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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)Live Recording from The Wiener Staatsoper, 2004
Ramón Vargas (Don Carlos), Alastair Miles (Philippe II), Bo Skovhus (Rodrigue), Nadja Michael (La Princesse Eboli), Iano Tamar (Elisabeth de Valois), Simon Yang (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Cornelia Salje (Thibault), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Un Moine), Benedikt Kobel (Le Compte de Lerme), Inna Los (Un Voix d'en Haut), Cosmin Ifrim (Un Hérault Royal) Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (director) Set & Costume design by Johannes Leiacker Arthaus presents the world première of the unabridged version of Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera, in a staging by the world renowned German director Peter Konwitschny. This staging in its unabridged version remains true to Giuseppe Verdi’s original vision of his grand opera, when it was premiered in Paris in 1867. However, during the rehearsals it soon became clear that Don Carlos would not fit within the convention of duration, and Verdi was forced, against his will, to make cuts. Over the next 20 years, he would repeatedly turn out new versions of the opera, none of which ultimately left him satisfied. Therefore it was not until October 2004 that his original work – without cuts and sung in the original French - received its world première, now available for home viewing on DVD. Led by French conductor Bertrand de Billy the singers were hailed by audience and critics. The international cast were all renowned soloists on the world’s opera stages and also long-term stalwarts of the Vienna Opera. Sound Format: LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: 2 x DVD 9, NTSC Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, ES, IT Running Time: 247 mins FSK: 0 “a soberly impressive non-Francophone cast - its outstanding members the lyrically graceful, open-hearted Ramón Vargas and leanly expressive Alastair Miles as warring son-prince and father-king, and Najda Michael's attractive, exciting Eboli - and wonderfully delivered by the orchestra and chorus” BBC Music Magazine, April 2011 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Sub Titles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish “This performance appeared on VHS back in March 1997. On a new, wide-screen television, it makes a far more arresting effect. The action seems to be happening in the room with you.
That's due not only to the format but also to director Luc Bondy's wish to portray the personal relationships, the characters' trials and tribulations in the most intimate manner. In contrast to most stagings of Verdi's epic, this one turns all but the outdoor scenes, mainly the Inquisition, into almost a domestic drama.
For better or worse, the principals seem very modern. José van Dam, a magnificent and moving Philippe II, does sometimes remind one of an out-of-sorts bank manager rather than a ruler of an empire, with his troubled wife, in the attractive person and voice of Mattila, as workaday Queen. Charisma is excluded by this interpretation.
The relationship of Carlos and Rodrigue, obviously a very close one, is a touchy-feely affair, one that Alagna, in a sincere, beautifully sung assumption, and a palpitating Thomas Hampson, execute with flair.
As ever, Meier isn't content with conventional acting: her Eboli is a scheming and seductive presence, consoling us with the intensity of her singing with a voice a shade light for her part.
Indeed, on re-appraising the musical side of the performance, which was recorded live at the Châtelet in Paris, it strikes you that all the voices are a degree lighter than we're used to in the piece, but that suits the French text, giving an ease and fluidity to the vocal line that is, in truth, its own justification.
