This page lists all recordings of In solitaria stanza, by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) on CD, DVD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Villazon sings Verdi
Released to coincide with Verdi’s anniversary year (1813 to 2013.) A unique and carefully-crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs that takes us on a musical journey from Verdi's earliest compositions 1838 to the very last he wrote for the tenor voice: the beautiful aria from Falstaff "Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola" 1893 Featuring familiar, universal favourites such as “La donna e mobile” and “Questo o quella”, alongside less familiar gems from across Verdi’s operatic output. Recorded in Turin, with the world-class Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, and under the direction of award-winning conductor, Gianandrea Noseda. Rolando owes his international breakthrough to Verdi: he has made opera history in La Traviata, Rigoletto and Don Carlo, as well as being a celebrated interpreter of the breath-taking Requiem. This is Rolando’s own personal tribute to one of history’s most popular composers. “Villazon has made an interesting choice of programme...His sense of style and occasion are as unbridled as ever, the top of the voice not quite as free as it once was...[Noseda] has the taste not to try to make a whole opera out of each aria.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 “It is good that the voice seems to have returned, but I find it disappointing that Villazon has not used it more imaginatively in this recital...When a solid tone and a ringing voice are needed, Villazon fits the bill: his top notes are not puny efforts but peal out.” International Record Review, February 2013 “Throughout, the greasepaint in Villazón’s singing finds a match in the fiery dash of the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino and its conductor Gianandrea Noseda, always strong on drama, rhythm and colour.” The Times, 15th November 2012 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Songs for Voice and Piano
A real rarity, this. Verdi, famous for his operatic masterpieces, also found time to scale down his stage sentiments to the recital hall (or, in his time, the salon) to write songs. Throughout the 19th century, Italian opera composers wrote songs for the salon as part of their stock-in-trade. The texts were mostly conventional, harping more often than not on the string of unrequited love, sometimes venturing into the naively picturesque; while the accompaniment would be confined to simple thrummings suggestive of a guitar or an orchestral reduction. The settings would vary in scale from the strophic ‘romanza’, to the full length ‘scena ed aria’. In Italy, the salon was never far from the theatre. One of the 20th-century’s greatest singers – Margaret Price – went into the studio with Australian-born pianist Geoffrey Parsons to record music relatively neglected by recording companies, then, as now. And the results are at once, charming and revelatory. A considerable rarity, the disc returns to circulation on Eloquence. “Salon songs to treasure - and spot the flickering echoes of Verdi's operas through them. Exquisitely sculpted performances, including Verdi's setting of Goethe's Gretchen songs.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 **** “the simple accompaniments are mercifully free from wilful inflation on the part of the pianist’” Gramophone Magazine | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Canzoni
Diana Damrau (soprano), César Augusto Gutiérrez (tenor), Paul Armin Edelmann (baritone), Friedrich Halder (piano) “Damrau bring both these vignettes to vivid life, trilling and waltzing through 'Lo spazzacamino' with gleeful abandon, and softening her natural diamantine brilliance when the gypsy girl momentarily reflects on an uncertain future. She's just as captivating as the proto-feminist protagonist of Stornello...[Freidrich Haider] matches Damrau all the way in devil-may-care zest.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 “[Damrau] has the more exuberant songs, in which she is fully home, tossing off the sprightliness...of 'Lo spazzacamino' and the bolero rhythm of 'La zingara' but holding the line of the more serious 'Perduta ho la pace'...Edelmann does not use a vast range of vocal colours in his singing...but I did not find him a dull interpreter. Perhaps 'storyteller' would be a more appropriate word than 'interpreter', and his tone is not one of hue or weight only.” International Record Review, May 2011 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Angela Gheorghiu - Live from La Scala
‘The public feels so close and intimate. There’s really nowhere to escape…’ Angela Gheorghiu “…it's the Verdi group that is the heart of the first half. "In solitaria stanza", with its main theme closely resembling "Tacea la notte" from Il trovatore, must rank as one of the loveliest things she has recorded. …the Massenet "Elégie"… benefits from Gheorghiu's operatic experience: here are words and music given equal importance to make a miniature drama. ...throughout the recital, Jeff Cohen provides a sensitive and idiomatic accompaniment. The recording catches the mood; it was obviously a fun evening.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2007 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli in Tokyo (1973)
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| |  | Verdi: Complete Songs
Renata Scotto (soprano), Paolo Washington (bass), Vincenzo Scalera (piano) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Corelli & Tebaldi - Live in Tokyo, 1973Director: Mario Martone
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadashi Mori This exciting Dynamic DVD features the complete recording of the critically acclaimed concert given by International superstars Franco Corelli and Renata Tebaldi at the NHK Auditorium in Tokyo on 21st November 1973. This concert includes no less than five encores. “Her voice is so smooth and beautiful….sung with the beauty of tone and directness one associates with Tebaldi…. A much loved artist.” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Verdi - Songs
“O’Neill’s Italianate credentials are operatically well-rehearsed and lend urgency whenever the grand manner beckons.” (BBC Music Magazine) “O'Neill's Italianate credentials are operatically well-rehearsed and lend urgency whenever the grand manner beckons.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2006 *** | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Verdi: Songs
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| |  | Verdi: Romanze e Canzonette
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