg Solti keyboard glockenspiel

[3] Richard Strauss: Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein 8:42

Recorded: August 1952 [studio]

Christel Goltz / Bayerisches Staatsorchester

[4] Berg: Lulu: Wie kannst Du die Szene gegen mich aus spielen?

[Sonaten-Durchführung] 7:13

Recorded: 1961

Ernst Gutstein / Helga Pilarczyk / Frankfurt Opera

[5] Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres! … Es ist ein Traum 14:10

Recorded: December 1959

Sena Jurinac / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Hanny Steffek / Ronald Lewis / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[6] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Hai gia vinta la causa 4:49

Recorded: 1963

Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[7] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento 5:09

Recorded: 1963

Mirella Freni / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[8] Verdi: Otello: Ora e per sempre addio… si pel ciel 10:37

Recorded: 1964

James McCracken / Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[9] Mozart: Così fan tutte: Soave sia il vento 3:33

Recorded: July 1968

Pilar Lorengar / Josephine Veasey / Keith Engen / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[10] Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: Merci, doux crepuscule! 5:05

Recorded: August 1963

Nicolai Gedda / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[11] Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander! 5:27

Recorded: March 1968 [studio]

Delme Bryn-Jones / Kenneth McDonald / Elizabeth Robson / Anne Howells

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[12] Giordano: Andrea Chénier: Vicino a te 7:31

Recorded 10 November 1956

Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker / Orchestra of the Lyric Opera, Chicago

CD 2 [77:00 approx]

[1]-[3] Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos, K365 24:47

Recorded: 9 October 1987

Murray Perahia, Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

[4] Verdi: Otello: Gia nella notte densa 9:47

Recorded: 9 October 1987

Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro:

3 short rehearsal sequences from the Decca recording

[5] Act 2 - Porgi amor - rehearsal of orchestral introduction 3:28

[6] Act 4 - recitative rehearsal sequence: Ebbene, il padron l'odia...

a un fischio mio correte tutti quanti 3:36

[7] Act 1 - La vendetta - rehearsal of introduction 1:44

Recorded: May 1981

[8] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi amor 4:01

Recorded: 1991

Margaret Price / Chamber Orchestra of Europe

[9] Britten: Billy Budd: O beauty, o handsomeness 5:59

Recorded: March 1968 [studio]

Forbes Robinson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[10] Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise 7:41

Recorded: 3 July 1971

Birgit Nilsson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

[11] Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Grane mein Roß… selig grüßt dich dein Weib! 2:01

Recorded: July 1983

Hildegard Behrens / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

[12] Mozart: Così fan tutte: Come Scoglio 4:31

Recorded: May 1994

Renée Fleming / Chamber Orchestra of Europe

[13] Schubert: An die Musik 3:20

Recorded: October 1992

Hans Hotter / Jeffrey Tate

[14] Verdi: La forza del destino: Pace, pace 5:45

Recorded: January 1997 [studio] - previously unpublished

Angela Gheorghiu / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti

Georg Solti

As Decca marks the centenary of Sir Georg Solti with several box sets devoted to many of his benchmark opera recordings comes a very special 2-CD set entitled Solti - The Legacy 1937-1997.

This 2-CD set contains 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and unpublished studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti's entire professional career as well as his 50-year exclusive association with Decca.

The accompanying booklet contains an essay by broadcaster, writer and former member of the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jon Tolansky (who played in the orchestra during part of Sir Georg Solti's tenure as Music Director); sung texts in the original language + English are included as well as a selection of photographs.

Decca Solti Edition - 4784884

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Famous Marches

	Colonel Bogey Kenneth J. Alford (1881 - 1945), Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006) Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
Beethoven:	The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113 arr. Bashford The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford
Berlioz:	La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Coates, E:	Dam Busters March arr. W.J. Duthoit Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
Elgar:	Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
Fucik:	Entry of the Gladiators Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
Halvorsen:	Bojarernes Indtogsmarsj (Entry of the Boyars) arr. Winterbottom The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford
Ippolitov-Ivanov:	Caucasian Sketches: Procession of the Sadar arranged D. Godfrey The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford
Schubert:	Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford
Sousa:	The Stars and Stripes Forever Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth Washington Post Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth Semper Fidelis Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth The Thunderer Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth King Cotton Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth The Liberty Bell Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
Strauss, J, I:	Radetsky March, Op. 228 arr. Norman Richardson) The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford
Strauss, J, II:	Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch Op. 126 arr. Sandauer Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky Russischer Marsch Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky Persischer Marsch, Op. 289 Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky
Verdi:	Grand March from Aida arr. R. Sanders Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth

Decca Virtuoso - 4784228

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Verdi: La Traviata

Emma Matthews (Violetta Valéry), Gianluca Terranova (Gianluca Terranova), Jonathan Summers (Giorgio Germont), Margaret Plummer (Flora Bervoix), Martin Buckingham (Gastone), James Clayton (Baron Douphol) & Christopher Hillier (Marquis d’Obigny)

Opera Australia Chorus & Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Brian Castles-Onion (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (director)

Stage Designer Brian Thomson

Costume Designer Tess Schofield

Lighting Designer John Rayment

La Traviata, one of the world’s best loved romantic operas, and is performed under the stars on a floating, mirrored stage in Sydney Harbour, with the city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge acting as a stunning backdrop.

