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Artists include Agnes Baltsa, Montserrat Caballé, Mirella Freni & Plácido Domingo
The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special magic of his music comes out especially vividly when it's performed by the very greatest of vocal stars: Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé and Mirella Freni. | 
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| |  | Maria Callas: Verdi Heroines
“Classic Callas recordings, which should be in every opera-lover’s collection. Much of the content shows the great diva at her very finest, and has you enthralled by the vividness of characterisation as well as musical imagination.” Penguin Guide |
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| |  | Essential Verdi
Verdi: | Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Noi siamo zingarelle (from La Traviata) Di Madride noi siam mattadori (from La Traviata) Teneste la promessa...Addio, del passato (from La Traviata) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Un di, se ben rammentomi... Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore) Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Nel dì della vittoria … Ambizioso spirto … Vieni t'affretta! … Or tutti sorgete (Lady Macbeth) Patria oppressa (from Macbeth) O figli … Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera) Al suon del tamburo (from La Forza del Destino) Rataplan, rataplan, della gloria (from La forza del destino) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) O terra, addio (from Aida) Dies Irae (from Requiem) Ingemisco (from Requiem) Fuoco di gioia (from Otello) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (from Don Carlo) O don fatale (from Don Carlo) |
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. Pieces from the same opera are grouped together, beginning with the famous drinking song from La traviata: ‘Libiamo’, followed by other popular favourites from La traviata, Rigoletto and Il trovatore, among them being the swaggering ‘La donna è mobile’ and the powerful Anvil Chorus. The first CD concludes with extracts from two earlier operas: Ernani and Macbeth, the latter providing one of Verdi’s most impressive soprano scenas in which the scheming Lady Macbeth calls on the powers of evil to assist her in murdering King Duncan. The second CD opens with the heartfelt chorus: ‘Va, pensiero’ from Nabucco, sung by the Hebrews in exile longing for their homeland. Then come more well-known arias and choruses from Verdi’s later operas like Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino and Aida. After extracts from his moving Requiem Mass, we hear the Fire Chorus from another of Verdi’s Shakespearian settings: Otello and the programme ends with three items from what some now consider to be Verdi’s finest work, the historical drama Don Carlo. |
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| |  | Verdi: Opera Highlights
Verdi: | Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (from Rigoletto) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Il balen del suo sorriso (from Il Trovatore) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Ai nostri monti (from Il trovatore) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Nel dì della vittoria … Ambizioso spirto … Vieni t'affretta! … Or tutti sorgete (Lady Macbeth) Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera) O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Rataplan, rataplan, della gloria (from La forza del destino) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) O don fatale (from Don Carlo) O Carlo, ascolta (from Don Carlo) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) O terra, addio (from Aida) Era la notte (from Otello) Ave Maria (from Otello) L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Del tuo barbero diagnostico (from Falstaff) |
Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballe, Mirella Freni, Leontyne Price, Beverly Sills, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sopranos), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo), Placido Domingo, Alfredo Kraus, Jon Vickers, Carlo Bergonzi (tenors), Sherrill Milnes, Tito Gobbi (baritones) Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Herbert von Karajan |
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| |  | Best of Vesselina Kasarova
Bellini: | Arresta! Qual mesto suon echeggia? (from I Capuleti) Ramon Vargas (tenor) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Giuliano Carella | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Friedrich Haider | Handel: | Bella sorge la speranza (Arianna in Creta) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis Sento brillar nel sen (from Il Pastor Fido) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis | Mozart: | Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis Già dagli occhi il velo è tolto (from Mitridate, rè di Ponto) Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis Il Tenero Momento (from Lucio Silla) Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis | Offenbach: | Bonjour, Monsieur, je suis la bonne (from Pomme d'api) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer Ah! quel dîner je viens de faire (from La Perichole) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer | Rossini: | Ah, vieni, nel tuo sangue (from Otello) Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Arthur Fagen | Schubert: | Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774 Friedrich Haider (piano) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Frederic Chaslin | Verdi: | O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Giuliano Carella |
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| |  | Passionate Arias
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| |  | Maria Callas - Verdi Heroines
“I love these recordings: for Callas’ command of line, of declamation, of rhythm, of dramatic and musical sense. Callas at her very finest!” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Essential Verdi40 of his Greatest Masterpieces
Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) La Forza del Destino: Sinfonia Un dì felice, eterea (from La traviata) Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 Caro nome (from Rigoletto) O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Morrò, ma prima in grazia (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller) Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) Dies Irae (from Requiem) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Questa o quella (from Rigoletto) Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Ave Maria (from Otello) Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Squilli, echeggi la tromba (from Il Trovatore) O Carlo, ascolta (from Don Carlo) Ingemisco (from Requiem) Come in quest'ora bruna (from Simon Boccanegra) Si colmi il calice di vino eletto (from Macbeth) O patria mia (from Aida) La mia letizia infondere (from I Lombardi) Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (from I Masnadieri) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Patria oppressa (from Macbeth) Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore) Ah sì, ch'io senta ancora … Dal più remoto esilio (from I Due Foscari) Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (from Don Carlo) |
Joan Sutherland, Kiri te Kanawa, Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Montserrat Caballé, Leontyne Price, Jussi Björling, Carlo Bergonzi Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Gabriele Santini, Riccardo Chailly, Richard Bonynge, Sir Colin Davis, Sir John Pritchard, Lamberto Gardelli | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The EMI Rarities
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| |  | Viva Verdi! The Ultimate Collection
Verdi: | Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Staatskapelle Dresden, Nicola Luisotti Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Renata Scotto (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Rafael Kubelik Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Miserere d'un' alma gia vicina (from Il Trovatore) Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) José Carreras (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Rizzi È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Grand March from Aida Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Aida: Ballet Music, Act II Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Vieni, o guerriero vindice (from Aida) Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado O terra, addio (from Aida) Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo), Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Dies Irae (from Requiem) Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini Ingemisco (from Requiem) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda Lacrymosa (from Requiem) Sharon Sweet (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo), Vinson Cole (tenor), Simon Estes (bass) Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini Sanctus (from Requiem) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Grace Bumbry (mezzo) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Janos Kulka Udisti?…Vil disegno! (from Simon Boccanegra) José Carreras (tenor), José van Dam (bass) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Esultate! (from Otello) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung Ave Maria (from Otello) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Ehi! Paggio! ... L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola (from Falstaff) Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda |
Leading tenor, Rolando Villazon, has personally selected 34 great Verdi tracks, sung by the great names of the present and past, both to celebrate Verdi at 200 and to inspire a new generation with the composer’s great arias, powerful choruses and popular tunes. The tracklist is framed by two stirring overtures, it includes famous numbers by all the leading singers on DG and Decca (as well as a couple from EMI), including Roberto Alagna, Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry, Joseph Calleja, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Luciano Pavorotti, Katia Ricciarelli, Joan Sutherland and BrynTerfel. There are rousing choruses and several extracts from the Requiem too. It’s a splendid 150-minute collection. The striking cover includes one of Rolando’s inimitable Verdi sketches, and will include a sticker incorporating a photo of the artist. The all-colour booklet has an article by journalist Richard Lawrence which also takes in some quotes from the artist in a recent interview for this release. Villazón is confident that every excerpt on these discs will make the listener want to hear the complete work. “No other composer creates such an immediate link with the audience. Go to see La traviata: you hear those rhythms, those melodies, that dramatic force, and you are drawn into his world. It doesn’t matter whether you love opera or know nothing about it: it just captures you, it grabs you.” Listening to the numbers from La traviata here, you have to agree. |
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