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GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music
COMPACT DISC ONE*
1.
Overture to 'Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio' (1839)
6:12
2.
Overture to 'Un giorno di regno' (1840)
5:36
(Il finto Stanislao)
3.
Overture to 'Nabucco' (1842)
7:39
(Nabucodonosor)
4.
Prelude to 'Ernani' (1844)
3:19
5.
Prelude to 'I due Foscari' (1844)
2:35
6.
Overture to 'Giovanna d'Arco' (1845)
7:31
7.
Overture to 'Alzira' (1845)
6:57
8.
Prelude to 'Attila' (1846)
3:22
9.
Prelude to 'Macbeth' (1847)
3:21
Ballet Music from 'Macbeth', Act III (1865)
10:36
(Paris version)
10.
Ballo I
2:15
11.
Ballo II -
5:22
12.
Ballo III
2:56
13.
Prelude to 'I masnadieri' (1847)
5:20
14.
Prelude to 'Il corsaro' (1848)
2:58
15.
Overture to 'La battaglia di Legnano' (1849)
9:21
76:08
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
Prelude to 'Jérusalem', Act III (1847)
4:57
Ballet Music from 'Jérusalem', Act III (1847)
22:45
2.
1
Pas de quatre
7:25
3.
2
Pas de deux
5:41
4.
3
Pas solo
6:52
5.
4
Pas d'ensemble
2:39
6.
Overture to 'Luisa Miller' (1849)
6:00
7.
Overture to 'Stiffelio' (1850)
9:39
8.
Prelude to 'Rigoletto' (1851)
2:50
Ballet Music from 'Il trovatore', Part III (1857)
24:19
9.
1
Pas de bohémiens
6:19
10.
2
Seviliana
7:23
11.
3
La Bohémienne
7:49
12.
4
Galop
2:40
71:08
COMPACT DISC THREE
1.
Prelude to 'La traviata', Act I (1853)
4:03
2.
Prelude to 'La traviata', Act III (1853)
3:33
3.
Overture to 'Les Vêpres siciliennes' (1855)
9:21
Les Quatre Saisons, Ballet Music from 'Les Vêpres siciliennes', Act III (1855)
31:16
4.
I
L'Hiver
7:05
5.
II
Le Printemps
8:28
6.
III
L'Été
6:05
7.
IV
L'Automne
9:34
8.
Prelude to 'Simon Boccanegra' (1857)
2:52
(Venice version)
9.
Prelude to 'Un ballo in maschera' (1859)
4:33
56:11
COMPACT DISC FOUR
1.
Prelude to 'La forza del destino' (1862)
3:37
(St Petersburg version)
2.
Prelude to 'Don Carlo', Act II (1884)
3:14
(Milan version)
La Pérégrina, Ballet Music from 'Don Carlos', Act III (1867)
17:10
(Paris version)
3.
I
Andante - Tempo di valzer - Allegro vivo -
12:56
4.
II
Finale. Prestissimo
4:14
5.
Overture to 'La forza del destino' (1869)
8:05
(Milan version)
6.
Prelude to 'Aida' (1871)
4:21
(Cairo version)
Dances from 'Aida' (1871)
4:05
7.
I
Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse, Act I
2:23
8.
II
Danza di piccoli schiavi mori, Act II
1:39
9.
Ballet Music from 'Aida', Act II (1871)
4:47
10.
Overture to 'Aida' (1872)
11:52
(Italian premiere; withdrawn)
11.
Ballet Music from 'Otello', Act III (1894)
6:16
(Paris version)
64:18
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:Sir Edward Downes
24 & 25 January 1996 (disc one), 21 & 22 January 1997 (disc two), 10 & 11 March 1998 (disc three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four) and 8 July 1999 (remainder on disc four)
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This treasure-trove is a comprehensive survey of all the purely orchestral music from Verdi’s operas… Edward Downes who conducts with passion and power, shows himself once again to be one of his country’s leading Verdians.
The Times on CHAN 9787(4) (Verdi set)
Sir Edward Downes directs a world-class orchestra, and the results are all one could wish for.
Classic CD on CHAN 9510 (Verdi,Vol. 1)
…the Chandos engineers provide a glowingly resonant sound picture… it could hardly be better done.
Gramophone on CHAN 9594 (Verdi,Vol. 2)
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