Happy Birthday, Giuseppe Verdi

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We celebrate the October 9 (or maybe 10), 1813 birthday of Giuseppe Verdi with vintage performances of Il trovatore and the Requiem.

Playlist:
1:01 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983
1:08 pm
  • Il trovatore: Acts I & II
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zinka Milanov, soprano ; Jussi Björling, tenor ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Leonard Warren, baritone ; Nicola Moscona, bass
  • Conductor: Renato Cellini
  • CD/Album: Verdi - Il trovatore
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 6643
  • Release Year: 1952
2:17 pm
  • Il trovatore: Acts III & IV
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zinka Milanov, soprano ; Jussi Björling, tenor ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Leonard Warren, baritone ; Nicola Moscona, bass
  • Conductor: Renato Cellini
  • CD/Album: Verdi - Il trovatore
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 6643
  • Release Year: 1952
3:15 pm
  • Requiem
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
  • Soloists: Leontyne Price, soprano ; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Veriano Luchetti, tenor ; José van Dam, bass
  • Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
  • CD/Album: Verdi - Requiem
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 62318
  • Release Year: 2004
4:38 pm
  • Otello: "Fuoco di gioia"
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
  • Conductor: Lorin Maazel
  • CD/Album: Les plus célèbres chÅ“urs d’opéras
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49828
  • Release Year: 1986
4:41 pm
  • La traviata: Chorus of the Gypsies & Matadors
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: John Aldis Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
  • CD/Album: Les plus célèbres chÅ“urs d’opéras
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49828
  • Release Year: 1972
4:46 pm
  • Aïda: Grand March
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus
  • Conductor: Zubin Mahta
  • CD/Album: Les plus célèbres chÅ“urs d’opéras
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49828
  • Release Year: 1967
4:51 pm
  • Nabucco: "Va, pensiero"
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Chorus & Orchestra of the German Opera
  • Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • CD/Album: Mad About Italian Opera
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445774
  • Release Year: 1983
4:57 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983

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