Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him.

In his early ope...

BRENDEL plays Liszt (1955-58) - PAKM090

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LISZT Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
LISZT Années de pèlerinage
LISZT Grandes études de Paganini
LISZT Operatic transcriptions

Studio recordings, 1955-58
Total duration: 79:25

Alfred Brendel, piano

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BUSCH Verdi: La Forza del Destino (Edinburgh, 1951) - PACO174

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VERDI La Forza del Destino
with rare bonus tracks:
VERDI La Forza del Destino (overture & orchestral excerpts, Dresden, 1926)
VERDI Luisa Miller - Overture (Chicago, 1947)

Live stage recording, 1951
Total duration: 2hr 51:54

Leonora - Walburga Wegner
Alvaro - David Poleri
Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Guardiano - Bruce Dargavel
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Busch

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CALLAS Verdi: Aïda (1955) - PACO178

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VERDI Aïda

Studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 24:40

Maria Callas - Aïda
Richard Tucker - Radamès
Fedora Barbieri - Amneris
Tito Gobbi - Amonasro
Giuseppe Modesti - Ramfis
Nicola Zaccaria - Il re d'Egitto
Elvira Galassi - Una sacerdotessa
Franco Ricciardi - Un messaggero

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin

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CALLAS Verdi: Il Trovatore (1956) - PACO181

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VERDI Il Trovatore

Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 9:37

Maria Callas - Leonora
Rolando Panerai - Il Conte Di Luna
Fedora Barbieri - Azucena
Giuseppe Di Stefano - Manrico
Nicola Zaccaria - Ferrando

Coro e Orchestra de Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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CALLAS Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1954) - PACO172

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VERDI La Forza del Destino

Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 45:00

Donna Leonora - Maria Callas
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Don Carlo di Vargas - Carlo Tagliabue
Il Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai

Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin

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CALLAS Verdi: La Traviata (1953) - PACO090

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VERDI La Traviata

Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 2:07

Violetta Valéry - Maria Callas (soprano)
Alfredo Germont - Francesco Albanese (tenor)
Giorgio Germont - Ugo Savarese (baritone)
Coro Cetra
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Conductor Gabriele Santini

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