Join us for the second part of our two-week series featuring Verdi with more of his operas and other works, both iconic and underappreciated. Verdi takes on Italian painters, Egyptian princesses, and composes perhaps the grandest requiem ever written. Rumor has it that at Verdi’s funeral a hundred thousand voices rose in song as Toscanini conducted the “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from his opera Nabucco.
Verdi, Giuseppe, Part II
Playlist
Episode 1
Verdi, Giuseppe: Don Carlo: Overture
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra/Solti
Verdi: Don Carlos
London 443 814
1:26
Verdi, Giuseppe: Act I (excerpts)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra/Solti, Renata Tebaldi, soprano; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor
Verdi: Don Carlos
London 443 814
16:16
Verdi, Giuseppe: Act II (excerpts)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra/Solti
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Verdi: Don Carlos
London 443 814
10:44
Verdi, Giuseppe: Aida, Act I: “Se Quel Guerrier Io fossi!. Celeste Aida”
Orchestra dell’ Opera di Parma/Morandi; Kauffman, tenor
Verdi: Greatest Hits
Sony 49204
4:41
Verdi, Giuseppe: Aida (excerpts)
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus/Solti; Vickers, tenor
Verdi: Aida
Decca 417416
:34
Verdi, Giuseppe: Aida: Act II (excerpts)
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus/Solti; Vickers, tenor; Price, soprano; soloists
Verdi: Aida
Decca 417416
4:57
Verdi, Giuseppe: Aida: Act II (excerpts)
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus/Solti; Vickers, tenor; Price, soprano; soloists
Verdi: Aida
Decca 417416
9:43
Episode 2
Verdi, Giuseppe: Messa Da Requiem: Requiem and Kyrie
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini; Herva Nelli, soprano; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo soprano; Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor; Cesare Siepi, bass
Vol. XI – Choral Works
RCA 72373
7:46
Verdi, Giuseppe: Messa Da Requiem: Kyrie (excerpt)
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini; Herva Nelli, soprano; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo soprano; Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor; Cesare Siepi, bass
Vol. XI – Choral Works
RCA 72373
1:29
Verdi, Giuseppe: Messa da Requiem: Dies Irae Second section
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti; Mario Zeffiri, tenor. Olga Borodina, soprano
Giuseppe VERDI Messa da Requiem
CSO Resound 901-1006
38:35
Verdi, Giuseppe: Messa da Requiem: (Second section excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti; Mario Zeffiri, tenor. Olga Borodina, soprano
Giuseppe VERDI Messa da Requiem
CSO Resound 901-1006
2:13
Episode 3
Verdi, Giuseppe: Messa da Requiem: Offertorio, Sanctus, Angus Dei, Lux aeterna, Libera me
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti; Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Olga Borodina, soprano
Giuseppe Verdi
CSO Resound 901-1006
41:12
Verdi, Giuseppe: String Quartet in E Minor, III & IV
Quartetto Italiano (Paolo Borciani & Elisa Pegreffi, violin; Lionello Forzanti, viola; Franco Rossi, violoncello)
The Early Recordings (1946-1952)
Amadeus- Quartetto Italiano, The Early Recordings
7:09
Verdi, Giuseppe: Messa da Requiem: Libera me (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti; Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Olga Borodina, soprano
Giuseppe Verdi
CSO Resound 901-1006
3:39
Episode 4
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act I
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi, Barbara Di Castri, Juan Francisco Gatell, Michael Spyres Paolo Battaglia
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
5:12
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act II, IV (excerpts)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
12:18
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act I, II, IV (excerpts)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
4:19
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act I (excerpts)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
4:19
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act II (excerpts)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
5:12
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act II (excerpts)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
2:36
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello: Act IV scene I, II, III
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011301
16:26
Episode 5
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello- Act IV (excerpts)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti; soloists
Verdi: Otello
CSO Resound 9011303
15:19
Verdi, Giuseppe: Falstaff- Act I (excerpts)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chorus/Solti; Van Dam, bass baritone; soloists
Falstaff
London 440650
9:18
Verdi, Giuseppe: Falstaff: Act I (excerpts)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chorus/Solti
Falstaff
London 440650
15:43
Verdi, Giuseppe: Falstaff: Act III (excerpts)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chorus/Solti
Falstaff
London 440650
7:36
Verdi, Giuseppe: Falstaff: “Quand’ero paggio” (excerpt)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Alberto Erede; Tito Gobbi, baritone
Verdi: Falstaff
EMI 67162
1:32