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Offer,Essential Verdi

40 of his Greatest Masterpieces

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,...

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Contents

Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III

Work length2:24
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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1971-06-28
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

La donna è mobile

Track length2:24
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Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3

Work length4:05
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  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1989-11-07
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

"Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"

Track length4:05
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Verdi: La forza del destino - Original St.Petersburg version

Work length3:10
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  • Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra
  • Valéry Gergiev
  • Recorded: 1995-12
  • Recording Venue: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

Sinfonia

Track length3:10
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Verdi: La traviata / Act 1

Work length3:31
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Sir John Pritchard
  • Recorded: 1962-11
  • Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence

"Un dì felice, eterea"

Track length3:31
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Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Act 5

Work length3:36
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  • Maria Chiara (soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Nello Santi
  • Recorded: 1972-10-25
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Mercè, dilette amiche"

Track length3:36
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Verdi: La traviata / Act 1

Work length3:01
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  • Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Sir John Pritchard
  • Recorded: 1962-11-16
  • Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence

"Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi)

Track length3:01
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3

Work length1:58
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  • José Carreras (tenor)
  • Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1980-07
  • Recording Venue: unknown, London

"Di quella pira"

Track length1:58
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2

Work length5:17
$2.20
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  • Stefania Toczyska (mezzo-soprano)
  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Georg Solti, Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1989-11-07
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

"Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)

Track length2:45
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"Stride la vampa!"

Track length2:32
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Verdi: Aida / Act 1

Work length7:31
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  • Leontyne Price (soprano)
  • Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1961-07
  • Recording Venue: Opera House, Rome

"Ritorna vincitor!"

Track length7:31
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Act 2

Work length4:40
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  • Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Tugomir Franc (bass (vocal))
  • Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1965-07-15
  • Recording Venue: London Opera Centre, London

"Dio, che nell'alma infodere"

Track length4:40
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Verdi: La traviata / Act 1

Work length3:56
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  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Sir John Pritchard
  • Recorded: 1962-11-16
  • Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence

Prelude

Track length3:56
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1

Work length5:58
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1971-06-28
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Caro Nome"

Track length5:58
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Verdi: Don Carlo - 1886 Modena version / Act 4

Work length4:45
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  • Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Recorded: 1996-07-17
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"O don fatale"

Track length4:45
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Verdi: Aida, Act I

Work length5:04
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  • Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1959-09
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Se quel guerrier io fossi! – Celeste Aida

Track length5:04
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Verdi: Ernani / Part 1

Work length2:43
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Nello Santi
  • Recorded: 1959-04
  • Recording Venue: La Maison de la Chimie, Paris

"Ernani! Ernani, involami"

Track length2:43
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Act 1

Work length3:24
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  • Jussi Björling (tenor)
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Alberto Erede
  • Recorded: 1957-09
  • Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Florence

"Di tu se fedele"

Track length3:24
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Act III

Work length4:44
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  • Dame Margaret Price (soprano)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1982-06-12
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Morrò, ma prima in grazia"

Track length4:44
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Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 2

Work length3:41
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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Opernorchester
  • Sir Edward Downes
  • Recorded: 1968-06-29
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato"

Track length3:41
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Verdi: Aida / Act 2

Work length5:01
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  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1989-11
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

"Gloria all'Egitto"

Track length5:01
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Excerpt, Verdi: Requiem

Work length2:28
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  • Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1967-10-28
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

2a. Dies irae

Track length2:28
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Verdi: La forza del destino / Act 4

Work length5:41
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  • Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
  • Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
  • Riccardo Chailly
  • Recorded: 1998-06
  • Recording Venue: Centro Telecinematografico Culturale, Milan

"Pace, pace, mio Dio"

Track length5:41
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1

Work length2:00
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  • Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Nello Santi
  • Recorded: 1974-12
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Questa o quella"

Track length2:00
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Verdi: Rigoletto: Act 3

Work length4:02
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  • Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1971-06-28
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Bella figlia dell'amore"

Track length4:02
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Verdi: Otello / Act 4

Work length4:55
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  • Renée Fleming (soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1996-12-21
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

"Ave Maria, piena di grazia"

Track length4:55
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Verdi: La Traviata: Act 3

Work length4:22
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  • Frank Lopardo (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1994-12
  • Recording Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

"Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo"

Track length4:22
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Verdi: Macbeth / Act 4

Work length2:31
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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Opernorchester
  • Sir Edward Downes
  • Recorded: 1968-06-29
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Ah, la paterna mano"

Track length2:31
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3

Work length2:51
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  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1989-11-07
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

"Squilli, echeggi la tromba"

Track length2:51
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Verdi: Don Carlo - 1886 Modena version / Act 4

Work length4:16
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  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Recorded: 1996-07-17
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"O Carlo, ascolta"

Track length4:16
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Excerpt, Verdi: Requiem

Work length3:36
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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1967-10-28
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

2h. Ingemisco

Track length3:36
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Act 1

Work length3:40
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  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • Teatro alla Scala
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1988-12
  • Recording Venue: Abanella Studio, Milan

"Come in quest'ora bruna"

Track length3:40
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Verdi: Macbeth - Revised version 1865 - Act 2

Work length3:29
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  • Mara Zampieri (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Lucia Aliberti (soprano)
  • Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Recorded: 1983-12-06
  • Recording Venue: Grosser Sendesaal Des Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)

"Si colmi il calice di vino eletto"

Track length3:29
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Verdi: Aida / Act 3

Work length5:30
$0.85
$1.15
  • Leontyne Price (soprano)
  • Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1961-07
  • Recording Venue: Opera House, Rome

"Qui Radames verrà!...O Patria mia"

Track length5:30
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Verdi: I Lombardi / Act 2

Work length2:24
$1.10
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  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lamberto Gardelli
  • Recorded: 1971-07
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"La mia letizia infondere"

Track length2:24
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Verdi: I Masnadieri / Act 1

Work length3:58
$1.10
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  • Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Lamberto Gardelli
  • Recorded: 1974-11
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Lo sguardo avea degli angeli"

Track length3:58
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Verdi: La forza del destino - Original St.Petersburg version / Act 3

Work length4:18
$1.10
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  • Gegam Grigorian (tenor), Nikolai Putilin (baritone)
  • Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra
  • Valéry Gergiev
  • Recorded: 1995-12
  • Recording Venue: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

"Solenne in quest'ora"

Track length4:18
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Verdi: Macbeth / Act 4

Work length4:57
$1.10
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  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1989-11-07
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

"Patria oppressa"

Track length4:57
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 1

Work length3:45
$1.10
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  • Katia Ricciarelli (soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1980-07
  • Recording Venue: unknown, London

"Tacea la notte placida"

Track length3:45
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Verdi: I due Foscari / Act 1

Work length5:00
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  • José Carreras (tenor), Antoniak Mieczyslaw (tenor)
  • ORF Symphony Orchestra
  • Lamberto Gardelli
  • Recorded: 1976-06

"Dal più remoto esilio...Odio solo, ed odio atroce"

Track length5:00
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Act 3

Work length3:35
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  • Teatro alla Scala
  • Gabriele Santini
  • Recorded: 1961-07-09
  • Recording Venue: Teatro alla Scala, Milano

"Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza"

Track length3:35
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