Great Verdi Voices / Munich Radio Orchestra

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Label
BR Klassik
Release Date
March 11, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VERDI, GIUSEPPE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Munich Radio Orchestra, Choir Of The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Price, Carreras, Capuccilli
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 11, 2016
    • UPC
      4035719003130
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      900313
    • LABEL
      BR Klassik
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

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

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Leontyne Price

      Conductor: Carlo Franci

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

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Neil Shicoff

      Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

    3. Macbeth, Act II: Aria: La luce langue

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

    4. Il corsaro, Act I: Tutto parea sorridere

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli

    5. Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Piero Cappuccilli

      Conductor: Kurt Peter Eichhorn

    6. Act III: La donna e mobile

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Nicolai Gedda

      Conductor: Kurt Peter Eichhorn

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

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Carlo Bergonzi

      Conductor: Kurt Peter Eichhorn

    8. Act III: Di quella pira l'orrendo foco

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Franco Bonisolli

      Conductor: Hermann Hildebrandt

    9. Act I: E strano! … Ah, fors e lui

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger

      Conductor: Arnold Quennet

    10. Act II: Di Provenza il mar, il suol

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Renato Bruson

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

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

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Arleen Augér

      Conductor: Kurt Peter Eichhorn

    12. Don Carlo, Act IV: Tu che la vanita

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Sena Jurinac

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    13. Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor - Numi, pieta

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Margaret Price

      Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

    14. Otello, Act IV: Niun mi tema

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vladimir Atlantov

      Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

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

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Giuseppe Taddei

      Conductor: Kurt Peter Eichhorn


This outstanding album contains 15 famous arias from the operas of Verdi, sung by the most influential Verdi voices of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. All of the recordings featured on this album are radio recordings, and were made between 1962 and 1984. The live recordings offer an interesting alternative to the studio recordings of the same works by the same performers. The selections are arranged chronologically by date of composition, and are a broad representation of the career of one of the finest operatic composers in history.