Great Verdi Voices

Leontyne Price (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Jose Carreras (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Franco Bonisolli (tenor), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Arleen Auger (soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano),...

The first track immediately announces that this compilation means business. At the height of her powers, Leontyne Price launches into 'Ernani, involami' with energy, commanding authority, slightly... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016 More…

Release Date: 29th Jan 2016
Catalogue No: 900313
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 73 minutes

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Excerpt, Verdi: Ernani

Work length11:58

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Leontyne Price (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Carlo Franci, Heinz Wallberg

Act I: Surta e la notte - Ernani! Ernani, involami

Track length5:56

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Act I: Merce, diletti amici - Come rugiada al cespite

Track length6:02

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Excerpt, Verdi: Macbeth

Work length4:14

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Julia Varady (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg

Macbeth, Act II: Aria: La luce langue

Track length4:14

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Excerpt, Verdi: Il Corsaro

Work length4:28

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José Carreras (tenor)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli

Il corsaro, Act I: Tutto parea sorridere

Track length4:28

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Excerpt, Verdi: Rigoletto

Work length6:27

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Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Kurt Peter Eichhorn

Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

Track length4:25

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Act III: La donna e mobile

Track length2:02

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Excerpt, Verdi: Il Trovatore

Work length7:22

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Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Franco Bonisolli (tenor)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Hermann Hildebrandt

Act III: Ah, si ben mio, coll'essere

Track length3:40

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Act III: Di quella pira l'orrendo foco

Track length3:42

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Excerpt, Verdi: La Traviata

Work length11:05

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Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Arnold Quennet, Giuseppe Patanè

Act I: E strano! … Ah, fors e lui

Track length6:37

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Act II: Di Provenza il mar, il suol

Track length4:28

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Excerpt, Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Work length1:56

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Arleen Auger (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Kurt Peter Eichhorn

Un ballo in maschera, Act III: Saper vorreste di che se veste

Track length1:56

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Excerpt, Verdi: Don Carlo

Work length9:59

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Sena Jurinac (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Horst Stein

Don Carlo, Act IV: Tu che la vanita

Track length9:59

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Excerpt, Verdi: Aida

Work length6:57

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Dame Margaret Price (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg

Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor - Numi, pieta

Track length6:57

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Excerpt, Verdi: Otello

Work length5:13

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Vladimir Atlantov (bass)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg

Otello, Act IV: Niun mi tema

Track length5:13

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Excerpt, Verdi: Falstaff

Work length4:06

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Giuseppe Taddei (baritone)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Kurt Peter Eichhorn

Falstaff, Act I: Ehi! paggio! … L' onore! Ladri!

Track length4:06

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The radio recordings collected on the newly-released CD from BR-KLASSIK entitled Great Verdi Voices were made between 1962 and 1984. All impressively convey the vocal presence of the renowned performing artists and are thus also of historical significance: the recordings produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk document the development of how Verdi's music was received in Germany during the two decades in question.

Many live recordings also offer interesting alternatives to their studio counterparts at that time by the same renowned performers. Their names read like a Who's Who of the most excellent Verdi interpretations: Arleen Auger, Sena Jurinac, Leontyne Price, Margaret Price, Anneliese Rothenberger and Julia Varady are the ladies presented here, and the gentlemen are Vladimir Atlantov, Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Bonisolli, Renato Bruson, Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Nicolai Gedda, Neil Shicoff and Giuseppe Taddei.

The selection of arias and opera scenes ranges from Verdi's early operas Ernani, Macbeth and Il Corsaro (The Corsair) and middle operas Rigoletto, Il Trovatore (The Troubadour), La Traviata and Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball), to the later works: Don Carlo, Aida, Otello and Falstaff. The arias and scenes, arranged chronologically according to their dates of composition, are a representative cross-section of Verdi's operatic oeuvre. The Münchner Rundfunkorchester accompanies throughout, under various German and international conductors.

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March 2016

The first track immediately announces that this compilation means business. At the height of her powers, Leontyne Price launches into 'Ernani, involami' with energy, commanding authority, slightly sketchy coloratura, and voice to spare. If this is not a great Verdi voice, then none is...Conductors, orchestral standards and recording quality are variable. The voices, though, are all worth hearing.

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