Verdi: Requiem [SACD]

Advantages: Glorious recorded sound, a fine group of soloists
Disadvantages: Some fans may not like Sutherland in this music

...This version of Verdi's Requiem sounds absolutely terrific. The chorus has lots of presence -so important in the famous Dies Irae and the soloists are miked beautifully. The 'Hostias' and 'Ingemisco' are some of the finest recordings of Luciano Pavarotti available. Arguably he had more character by the time of his later recording from the late 80s with Riccardo Muti but he is caught here at his finest vocally with the hushed ingemisco amongst the best of that much recorded aria. Joan Sutherland's performance has been criticised quite a lot by critics that think she should not have recorded Verdi roles (similar complaints surround her Traviatas, her Leonora in Il Trovatore and her Elvira in Ernani). I really like her in this music. She is certainly preferable in my opiion to Schwarzkopf (Giulini/EMI and De Sabata (Naxos)) or Nelli... Read review

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Advantages: Classic recordings from a master of his trade.
Disadvantages: Mono recordings, Crackly in parts.

...Verdi La forza del destino: Solenne in quest' ora by Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino: O, tu che in seno agli angeli by Giuseppe Verdi La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth: Ah, la paterna mano by Giuseppe Verdi Requiem Mass: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi Otello: Ora e per sempre addio by Giuseppe Verdi Otello: Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! by Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime...Possente amor mi chiama by Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell' amore [Quartet] by Giuseppe Verdi Un ballo in maschera: Di' tu se fedele by Giuseppe Verdi I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo Stabat mater: Cujus animam by Gioachino Rossini Petite Messe solennelle: Crucifixus... Read review

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Advantages: Everything you could ever want from a classical CD
Disadvantages: none

...by Giuseppe Verdi 32. Les pêcheurs de perles Composed by Georges Bizet 33. (Il) trovatore Composed by Giuseppe Verdi 34. Turandot Composed by Giacomo Puccini 35. Carmina Burana Composed by Carl Orff 36. Messa da Requiem Composed by Giuseppe Verdi 37. Messiah Composed by George Frideric Handel 38. Also sprach Zarathustra, 'Thus spake Zarathustra' Composed by Richard Strauss 39. (The) Planets Composed by Gustav Holst 40. Toccata and Fugue in D minor Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach 41. Symphony No. 40 in G minor Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 42. Symphony No. 5 in C minor Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven 43. Romeo and Juliet Composed by Sergey Prokofiev 44. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor Composed by Edvard Grieg 45. Boléro Composed by Maurice Ravel 46. Fanfare for the Common Man Composed... Read review

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