Even more impressive on rehearing is Pappano's conducting, alive to every nuance of the long work yet aware of its overall structure. In the new medium the clarity and immediacy of the picture is arresting. The sound, though a shade soft in focus, is a great improvement on its 'ordinary' video counterpart. Owners of DVD players who want to add this unforgettable work to their collection need not hesitate – provided they can see it on a wide screen.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “The score is tautly and warmly presented, as on cd, by Antonio Pappano and the principals are as fine a team as have ever been assembled for this opera on disc...Mattila gives the most masterly performance as the Queen...Alagna is in superb voice too, firm and heroic” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Katia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault Royal), Arleen Auger (Un Voix d'en haut) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado Recorded in 1983-4 (studio) “Domingo easily outshines his earlier recording with Giulini...while Katia Ricciarelli as the Queen gives a tenderly moving performance, if not quite commanding enough in the Act V aria. Ruggero Raimondi is a finely focused Philip, nicely contrasted with Nicolai Ghiaurov as the Grand Inquisitor” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **/*** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Verdi Opera Selection
Verdi: | Il Trovatore Live Recording from The Vienna State Opera, 1978 Raina Kabaivanska (Leonora), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Plácido Domingo (Manrico), Piero Cappuccilli (Il Conte di Luna), José Van Dam (Ferrando), Maria Venuti (Ines) & Heinz Zednik (Ruiz) Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan (conductor & director) Don Carlos (Five-act French version) Live Recording from The Wiener Staatsoper, 2004 Ramón Vargas (Don Carlos), Alastair Miles (Philippe II), Bo Skovhus (Rodrigue), Nadja Michael (La Princesse Eboli), Iano Tamar (Elisabeth de Valois), Simon Yang (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Cornelia Salje (Thibault), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Un Moine), Benedikt Kobel (Le Compte de Lerme), Inna Los (Un Voix d'en Haut) & Cosmin Ifrim (Un Hérault Royal) Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (director) Rigoletto Live Recording from The Zurich Opera House 2006 Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Elena Mosuc (Gilda), Piotr Beczala (Il Duca di Mantova), László Polgár (Sparafucile), Katharina Peetz (Maddalena), Kismara Pessatti (Giovanna), Rolf Haunstein (Monterone), Valery Murga (Marullo), Boguslaw Bidzinski (Borsa), Morgan Moody (Il Conte di Ceprano) Opernhaus Zürich, Nello Santi (conductor) & Gilbert Deflo (director) |
Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 + DTS 5.1 (Don Carlos, Rigoletto) Picture Format: 16:9 (Don Carlos, Rigoletto) 4:3 (Il Trovatore) DVD Format: 4 x DVD 9, NTSC Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, DE, FR, ES + CN (Il Trovatore) Running Time: over 500 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Joseph Rouleau (Philippe II), André Turp (Don Carlos), Robert Savoie (Rodrigue), Edith Tremblay (Elizabeth de Valois), Michelle Vilma (La Princesse Eboli), Gillian Knight (Thibault), Richard Van Allan (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Emile Belcourt (Le Compte de Lerme), Geoffrey Shovelton (Un Hérault Royal), Prudence Lloyd (Un Voix d'en Haut), Robert Lloyd (Un moin) BBC Singers & BBC Concert Orchestra, John Matheson This set comes with a 300 page illustrated booklet which, as well as containing the libretto and synopsis in Italian, German, French and English, also has an introductory note by Andrew Porter “This is part of Opera Rara's invaluable issues of first versions of Verdi's operas, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in the 1970s. It is given by a cast of largely Francophone singers, who make it sound – at last – like the truly French work it is.
Text first: we have the complete Fontainebleau scene, a short solo for Posa at the beginning of scene 2, a longer version of the Posa-Philippe scene in Act 2, the costume-changing of Elisabeth and Eboli, their duet before 'O don fatal' in Act 3, the whole of the ballet, the full Insurrection scene, and the longest version of the finale.
That adds up to almost four hours. No wonder Verdi either made or sanctioned cuts. However, this enthralling set makes out the best case for this fullest of all versions, its considerable length quite forgotten on account of John Matheson's thoughtful, vital direction, every detail of the vast canvas given its due and played (and sung) finely by the assembled BBC musicians.
The Carlos, André Turp, often at Covent Garden, he did nothing better than this portrayal of the sorely tested and unhappy Infante. His voice, full of emotional plangency, his well crafted phrasing and the sheer passion of his delivery make him ideal. As the tormented, dictatorial Philippe, Joseph Rouleau also surpasses himself vocally and dramatically, so we are at once angered by his tyrannical ways and saddened by his inner misery. Robert Savoie, the Rodrigue/Posa, does not have quite the vocal resources of his confrères, but he gives an honest, deeply felt account of a taxing part.
Edith Tremblay is a gloriously committed Elisabeth.
She does not give a traditionally 'star' performance but one that is ideally aligned with the character. Her singing, especially of her big Act 5 solo, is full of natural, true feeling. The Eboli of Michèle Vilma is also a reading to treasure, replete with all the equivocal feelings of that erring character and sung with gratifying confidence. Richard Van Allan, the sole 'foreigner' in a main part, commands the French language and, with Rouleau as antagonist, makes the scene of the Grand Inquisitor and King, the clash of Church and State, the riveting confrontation it should be.
