Verdi: Opera Choruses, Overtures & Ballet Music
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Royal Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Verdi: Opera Choruses, Overtures & Ballet Music
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Royal Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
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With his questing spirit, Verdi took an often innovative approach to the choral and orchestral components of his operas. In Nabucco, his first great success, the chorus of Hebrew slaves became a protagonist – and its ‘Va, pensiero’ became Italy’s honorary national anthem – while his overtures range from atmospheric introductions, for instance the haunting prelude to La traviata, to full-blown orchestral showpieces, such as the splendid sinfonia that opens La forza del destino.
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- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1991-07-16
- Recording Venue: 1-5,10,16 July 1991/Abanella Milan
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1991-07-16
- Recording Venue: 1-5,10,16 July 1991/Abanella Milan
- Romano Gandolfi (director)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1982-12-22
- Recording Venue: 7, 11, 14, 18 & 22 December 1982 / 'live' in the Teatro Scala, Milano
- Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Romano Gandolfi (director)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1982-12-22
- Recording Venue: 7, 11, 14, 18 & 22 December 1982 / 'live' in the Teatro Scala, Milano
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1991-07-16
- Recording Venue: 1-5,10,16 July 1991/Abanella Milan
- Cheryl Studer (soprano), Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor), Giorgio Surian (bass-baritone), Giorgio Zancanaro (bass-baritone), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Steve Hogarth (bass)
- Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1989-07-01
- Recording Venue: June & July 1989, Abanella, Milan
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1991-07-31
- Recording Venue: 1-5,10,16 July 1991/Abanella Milan
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1988-10-17
- Recording Venue: 1-10 July & 16, 17 October 1988. La Scala, Milan
- Ernesto Gavazzi (vocals), Lucio Gallo (bass-baritone), Michele Pertusi (bass)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1988-10-17
- Recording Venue: 1-10 July & 16, 17 October 1988. La Scala, Milan
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1991-07-16
- Recording Venue: 1-5,10,16 July 1991/Abanella Milan
- Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1986-07-31
- Recording Venue: July 1986. Teatro alla Scala, Milan
- Teatro alla Scala
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1986-07-31
- Recording Venue: Recorded LIVE 26 & 29 June 1987. Teatro alla Scala, Milan
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera Chorus
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1974-07-11
- Recording Venue: 2-9 & 11 July 1974 / Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1978-02-08
- Recording Venue: 10-20 July 1977 & 5-8 February 1978 / Kingsway Hall, London
- New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1976-07-20
- Recording Venue: 5-9 July 1976 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, & 13-20 July 1976 / Kingsway Hall, London
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