Viva Verdi! - A 100th Anniversary Celebration Sampler ~ Carreras / Caballe,etc.

Lamberto Gardelli (Artist), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Neville Marriner (Conductor), Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra), National Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), La Scala Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra), Munich Bavarian State Orchestra (Orchestra), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, et al.
• Conductor: Neville Marriner
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00004ZB9N
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,717 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Oberto: Sinfonia - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

2. Un giorno di regno: Scena e cavatina: Ah non m'hanno ingannata!...Grave a core innamorato (Marchesa) - Fiorenza Cossotto

3. Nabucco: Coro: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate - Wiener Staatsopernchor

4. I lombardi: Scena E Cavatina: La Mia Letizia Infondere... Come Poteva Un Angelo (Oronte, Sofia) - Placido Domingo

5. Ernani: Duetto: Da qual di che t'ho veduta (Don Carlo, Elvira) - Lajos Miller

6. I due Foscari: Atto II, preludio - Scena: Notte! perpetua notte (Jacopo) - Jose Carreras

7. Giovanna d'Arco: Sotto una quercia parvemi (Carlo VII) - Carlo Bergonzi

8. Alzira: Scena a cavatina: Riposa. Tutte, in suo dolor vegliante...Da Gusman (Alzira, Chorus, Zuma) - Marina Mescheriakova

9. Attila: E' gettata la mia sorte (Ezio) - Sherrill Milnes

10. Macbeth: Scena e cavatina: Vieni! t'affretta!...Or tutti sorgette (Lady Macbeth) - Giovanni Foiani

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Disc: 2

1. Rigoletto: Quartetto: Bella figlia dell'amore - Piero Cappuccilli

2. Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa! (Azucena) - Fiorenza Cossotto

3. La Traviata: Atto I, preludio - Bayerisches Staatsorchester

4. La Traviata: Brindisi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta) - Placido Domingo

5. La Traviata: Scena ed aria: Finale (Violetta): E' strano!...Ah, fors'e lui - Bayerisches Staatsorchester

6. La Traviata: Follie! Delirio vano e questo!...Sempre libera - Ileana Cotrubas

7. Les Vepres sicilliennes: Giorno di pianto (Arrigo) - Carlo Bergonzi

8. Simon Boccanegra: Atto I, preludio - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala

9. Aroldo: Scena e quartetto finale (excerpt): Allore che gl'anni - Neil Shicoff

10. Un ballo maschera: Di' tu se fedele (Riccardo) - Luciano Pavarotti

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It's rare for sampler albums to demonstrate originality, but Decca's Giuseppe Verdi compilation honoring the 100th anniversary of the composer's death in 1901 goes beyond putting a smorgasbord of Verdiana on your plate. Its lavishly illustrated 100-page book includes a potted bio of the composer and sections on each of his operas, along with Universal's complete Verdi catalog (but no texts or translations). The discs contain samples from each opera, arranged in chronological order, featuring most of the top singers of the past 40 years. They're all here, from the Three Tenors to their betters, like Jon Vickers, whose powerfully sung "Celeste Aida" is a demonstration of individuality at the service of character portrayal, and Carlo Bergonzi, whose two selections (arias from Giovanna del Arco and Les Vêspres siciliennes) are magnificent demonstrations of the true Verdi style. And this is not just another Great Hits compilation, for many of the operas are represented by rarely heard arias and ensemble pieces. The result: a neat introduction to Verdi's glorious music for neophytes and a nice supplement for Verdians, who will discover new aspects to the Bard of romantic opera. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine CD for a great celebration, November 27, 2000

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Erick Zermegno Morales (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Verdi! - A 100th Anniversary Celebration Sampler ~ Carreras / Caballe,etc. (Audio CD)

As part of celebrations for the Verdi's centennial, Universal seal has edited this excelent antology.

This 2CD album is presented chronologicaly with representative hightlights of all Verdi's operas since Oberto to Falstaff including the Messa di Requiem, all with superb performers.

Some opera super stars that appears in this collection are: Cossotto, Caballé, Domingo, Pavarotti, Carreras, Bergonzi, Fischer-Dieskau, et al.

This collection is presented with an illustrated

libretto in couché paper. Includes a brief Verdi's bio, with a good text about each opera that the Roncole genius composed that appear here in hightlights. This collection brings a new panorama of the all Verdi's work and is an excelent choice for this big celebration.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible celebration! Viva Verdi!, December 4, 2000

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Carlos Fuentes y Espinosa (Mexico´s city, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Verdi! - A 100th Anniversary Celebration Sampler ~ Carreras / Caballe,etc. (Audio CD)

This album which is celebrating Verdi's works, is wonderful. I could say these cds present the best singers of our times singing Verdi's operas. I also noticed that here we can hear many less known works. In fact, almost all the Verdi's operas are contained in this magnificent album. As the title says: " a great celebration"

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent little compilation, May 28, 2003

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Peter Hilliard (Roslyn, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viva Verdi! - A 100th Anniversary Celebration Sampler ~ Carreras / Caballe,etc. (Audio CD)

This is a great little set, better in its breadth than its depth. I came to appreciate this collection when I was putting together a score for a show entitled: "Eat your greens; The complete operas of Verdi performed in 20 minutes by a cast of vegetables" Let me assure you, when you're trying to get every Verdi opera down to 20 or so seconds and score it with a pithy arrangement of a passage, you're going to need someone to narrow it down to about one number per opera for the bulk of the shows. If I wasn't able to reference this, I would have had to look much harder and spent a lot more money to get things like the complete Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio and Alzira. This collection provided me with stellar recordings of the cream of each Verdi opera, all well recorded by major artists. In addition to this admittedly obscure usage, the collection provides a splendid overview of Verdi's truly massive career, from his early beginnings, where he nearly out-Rossinis Rossini (if that were possible) to his colossal Requiem, Falstaff, and Otello, which are arguably Wagnerian in scope and ambition. Short of a college course, and the Budden book, I can't think of any better way to internalize his acheivement than to listen to this superbly compiled and elegantly packaged delight. I recommend it highly.