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Title: Verdi: Great Arias and Choruses
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Main Performer: Richard Tucker (Tenor); Dolora Zajick (Mezzo soprano); Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo soprano); José Carreras (Tenor); Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus; New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Date of Release: 05/1997
Label / Distributor: Essential Classics / BMG UK
Pieces in Set: 1
Running Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Genre(s): Stage works, Vocal and choral
SPAR Code: ADD
EAN: 5099706301325
Work 1
Work Title: Aida
Excerpt(s): 1. Gloria all' Egitto
2. March ('Grand March')
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1871
Date Recorded: 1990
Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Work 2
Work Title: (Il) trovatore
Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 2 (The Gipsy) - Vedi! le fosche (Anvil Chorus)
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1853
Date Recorded: 1960s
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Work 3
Work Title: (La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny'
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1862 Revised 1969
Date Recorded: 1960
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Orchestra / Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title: Aida
Excerpt(s): 1. Se quel guerrier
2. Celeste Aida
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1871
Date Recorded: 1964
Conductor: Nello Santi
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Main Performer: Richard Tucker (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Richard Tucker
Work 5
Work Title: Don Carlo
Excerpt(s): 1. O don fatale
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1867 Revised 1884
Date Recorded: 1992
Conductor: James Levine
Work 9
Date Written: 1871
Work 5
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Main Performer: Dolora Zajick (Mezzo soprano)
Opera Part(s): Dolora Zajick
Work 6
Work Title: (La) traviata
Excerpt(s): 1. Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1853
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: Tallis Chamber Choir
Main Performer: Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo soprano), José Carreras (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras
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Work 7
Work Title: (La) traviata
Excerpt(s): 1. È strano! È strano!
2. Ah, fors'è lui
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1853
Date Recorded: 1981
Conductor: Sir John Pritchard
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Laurence Dale (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Laurence Dale
Work 8
Work Title: Falstaff
Excerpt(s): 1. L'Onore! Ladri!
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1893
Date Recorded: 1966
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Murray Dickie (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Murray Dickie
Work 9
Work Title: Aida
Excerpt(s): 1. Ritorna vincitor!
2. L'insana parola
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Recorded: 1990
Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Main Performer: Aprile Millo (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Aprile Millo
Work 10
Work Title: Luisa Miller
Excerpt(s): 1. Quando le sere al placido
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1849
Date Recorded: 1991
Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Main Performer: Plácido Domingo (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Plácido Domingo
Work 11
Work Title: Nabucco
Excerpt(s): 1. Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1842
Date Recorded: 1980s
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Orchestra / Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: Suisse Romande Radio Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: Lausanne Pro Arte Choir
Work 12
Work Title: Messa da Requiem
Excerpt(s): 1. Dies irae
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1874
Date Recorded: 1970
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus (amateur) Choir
Main Performer: Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
Opera Part(s): Ruggero Raimondi
Work 13
Work Title: Simon Boccanegra
Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 1 - Come in quest'ora bruna
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1857 Revised 1881
Date Recorded: 1960
Conductor: Max Rudolf
Orchestra / Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Main Performer: Eileen Farrell (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Eileen Farrell
Work 14
Work Title: Don Carlo
Excerpt(s): 1. È lui! desso! l'Infante!
2. Qual pallor
3. Dio, che nell'alma infondere
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1867 Revised 1884
Date Recorded: 1992
Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Main Performer: Michael Sylvester (Tenor), Vladimir Chernov (Baritone)
Opera Part(s): Michael Sylvester, Vladimir Chernov
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