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Verdi Choruses
4853950 (Decca Classics, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (17 February 2023)
Tracks: 17
Booklet pages: 28
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
© 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Main country of recording: Italy
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Verdi Choruses published on 8 February 2023
Listen: Verdi: Witches' Chorus (Macbeth) (4853950 track 9, 0:57-1:40)
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Alberto Malazzi, chorus master
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Nabucco:
1 Gli arredi festivi giù cadano infranti (Act I)
2 Largo -
3 Cantabile: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Act III)
I Lombardi alla prima crociata:
4 Gerusalem (Act III)
5 O signore, dal tetto natio (Act IV)
Ernani:
6 Prelude
7 Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia (Act III)
Don Carlo:
8 Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza (Act III)
Macbeth:
9 Che faceste? Dite su! (Witches' Chorus, Act I)
10 S'allontanarono!
11 Patria oppressa! (Act IV, 1865 version)
Il Trovatore:
12 Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus, Act II)
La Forza del Destino:
13 Nella guerra, è la follia (Act III)
Aida: Act II
14 Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside -
15 Triumphal March & Ballet -
16 Vieni, o guerriero vindice
Simon Boccanegra:
17 Viva Simon (Prologue)
On 20 February 2023, Riccardo Chailly celebrates his seventieth birthday shortly after his latest release, Verdi Choruses. Recorded in Dolby Atmos in the auditorium of Teatro all Scala, the album includes the classic 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' ('Va, pensiero' from Nabucco) as well as the Triumphal Chorus, March and Ballet from Aida and highlights from another seven Verdi operas.
Recorded 1, 3, 6 and 8 June 2022 at Teatro all Scala, Milan, Italy.