La Forza Del Destino [Highlights]

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Dimitri Mitropoulos (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Antonietta Stella (Performer), Ettore Bastianini (Performer), Giulietta Simionato (Performer), Giuseppe di Stefano (Performer), Walter Kreppel (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Antonietta Stella, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe di Stefano, Walter Kreppel
• Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Label: Gala
• ASIN: B00000FXLO
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #733,766 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. La forza del destino, opera: Help me, madam

2. La forza del destino, opera: Prayer - Eternal father, Lord

3. La forza del destino, opera: Here's to our good company

4. La forza del destino, opera: At last I am here. I give Thee thanks, O God!

5. La forza del destino, opera: Mother, merciful Virgin...

6. La forza del destino, opera: Finale 2 - The holy name of God our Lord be blessed

7. La forza del destino, opera: May our Lady of the Angels

8. La forza del destino, opera: Scene and romance - Life itself is hell to the sorrowful...

9. La forza del destino, opera: O you who dwell among the angels...

10. La forza del destino, opera: Scene and duet - You must swear to me

11. La forza del destino, opera: Scene and aria - To die! what a tremendous thing!

12. La forza del destino, opera: Fatal vessel of my destiny...

13. La forza del destino, opera: But if I might find some other proof?

14. La forza del destino, opera: Rataplan, rataplan, the love of glory

15. La forza del destino, opera: Scene and duet - It was useless, Alvaro, tohide from the world...

16. La forza del destino, opera: Fierce words and threats

17. La forza del destino, opera: Peace, peace, o my God!

18. La forza del destino, opera: I am dying! Confession!

19. La forza del destino, opera: Do not curse, humble yourself before Him who is holy and just...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Starry-Cast Forza, August 13, 2000

By 

Calvin M Goodwin - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Forza Del Destino [Highlights] (Audio CD)

Although this performance has been previously issued complete (at least on LP), this well-filled disc of excerpts is a steal at the price. Sound is excellent and natural. The sadly neglected Stella reminds us how fortunate we would be to have her for this repertoire today. Simionato and Bastianini are at their best - enough said! Only Di Stefano inevitably disappoints with the remnants of a beautiful but, by 1960, irreparably abused voice. A wonderful souvenir of a great era in Verdi singing! Mitropoulos is perhaps not at his very best, but this was done shortly before his death when he was already exhausted; still Mitropoulos and the Vienna Philharminic could never be without interest.