Verdi: Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor), La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus (Orchestra), Elena Suliotis (Performer), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Performer), Gianni Raimondi (Performer), Giovanni Foiani (Performer), Gloria Lane (Performer), Mirella Fiorentini (Performer), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Performer), Piero de Palma (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Elena Suliotis, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Gianni Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani, Gloria Lane, et al.
• Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Opera D'oro
• ASIN: B000000UO1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,246 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): No. 1, Overture

2. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 2, 'Gil arredi festivi' (Chorus)

3. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 3a, 'Sperate, o figli!' (Zaccaria)

4. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 3b, 'D'Egitto la sui lidi', (Zaccaria)

5. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, 3c, 'Come notte'

6. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 4a, 'Fenena! O mia diletta!' (Ismaele)

7. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 4b, 'Io t'amava!'

8. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 5, 'Prode guerrier!'

9. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 6, 'Lo vedeste?' (Anna, Chorus)

10. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act I, No. 7a, 'Viva Nabucco!'

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act II, No. 10b, 'Tu sul labbro de veggenti' (Zaccaria)

2. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act II, No. 11a, 'Che si vuol?', Chorus

3. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act II, No. 11b, 'Il maledetto non ha fratelli', Chorus

4. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act II, No. 12a, 'Deh, fratelli'

5. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act II, No. 12b, 'S'appressan gl'istanti'

6. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act II, No. 12c, 'S'oda or me!' - Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria)

7. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act III, No. 13, 'E l'Assiria una regina' (Chorus)

8. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act III, No. 14, 'Eccelsa Donna' (Sacerdote di Belo)

9. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act III, No. 15, 'Donna, chi sei?' (Nabucco)

10. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act III, No. 16, 'Oh, di qual'onta aggravisi'

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Recording!, December 23, 1999

By 

Samuel Caito (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verdi: Nabucco (Audio CD)

Despite the blank spot and an occasional cough, this recording is realy quite good. Both Ghiaurov and Suliots have wonderfully omnious vioces, which make them perfect for their roles. The orchestra is also great (especially in the sinfonia). The conducter also does a wonderful job of keeping the music exciting (which it is without his help). This is one of my favorite recordings to listen to and worth buying.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Than Your Money's Worth Here!, November 14, 2003

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David R. Eastwood (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Verdi: Nabucco (Audio CD)

Admittedly, the sound quality of this "live performance" is not particularly good. HOWEVER, soprano Elena Suliotis (in my view the chief reason for buying THIS recording) is a truly outstanding Abigaille. ALL of her singing is riveting. Listeners unfamiliar with this early Verdi opera would do well to buy this CD as an inexpensive "starter"--a way to learn how and why the 19th cent. Italian public, who identified their own plight with that of the Hebrew slaves in this opera, came to consider the famous chorus "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" their unofficial national anthem AND a way to hear some other truly wonderful music. Listeners already familiar with this opera owe it to themselves to hear Suliotis in her all-too-short prime. (Not incidentally, the moving and beautiful "Va, pensiero" chorus was conducted at Verdi's funeral by Toscanini.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Abigaille is the star of this show!!!!!!GET THIS NOW!!!!!!, May 12, 2005

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Mark the music lover (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verdi: Nabucco (Audio CD)

These five stars go to Suliotis alone!!! For Such a long time Ghena Dimitrova was my favorite interpreter of the role of Abigaille, that was until I heard Suliotis in this live performance from La Scala di Milano. Suliotis performance in my correct opinion outclasses Dimitrova, Scotto, Cerquetti, and even gives Callas a serious run for her money. This live performance finds Suliotis in mind boggling form. She attacks this role with reckless abandon, much like Callas 1952 Medea with Bernstein. Her high notes are blazingly bright and powerful as they literally leap at you out of your loudspeakers, and her chest voice is pushed so dangerously close to the edge that it comes as no surprise that her career was so short, much like her Greek counterpart. Perhaps the most absorbing and rewarding aspect of her interpretation is the way in which she colors and curdles her voice for dramatic effect. Her Abigaille is vindictive, wild, psychotic, bitchy, vulnerable, and imperious all at once. I even think that this live performance of hers makes even her recording with Gardelli pale in comparison. The rest of the cast, orchestra and chorus are admirable, but there can be no doubt that La Suliotis dominates this performance with a will of iron that leaves no doubt as to who the star of this production is. You just have to admit that there is a certain magic that live performances have that just can't be duplicated in the recording studio. BUT IT NOW!!!!!!!!TO HEAR THE GREATEST ABIGAILLE EVER!!!!!ONLY LA DIVINA HERSELF IS THE EQUAL OF THIS DIVA!!!!!!