The recording is well balanced and has plenty of presence but careless digitalisation can lend a rather hard quality to some of the voices, although that is easily forgotten in the dedication of a unique occasion.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “…this enthralling set makes out the best case for this fullest of all versions, its considerable length quite forgotten on account of John Matheson's thoughtful, vital direction, every detail of the vast canvas given its due and played (and sung) finely by the assembled BBC musicians. ...André Turp... did nothing better than his portrayal of the sorely tested and unhappy Infante. His voice, full of emotional plangency, his well crafted phrasing and the sheer passion of his delivery make him ideal. As the tormented, dictatorial Philippe, Joseph Rouleau also surpasses himself vocally and dramatically, so we are at once angered by his tyrannical ways and saddened by his inner misery. Edith Tremblay is a gloriously committed Elisabeth.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2006 “This set is utterly necessary in any collection” Classics Today | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ramón Vargas (Don Carlos), Alastair Miles (Philippe II), Bo Skovhus (Rodrigue), Nadja Michael (La Princesse Eboli), Iano Tamar (Elisabeth de Valois), Simon Yang (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Cornelia Salje (Thibault), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Un Moine), Benedikt Kobel (Le Compte de Lerme), Inna Los (Un Voix d'en Haut), Cosmin Ifrim (Un Hérault Royal) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy “This is an issue of major importance, which all lovers of Verdi should acquire, since it will enable them to hear about 45 minutes of his most mature music which is otherwise not available… For this production…Bertrand de Billy came as close as possible to presenting Verdi's score as originally written for the Paris Opera... the opera... a work of such grandeur and intimate passion that it carries all before it, and on the whole, apart from some languorous tempos, de Billy's conducting is idiomatic. Don Carlos... is given a high profile by the ardour of Ramón Vargas. The two leading ladies, singing Elisabeth and Eboli respectively, have surprisingly similar voices, guttural and raw, but exciting... Bo Skovhus is Rodrigue, the work's most moving figure, well up to his role.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2006 ****  BBC Music Magazine
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| |  | Verdi: Six Great Operas
Verdi: | Aida Katia Ricciarelli (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Elena Obraztsova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Ruggero Raimondi (Il Re di Egitto), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Una Sacerdotessa) & Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala Un ballo in maschera studio recording, 1979 Placido Domingo (Riccardo), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Renato Bruson (Renato), Elena Obraztsova (Ulrica), Edita Gruberova (Oscar), Ruggero Raimondi (Samuele), Giovanni Foiani (Tom), Antonio Savastano (Un Giudice) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Don Carlos (Five-act French version) studio recording, 1983/4 Katia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault Royal) & Arleen Auger (Un Voix d'en haut) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Falstaff studio recording, 2001 Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Thomas Hampson (Ford), Adrianne Pieczonka (Alice Ford), Danill Shtoda (Fenton), Dorothea Röschmann (Nannetta), Larissa Diadkova (Mistress Quickly), Stella Doufexis (Meg Page), Anthony Mee (Bardolfo), Enrico Facini (Dr Cajus) & Anatoly Kotcherga (Pistola) Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin Macbeth live recording, 1975 Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco), Plácido Domingo (Macduff), Stefania Malagú (Lady in Waiting), Antonio Savastano (Malcolm), Carlo Zardo (Medico), Giovanni Foiani (Servo di Macbeth), Alfredo Mariotti (Sicario) & Sergio Fontana (Araldo) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Simon Boccanegra studio recording, 1977 Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele), Giovanni Foiani (Pietro) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala |
Claudio Abbado’s Verdi recordings with La Scala, Milan have gained iconic status in the course of time. Here, along with a magnificent Falstaff – with Bryn Terfel in the title-role and the Berliner Philharmoniker – they are presented complete in a single box for the first time. Full synopses in English, German and French included. | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: The Complete Works