Giuseppe Verdi's captivating music is performed with the orchestra concealed in a studio beneath the stage to ensure the finest amplified sound combines with the superlative singing of the cast. With the singers discreetly miked, the recorded sound is presented here in superb quality.

Emma Matthews is continually being garnered with praise - ‘Emma Matthews could inspire the dead, turning in one of the finest readings of this role I’ve ever heard’ (International Record Review on Rigoletto), ‘As Gilda, Emma Matthews is outstanding’ (Opera Now on Rigoletto) – and doesn’t disappoint.

Includes a glittering Swarovski chandelier illuminating the stage and fireworks decorating Sydney Harbour’s sky-line, which render this production as something truly spectacular.

“Emma Matthews's Violetta is exuberant and breathtakingly accurate...she has nothing to fear from close scrutiny and amid what must have been considerable challenges she feels free enough to wow the audience.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2013

Opera Australia - OPOZ56031CD

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Verdi: Oberto

Giovanni Battista Parodi (Oberto), Mariana Pentcheva (Cuniza), Giorgia Bertagni (Imelda), Fabio Sartori (Riccardo), Francesca Sassu (Leonora)

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Antonello Allemandi

Staged by Pier´Alli

Oberto was the first of Verdi’s operas to be staged and was heard for the first time at La Scala, Milan, in November 1839. As a young and unknown composer, Verdi was subject to the rules then governing the opera industry in Italy. Even so, there are already many scenes in this early work that reveal unmistakable signs of the composer’s individual style.

Bonus: Introduction to the opera

Released for the first time on Blu-ray!

Sound Format: Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.01 PCM 2.0

Running Time: 134 minutes

Booklet: English, German, French

Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese

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The Complete Operas: Highlights

Arias from Aida, La Traviata, Nabucco and many more!

C Major is proud to present a specially priced highlights DVD and Blu-ray from the Tutto Verdi series, featuring arias from all 26 operas.

Two operas in the series, Un giorno di regno and Alzira, will be released for the first time on DVD. 15 operas will be released for the first time on Blu-ray: Luisa Miller, Il Corsaro, Giovanna d´Arco, I lombardi, Nabucco, I due Foscari, Un giorno di regno, I vespri siciliani, La Battaglia di Legnano, Stiffelio, Alzira, I masnadieri, Don Carlos, Ernani, Oberto.

The series boasts an impressive cast including Daniela Dessì, Marcelo Álvarez, Leo Nucci, Nino Machaidze, Fiorenza Cedolins and Norma Fantini. Conductors include Daniele Callegari, Yuri Temirkanov and Gianluigi Gelmetti. Stage directors include Pier Luigi Pizzi, Denis Krief, Daniele Abbado and Pier´Alli.

Picture Format: 16:9, HD

Sound Format: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM 2.0

Running Time: 94 minutes

Booklet: English, German, French

Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese

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C Major TUTTO VERDI - 725608

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The Complete Operas: Highlights

Arias from Aida, La Traviata, Nabucco and many more!

C Major is proud to present a specially priced highlights DVD and Blu-ray from the Tutto Verdi series, featuring arias from all 26 operas.

Sound Format: Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.01 PCM 2.0

Running Time: 94 minutes

Booklet: English, German, French

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Verdi: La Traviata

Renata Scotto (Violetta Valéry), Sarah Walker (Flora Bervoix), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo Germont), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont), Suso Mariategui (Gastone), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d’Obigny), Roderick Kennedy (Dottore Grenvil), Max-René Cosotti (Giuseppe) & Christopher Keyte (Commissionario)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Band of the Royal Marines, Riccardo Muti

EMI - The Opera Series - 3192802

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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Recorded: 4.–9.IX.1956, Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Maria Callas (Amelia), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo), Tito Gobbi (Renato), Fedora Barbieri (Ulrica), Eugenia Ratti (Oscar), Ezio Giordano (Silvano), Silvio Maionica (Samuel), Nicola Zaccaria (Tom) & Renato Ercolani (Un Giudice/Un Servo)

Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto

EMI - The Opera Series - 3192752

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Verdi: Ernani

Plácido Domingo (Ernani), Mirella Freni (Elvira), Renato Bruson (Don Carlo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Jolanda Michieli (Giovanna), Gianfranco Manganotti (Don Riccardo) & Alfredo Giacomotti (Jago)

Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti

EMI - The Opera Series - 3192642

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