The Complete Works

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Annotation

The 2016 75-CD reissue of the 2013 edition. Decca only has the 2013 edition listed on their site.

Annotation last modified on 2018-04-22 16:58 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1: Oberto (Atto I) (Marriner, 1966)
CD 2: Oberto (Atto II, Appendix) (Marriner, 1966)
CD 3: Un giorno di regno (Atto I) (Gardelli, 1973)
CD 4: Un giorno di regno (Atto II) (Gardelli, 1973)
CD 5: Nabucco (Parte I, Parte II beginning) (Gardelli, 1965)
CD 6: Nabucco (Parte II conclusion, Parte III, Parte IV) (Gardelli, 1965)
CD 7: I Lombardi (Atto I, Atto II) (Levine, 1996)
CD 8: I Lombardi (Atto III, Atto IV) (Levine, 1996)
CD 9: Ernani (Parte I, Parte II beginning) (Bonynge, 1987)
CD 10: Ernani (Parte II conclusion, Parte III, Parte IV) (Bonynge, 1987)
CD 11: I due Foscari (Atto I) (Gardelli, 1976)
CD 12: I due Foscari (Atto II, Atto III) (Gardelli, 1976)
CD 13: Giovanna d’Arco (Prologo, Atto I) (Carignani, 2013)
CD 14: Giovanna d’Arco (Atto II, Atto III) (Carignani, 2013)
CD 15: Alzira (Prologo, Atto I) (Luisi, 1999)
CD 16: Alzira (Atto II) (Luisi, 1999)
CD 17: Attila (Prologo, Atto I beginning) (Gardelli, 1972)
CD 18: Attila (Atto I conclusion, Atto II, Atto III) (Gardelli, 1972)
CD 19: Macbeth (Atto I, Atto II) (Abbado, 1976)
CD 20: Macbeth (Atto III, Atto IV) (Abbado, 1976)
CD 21: I masnadieri (Atto I, Atto II) (Bonynge, 1982)
CD 22: I masnadieri (Atto III, Atto IV) (Bonynge, 1982)
CD 23: Jérusalem (Acte I) (Luisi, 1998)
CD 24: Jérusalem (Acte II) (Luisi, 1998)
CD 25: Jérusalem (Acte III, Acte IV) (Luisi, 1998)
CD 26: Il corsaro (Atto I, Atto II) (Gardelli, 1975)
CD 27: Il corsaro (Atto III) (Gardelli, 1975)
CD 28: La battaglia di Legnano (Atto I, Atto II) (Gardelli, 1977)
CD 29: La battaglia di Legnano (Atto III, Atto IV) (Gardelli, 1977)
CD 30: Luisa Miller (Atto I, Atto II beginning) (Maag, 1975)
CD 31: Luisa Miller (Atto II conclusion, Atto III) (Maag, 1975)
CD 32: Stiffelio (Atto I) (Gardelli, 1979)
CD 33: Stiffelio (Atto II, Atto III) (Gardelli, 1979)
CD 34: Rigoletto (Atto I) (Giulini, 1979)
CD 35: Rigoletto (Atto II, Atto III) (Giulini, 1979)
CD 36: Il trovatore (Parte I, Parte II) (Giulini, 1984)
CD 37: Il trovatore (Parte III, Parte IV) (Giulini, 1984)
CD 38: La traviata (Atto I, Atto II beginning) (Kleiber, 1976)
CD 39: La traviata (Atto II conclusion, Atto III) (Kleiber, 1976
CD 40: I vespri siciliani (Atto I, Atto II) (Muti, 1989 & 1990)
CD 41: I vespri siciliani (Atto III) (Muti, 1989 & 1990)
CD 42: I vespri siciliani (Atto IV, Atto V) (Muti, 1989 & 1990)
CD 43: Simon Boccanegra (Prologo, Atto I) (Abbado, 1977)
CD 44: Simon Boccanegra (Atto II, Atto III) (Abbado, 1977)
CD 45: Aroldo (Atto I, Atto II) (Luisi, 1997)
CD 46: Aroldo (Atto III, Atto IV) (Luisi, 1997)
CD 47: Un ballo in maschera (Atto I, Atto II beginning) (Solti, 1982 & 1983)
CD 48: Un ballo in maschera (Atto II conclusion, Atto III) (Solti, 1982 & 1983)
CD 49: La forza del destino (1862 St. Petersburg version) (Atto I, Atto II) (Gergiev, 1995)
CD 50: La forza del destino (1862 St. Petersburg version) (Atto III) (Gergiev, 1995)
CD 51: La forza del destino (1862 St. Petersburg version) (Atto IV) (Gergiev, 1995)
CD 52: La forza del destino (1869 Milan version) (Atto I, Atto II beginning) (Sinopoli, 1985)
CD 53: La forza del destino (1869 Milan version) (Atto II conclusion, Atto III beginning) (Sinopoli, 1985)
CD 54: La forza del destino (1869 Milan version) (Atto III conclusion, Atto IV) (Sinopoli, 1985)
CD 55: Don Carlos (Acte I, Acte II beginning) (Abbado, 1983 & 1984)
CD 56: Don Carlos (Acte II conclusion, Acte III) (Abbado, 1983 & 1984)
CD 57: Don Carlos (Acte IV) (Abbado, 1983 & 1984)
CD 58: Don Carlos (Acte V, Appendix) (Abbado, 1983 & 1984)
CD 59: Don Carlo (Atto I, Atto II beginning) (Solti, 1965)
#TitleRatingLength
1Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Su, cacciator!" (Cacciatori)1:31
2Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Fontanebleau! Foresta immensa e solitaria" (Carlo)2:10
3Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Io la vidi e al suo sorriso scintillar mi parve" (Carlo)2:32
4Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Il suon del corno alfin nel bosco tace" (Carlo, Tebaldo, Elisabetta)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Tebaldo]:
Jeannette Sinclair (soprano) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I. N°2. Scena e Duetto. “Il suon dei corni alfin nel bosco tace” (Carlo, Tebaldo, Elisabetta) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (Fontainebleau, 5 act version in italian)
2:41
5Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Al mio pie’, perché?" (Elisabetta, Carlo)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I. N°3 “Al mio piè, perché?” (Elisabetta, Carlo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (Fontainebleau, 5 act version in italian)
3:51
6Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Di qual amor, di quant’ardor" (Elisabetta, Carlo)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I. N°3 “Di qual amor, di quant'ardor” (Elisabetta, Carlo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (Fontainebleau, 5 act version in italian)
4:53
7Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Al fedel ch’ora viene, o signora" (Tebaldo, Elisabetta, Carlo)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Tebaldo]:
Jeannette Sinclair (soprano) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I. N°3 “Al fedel ch'ora viene, o signora” (Tebaldo, Elisabetta, Carlo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (Fontainebleau, 5 act version in italian)
1:12
8Don Carlo: Atto primo. "L’ora fatale è suonata!" (Elisabetta, Carlo)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I. N°3 “L'ora fatale è suonata” (Elisabetta, Carlo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (Fontainebleau, 5 act version in italian)
0:47
9Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Inni di festa lieti echeggiate" (Dame di Elisabetta, paggi, valletti, popolo, Elisabetta, Carlo, Lerma)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Lerma]:
Kenneth MacDonald (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I. N°4 “Inni di festa lieti echeggiate” (Dame di Elisabetta, paggi, valletti, popolo, Elisabetta, Carlo, Lerma) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (Fontainebleau, 5 act version in italian)
1:22
10Don Carlo: Atto primo. "Il glorioso Re di Francia, il grande Enrico" (Lerma, Elisabetta, Carlo, dame di Elisabetta, paggi, valletti, popolo)5:10
11Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "Carlo il sommo imperatore" (Frati, un Frate)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
tenor vocals [un frate]:
Vincenzo Bello (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°1 “Carlo il sommo imperatore” … “Ei voleva regnare sul mondo” (Frati, un frate) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
7:00
12Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "Al chiostro di san giusto ove finì la vita" (Carlo, un Frate)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [un frate]:
Vincenzo Bello (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 “Il duolo della terra” (Al chiostro di San Giusto) (Un frate, Carlo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 “Io l’ho perduta!” … “Io la vidi e il suo sorriso” (Carlo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
2:01
13Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "E lui! desso! l’infante!" (Rodrigo, Carlo)
baritone vocals [Rodrigo]:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 1965)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [un frate]:
Vincenzo Bello (tenor) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°3 “È lui! desso! l’infante!” … “Questo arcano dal Re non fu sorpreso ancora?” (Rodrigo, Carlo, Coro, un frate) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
4:07
14Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "Dio, che nell’alma infondere" (Carlo, Rodrigo, un Frate, frati)
baritone vocals [Rodrigo]:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 1965)
bass vocals:
Tugomir Franc (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [un frate]:
Vincenzo Bello (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°4 “Dio, che nell’alma infondere amor …” (Carlo, Rodrigo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
4:41
15Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti" (Dame di Elisabetta, Tebaldo, Eboli)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Eboli]:
Grace Bumbry (mezzo‐soprano) (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Tebaldo]:
Jeannette Sinclair (soprano) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 2. N°5 “Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti” (Le dame, Eboli, Tebaldo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
3:24
16Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "Nei giardin del bello" (Eboli, Tebaldo, dame di Elisabetta)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Eboli]:
Grace Bumbry (mezzo‐soprano) (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Tebaldo]:
Jeannette Sinclair (soprano) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 2. N°6 “Nei giardin del bello saracin ostello” (Canzone del velo) (Eboli, Tebaldo, Coro di donne) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
4:21
17Don Carlo: Atto secondo. "La Regina!" (Dame di Elisabetta, Eboli, Elisabetta, Tebaldo, Rodrigo)
baritone vocals [Rodrigo]:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 1965)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Eboli]:
Grace Bumbry (mezzo‐soprano) (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Elisabetta]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1965)
soprano vocals [Tebaldo]:
Jeannette Sinclair (soprano) (in 1965)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 2. N°7 “La Regina! – Un arcana mestizia” (Le dame, Eboli, Elisabetta, Tebaldo, Rodrigo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
8:53
CD 60: Don Carlo (Atto II conclusion, Atto III) (Solti, 1965)
CD 61: Don Carlo (Atto IV, Atto V) (Solti, 1965)
CD 62: Aida (Atto I, Atto II beginning) (Karajan, 1959)
CD 63: Aida (Atto II conclusion, Atto III, Atto IV) (Karajan, 1959)
CD 64: Otello (Atto I, Atto II) (Chung, 1993)
CD 65: Otello (Atto III, Atto IV) (Chung, 1993)
CD 66: Falstaff (Atto I; Atto II, Parte 1) (Giulini, 1982)
CD 67: Falstaff (Atto II, Parte 2; Atto III) (Giulini, 1982)
CD 68: Requiem (Requiem, Dies irae) (Solti, 1967)
CD 69: Requiem (Offertorium, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Libera me) (Solti, 1967) / Quattro pezzi sacri (Solti, 1977 & 1978)
CD 70: Messa Solenne & Other Sacred Works (Riccardo Chailly, 2000)
CD 71: Discoveries (Riccardo Chailly, 2002)
CD 72: Songs (Margaret Price, Geoffrey Parsons, 1986)
CD 73: Songs, Arias & Other Rarities (Renato Scotto, Paolo Washington, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Valery Gergiev, Claudio Abbado, James Levine)
CD 74: String Quartet & Ballet Music (Quartetto Italiano, 1950; de Almeida, 1973; Bonynge, 1976)
CD 75: Ballet Music (Chailly, 1986 & 1988)

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B0197GJMZ6 [info]

Release Group

includes:Il trovatore (1983 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Plácido Domingo (tenor), Rosalind Plowright (soprano / mezzo soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone), Evgeny Nesterenko (Russian operatic bass singer), Coro e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
La forza del destino (1985 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Rosalind Plowright (soprano / mezzo soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), José Carreras (Spanish tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Paata Burchuladze (operatic bass), Juan Pons (baritone), John Tomlinson (English operatic bass), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
Luisa Miller (1975 studio cast) by Verdi (Italian opera composer); Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Milnes (baritone), Giaiotti (operatic bass), Reynolds (alto), van Allan (operatic bass-baritone), National Philharmonic (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera), Maag (conductor)
Otello (1993 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Plácido Domingo (tenor), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung (pianist and conductor)
Un ballo in maschera (1982–83 studio cast) by Verdi (Italian opera composer); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Margaret Price (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera), Sir Georg Solti (conductor)