Verdi: | Oberto recorded in 1996 Stuart Neill (Riccardo), Samuel Ramey (Oberto), Maria Guleghina (Leonora), Violeta Urmana (Cuniza), Sara Fulgoni (Imelda) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Un giorno di regno recorded in 1973 Fiorenza Cossotto (Marquise del Poggio), Jessye Norman (Giulietta), José Carreras (Edoardo de Sanval), Ingvar Wixell (Chevalier Belfiore), Vincenzo Sardinero (Gasparo Antonio della Rocca), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Baron de Kelbar), William Elvin (Delmonte), Ricardo Cassinelli (Comte Ivrea) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli Nabucco recorded in 1965 Tito Gobbi (Nabucco), Bruno Prevedi (Ismaele), Carlo Cava (Zaccaria), Elena Souliotis (Abigaille), Dora Carral (Fenena), Anna D' Auria (Anna), Giovanni Foiani (Gran Sacerdote), Walter Kräutler (Abdallo) Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Lamberto Gardelli I Lombardi alla prima crociata recorded in 1996 June Anderson (Giselda), Luciano Pavarotti (Oronte), Samuel Ramey (Pagano), Richard Leech (Arvino), Patricia Racette (Viclinda), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Pirro), Yanni Yannissis (Acciano), Jane Shaulis (Sofia) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine Ernani recorded in 1987 Luciano Pavarotti (Ernani), Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Leo Nucci (Carlo), Paata Burchuladze (Silva), Richard Morton (Riccardo), Alastair Miles (Iago), Linda McLeod (Giovanna) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge I Due Foscari recorded in 1977 Piero Cappuccilli (Francesco Foscari), José Carreras (Jacopo Foscari), Katia Ricciarelli (Lucrezia Contarini), Samuel Ramey (Jacopo Loredano), Vincenzo Bello (Barbarigo), Elizabeth Connell (Pisana), Mieczlaw Antoniak (Fante del Consiglio de' Dieci), Franz Handlos (Servo de Doge) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester, Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Lamberto Gardelli Giovanna d'Arco recorded in 1972 Montserrat Caballé (Giovanna), Plácido Domingo (Carlo VII), Sherrill Milnes (Giacono), Keith Erwen (Delil), Robert Lloyd (Talbot) London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, James Levine Alzira recorded in 1999 Marina Mescheriakova (Alzira), Ramón Vargas (Zamoro), Paolo Gavanelli (Gusmano), Iana Iliev (Zuma), Jovo Reljin (Ovando), Wolfgang Barta (Ataliba), Torsten Kerl (Otumbo), Slobodan Stankovic (Alvaro) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Le Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Fabio Luisi Attila recorded in 1972 Ruggero Raimondi (Attila), Sherrill Milnes (Ezio), Cristina Deutekom (Odabella), Carlo Bergonzi (Foresto), Ricardo Cassinelli (Uldino), Jules Bastin (Leone) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli Macbeth recorded in 1975 Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco), Franco Tagliavini (Macduff), Nicola Martinucci (Malcolm), Stefania Malagù (Dama), Carlo Zardo (Medico) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado I Masnadieri recorded in 1982 Samuel Ramey (Massimiliano), Franco Bonisolli (Carlo), Matteo Manuguerra (Francesco), Joan Sutherland (Amalia), Arthur Davies (Armino), Simone Alaimo (Moser), John Harris (Rolla) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge Gerusalemme recorded in 1998 Marcello Giordani (Gaston), Philippe Rouillon (Le comte de Toulouse), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Roger), Daniel Borowski (Ademar), Simon Edwards (Raymond), Marina Mescheriakova (Hélène), Hélène Le Corre (Isaure), Wolfgang Barta (Un soldat), Slobodan Stankovic (Un Héraut/L'Émir de Ramla), Jovo Reljin (Un officier de l'Émir) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Le Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Fabio Luisi Il Corsaro recorded in 1975 José Carreras (Corrado), Clifford Grant (Giovanni), Jessye Norman (Medora), Montserrat Caballé (Gulnara), Giampietro Mastromei (Seid), John Noble (Selimo), Alexander Oliver (Eunuco) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli La Battaglia di Legnano recorded in 1977 Katia Ricciarelli (Lida), José Carreras (Arrigo), Matteo Manuguerra (Rolando), Nicola Ghiuselev (Federico Barbarossa), Hannes Lichtenberger (Primo Console), Dimitri Kavrakos (Secondo Console), Jonathan Summers (Marcovaldo), Franz Handlos (Il Podesta di Como), Ann Murray (Imelda), Mieczlaw Antoniak (Un Araldo) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester und -Chor Wien, Lamberto Gardelli Luisa Miller recorded in 1975 Montserrat Caballé (Luisa), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Miller), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Walter), Richard Van Allan (Wurm), Anna Reynolds (Federica), Annette Céline (Laura), Fernando Pavarotti (Contadino) London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maag Stiffelio recorded in 1979 José Carreras (Stiffelio), Sylvia Sass (Lina), Matteo Manuguerra (Stankar), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Jorg), Ezio Di Cesare (Raffaele), Maria Venuti (Dorotea), Thomas Moser (Federico) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester Wien, Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Lamberto Gardelli Rigoletto recorded in 1979 Piero Cappuccilli (Rigoletto), Ileana Cotrubas (Gilda), Plácido Domingo (Il Duca), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Elena Obraztsova (Maddalena), Hanna Schwarz (Giovanna), Kurt Moll (Monterone), Luigi De Corato (Marullo), Walter Gullino (Borsa), Dirk