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Verdi: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas / Serebrier, Bournemouth Symphony
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Verdi: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas / Serebrier, Bournemouth Symphony

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Composer
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
Artist
Serebrier
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 27, 2012
Catalog #
8572818-19
UPC
747313281879

About


The only other serious competition in this repertoire, and it’s not as complete as this release (the Aida items are missing), is an old Philips Due mostly conducted by the late Antonio de Almeida. Those are good performances, but they don’t outclass these, either interpretively or sonically. You might say that it doesn’t take much interpretive insight to conduct Italian ballet music, but ultimately the goal is always the same: to avoid boredom. This may be even harder in music whose purpose is largely decorative and expressively limited. It’s to Serebrier’s (and Verdi’s) credit that there isn’t a bar here that fails to entertain, or that doesn’t make an excellent case for believing that this music is of much higher quality than its reputation suggests.

The ballet from Aida is well known, of course, but that from Otello is a minor masterpiece in a strikingly similar vein. “The Four Seasons” ballet from I vespri siciliani is Verdi’s largest, lasting a solid half an hour, and it’s wonderfully performed here. It has moments that you might mistake for Delibes or Tchaikovsky. Don Carlos is also fully mature Verdi, while the ballet in Macbeth is pretty well known as it’s often included in modern performances of the opera (the witches’ waltz at the end is particularly fun). The two big “finds” for most listeners will be the extensive ballet music from Jérusalem (a.k.a. I lombardi), and the similarly large-scale (20 minutes) dance episodes from Il trovatore. This last item quotes the “gypsy” tunes from the opera’s first act, including the Anvil Chorus, and it’s really delightful. The sonics are clear and vivid, and with a playing time of nearly two hours, this set easily becomes the modern reference for this undervalued repertoire.

-- ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Otello, Act III Scene 7: Ballabile 05:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Otello, Act III Scene 7: Ballabile
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  3. 2 Macbeth, Act III Scene 1: Ballo I 02:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Macbeth, Act III Scene 1: Ballo I
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  4. 3 Macbeth, Act III Scene 1: Ballo II 04:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Macbeth, Act III Scene 1: Ballo II
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  5. 4 Macbeth, Act III Scene 1: Ballo III 03:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Macbeth, Act III Scene 1: Ballo III
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  6. 5 Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas de quatre 07:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas de quatre
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  7. 6 Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas de deux 05:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas de deux
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  8. 7 Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas de solo 05:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas de solo
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  9. 8 Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas d'ensemble 02:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    Jerusalem, Act III Scene 1: Pas d'ensemble
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  10. 9 Don Carlo, Act III Scene 2: Ballo della regina, "La Peregrina" 16:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Don Carlo, Act III Scene 2: Ballo della regina, "La Peregrina"
    Duration
    16:41
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Act I Scene 2: Dance No. 3: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse 02:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Dance No. 3: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  13. 2 Aida, Act II: Danza dei piccoli schiavi mori 01:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    Aida, Act II: Danza dei piccoli schiavi mori
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  14. 3 Aida, Act II: Ballabile 04:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Aida, Act II: Ballabile
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  15. 4 Act III Scene 1: Pas des Bohémiens 01:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Pas des Bohémiens
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  16. 5 Act III Scene 1: Gitanilla 02:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Gitanilla
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  17. 6 Act III Scene 1: Ensemble 01:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Ensemble
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  18. 7 Act III Scene 2: Sevillana 04:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Sevillana
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  19. 8 Act III Scene 2: Echo du soldat 02:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Echo du soldat
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  20. 9 Act III Scene 2: La Bohemienne 07:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: La Bohemienne
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  21. 10 Act III Scene 2: Galop 02:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Galop
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  22. 11 Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'inverno 06:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'inverno
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  23. 12 Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: La primavera 07:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: La primavera
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  24. 13 Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'estate 05:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'estate
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier
  25. 14 Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'autunno 09:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'autunno
    Duration
    09:22
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    José Serebrier