Verdi: Otello (excerpts) / Maazel

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Lorin Maazel (Conductor), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Plácido Domingo (Performer), Petranka Malakova (Performer), Ezio di Cesare (Performer), Justino Diaz (Performer), Katia Ricciarelli (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Plácido Domingo, Petranka Malakova, Ezio di Cesare, Justino Diaz, Katia Ricciarelli
• Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI / Angel Records
• ASIN: B00000631P
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Otello, opera: Esultate! L'orgoglio musulmano

2. Otello, opera: Qua, ragazzi, del vino!... Inaffia l'ugola!

3. Otello, opera: Giŕ nella notte densa

4. Otello, opera: Vanne!... Credo in un Dio crudel

5. Otello, opera: Tu?! Indietro! Fuggi!... Ora e per sempre addio

6. Otello, opera: E qual certezza sognate voi

7. Otello, opera: Era la notte

8. Otello, opera: Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!

9. Otello, opera: Dio, mi potevi scagliar

10. Otello, opera: A terra!... E piangi!

11. Otello, opera: Mia madre avea una povera ancella (Canzone del salice)

12. Otello, opera: Ave Maria

13. Otello, opera: Niun mi tema

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great verdi otello., August 20, 2000

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This review is from: Verdi: Otello (excerpts) / Maazel (Audio CD)

I am not actually reviewing the Otello Excerpts, but the complete recording itself. I got this recording on my birthday and enjoyed it since. The orchestral playing is very crisp and clear, and the first act storm scene is interpreted very well by Maazel. "Gia nelle notte" is done very well by Domingo and Ricciarelli, as well as the beautiful duet in the Third act. Justino Diaz does a great job as Jago, the cast is very good. The Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla scala is very good, the music (as always) is very beautiful, and the booklet comes with the pictures from Franco Zeffirelli's film opera Otello and the synopsis is well-explained, the recording is just perfect. When the complete opera is re-issued, then get that as soon as possible.