Sagemuller (Conte di Ceprano), Olive Fredricks (Contessa di Ceprano), Audrey Michael (Un paggio) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Maria Giulini Il Trovatore recorded in 1983 Plácido Domingo (Manrico), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora), Brigitte Fassbaender (Azucena), Giorgio Zancanaro (Luna), Evgeny Nesterenko (Ferrando) Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini I Vespri Siciliani recorded in 1989 Cheryl Studer (Elena), Chris Merritt (Arrigo), Giorgio Zancanaro (Monforte), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Procida), Gloria Banditelli (Ninetta), Ernesto Gavazzi (Danieli), Enzo Capuano (Bethune), Francesco Musinu (Vaudemont), Paolo Barbacini (Tebaldo), Marco Chingari (Roberto) & Ferrero Poggi (Manfredo) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti Simon Boccanegra recorded in 1977 Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Aroldo recorded in 1997 Neil Shicoff (Aroldo), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Briano), Carol Vaness (Mina), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Egberto), Julian Gavin (Godvino), Sergio Spina (Enrico), Marina Comparato (Elena) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Fabio Luisi Un ballo in maschera recorded in 1982-3 Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo), Renato Bruson (Renato), Margaret Price (Amelia), Christa Ludwig (Ulrica), Kathleen Battle (Oscar), Peter Weber (Silvano), Robert Lloyd (Samuele), Malcolm King (Tom), Alexander Oliver (Un Giudice) National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus, Junior Chorus of the Royal College of Music, Sir Georg Solti La Forza del Destino Preludio (St Petersburg version 1862) recorded in 1998 Galina Gorchakova (Leonora), Nikolai Putilin (Don Carlo), Gegam Grigorian (Don Alvaro), Marianna Tarasova (Preziosilla), Grigory Karasev (Marchese di Calatrava), Sergei Alexashkin (Padre Guardiano), Lia Shevtzova (Curra), Nikolai Gassiev (Mastro Trabuco), Yuri Laptev (Un Chirurgo), Evgeny Nikitin (Un Alcalde) Orchestra & Chorus of the Kirov Theatre, Valery Gergiev La forza del destino recorded in 1985 José Carreras (Don Alvaro), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora di Vargas), Renato Bruson (Don Carlo), Agnes Baltsa (Preziosilla), Jean Rigby (Curra), Paata Burchuladze (Padre Guardiano), John Tomlinson (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Richard Van Allan (Un Alcalde), Mark Curtis (Mastro Trabuco), Petteri Salomaa (Un Chirurgo) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli Don Carlos (Five-act French version) recorded in 1983-4 Katia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault Royal), Arleen Auger (Un Voix d'en haut) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado Don Carlo recorded in 1965 Carlo Bergonzi (Don Carlo), Renata Tebaldi (Elisabetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Rodrigo), Grace Bumbry (Eboli), Martti Talvela (Il Grande Inquisitore), Jeannette Sinclair (Tebaldo), Kenneth MacDonald (Il Conte di Lerma), John Wakefield (Un Araldo Reale), Joan Carlyle (Una voce dal cielo) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti Aida recorded in 1959 Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Carlo Bergonzi (Radamès), Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro), Arnold van Mill (Ramfis), Fernando Corena (Il Re di Egitto), Piero de Palma (Un Messaggero), Eugenia Ratti (Una Sacerdotessa) Wiener Philharmoniker, Singerverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Herbert von Karajan Otello recorded in 1993 Plácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia), Philippe Duminy (Un Araldo) Orchestra & Chorus of Bastille Opera, Myung-Whun Chung Falstaff recorded in 1982 Renato Bruson (Falstaff), Leo Nucci (Ford), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), Barbara Hendricks (Nannetta), Brenda Boozer (Meg Page), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mistress Quickly), Michael Sells (Dr. Cajus), Dalmacio González (Fenton), Francis Egerton (Bardolfo), William Wilderman (Pistola) os Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Carlo Maria Giulini Requiem Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Sir Georg Solti Quattro Pezzi Sacri Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti Messa solenne Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Qui tollis Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Raffaella Ciapponi (clarinet) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Laudate pueri Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Tantum ergo in G major Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Pater noster Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Ave Maria in B minor Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Tantum ergo in F major Michele Pertusi (baritone) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Libera me, Domine from ‘Messa per Rossini’ Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano) Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Variazioni for piano and orchestra on the Romanza 'Caro Suono Lusinghiero reconstructed Fortunato Ortombina; revised Riccardo Chailly Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly La Forza del Destino Preludio (St Petersburg version 1862) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Adagio for trumpet and orchestra Gianluigi Petrarulo (trumpet) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Aida, Sinfonia 1872 Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Canto di Virginia variations for oboe and orchestra Alessandro Potenza (oboe) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Otello, Preludio Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Prelude to Act III from I Lombardi alla prima crociata Luca Santaniello (violin) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Simon Boccanegra: Prelude (1st version, 1857) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Capriccio for bassoon and orchestra Andrea Magnani (bassoon) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Il tramonto La seduzione Ad una stella Lo spazzacamino Perduta ho lo pace Deh pietoso oh Addolorata Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora La Zingara L'esule Non t'accostare all'urna In solitaria stanza Nell'orror di notte oscura Il poveretto Stornello Ave Maria, for voice & strings or piano Margaret Price (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) La preghiera del poeta Al tuo bambino Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera Il brigidino Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera E’ la vita un mar d’affanni Pietà, Signor Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera L'Abandonee Sgombra o gentil Il mistero Brindisi I Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera Brindisi II (No. 6 from 6 Romanze, 1845) Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera Romanza senza parole Waltz in F Major Roberto Galletto Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo Bruce Ford, David Harper Guarda che bianca luna (Notturno) Jennifer Larmore, Bruce Ford, Alastair Miles, Jaime Martin, Antoine Palloc A toi, que j'ai cherie (from Les vêpres siciliennes) Oh, dolore (from Attila) Si, lo sento, Iddio mi chiama (from I Due Foscari) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev O madra mia ... Come poteva un angelo (from I Lombardi) Plácido Domingo (tenor), Marjorie Dix (mezzo) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev Io la vidi e a quell'aspetto (from I Lombardi) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Claudio Abbado Inno delle nazioni Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine String Quartet in E minor Quartetto Italiano Gerusalemme: Ballet Music Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Antonio de Almeida Il Trovatore: Ballet Music, Act III National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Otello: Ballet Music Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Ballo della Regina Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Grand March from Aida Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Macbeth: Ballet Music Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Le Quattro Stagioni (I vespri siciliani Act III) Guido Toschi, Giovanni Tedeschi Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologn, Riccardo Chailly La Traviata Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Stefania Malagù (Flora), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil), Bruno Grella (Barone Douphol), Alfredo Giacomotti (Marchese d'Obigny) Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber |
On the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth, Decca are proud to present the first ever complete collection of Verdi’s entire compositional output: The operas, arias, songs, sacred works, chamber & piano pieces, orchestral, ballet & choral works, plus a whole host of rarities and discoveries are all here in this comprehensive and beautifully presented anthology 75-CD LIMITED EDITION OVERVIEW • All of Verdi’s works are contained in this luxury edition • 30 complete operas sequenced chronologically, including two versions of La forza del destino and the two versions of Don Carlo & Don Carlos. • First international CD release of Quartetto Italiano’s 1950 recording of Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor • An unrivalled compilation featuring the world’s greatest singers including Caballé, Carreras, Cotrubas, Domingo, Freni, Horne, Pavarotti & Sutherland • The astounding wealth of benchmark recordings presents an unparalleled legacy of Verdi conducting featuring Abbado, Bonynge, Chailly, Chung, Gardelli, Gergiev, Giulini, Karajan, Kleiber, Levine, Luisi, Maag, Marriner, Muti, Sinopoli & Solti • An informative essay by opera critic and writer George Hall gives an overview of Verdi's life and career; cue-pointed synopses in English, French and German are included for each opera; full production details and cast lists are presented across two hardback books. The musical and artistic breadth & depth of Verdi: The Complete Works makes it a truly unique & collectible product - one that is unlikely ever to be surpassed.
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