I Vespri Verdiani - Verdi Arias Vocal & Song Chandos

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I vespri verdiani

GIUSEPPE VERDI

From 'I masnadieri', Part II, Scene 1 (1847)

7:09

Amalia: 'Dall' infame banchetto'. Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro -

'Tu del mio Carlo al seno'. Adagio -

'Carlo vive?'. Allegro brillante

From 'Un ballo in maschera', Act III, Scene 1 (1859)

4:13

Amelia: 'Morrò, ma prima in grazia'. Andante

From 'Il trovatore', Part I 'Il duello', Scene 2 (1853)

6:28

Leonore: 'Ne tornei! V'apparve'. Allegro - Andante -

'Tacea la notte placida'. Andantino - Animando un poco -

Poco più animato -

'Versi di prece, ed umile'. [ ] - Animando un poco -

Poco più animato -

'Di tale amor'. Allegro giusto - Poco più mosso - Più mosso

From 'I vespri siciliani', Act IV (1855)

3:33

Elena: 'Arrigo! ah! parli a un core'. Andante

From 'I vespri siciliani', Act V

4:07

Elena: 'Mercé, dilette amiche'. Allegro

From 'Il corsaro'. Act I, Scene 2 (1848)

5:05

Medora: 'Egli non riede ancora!'. Andante -

'Non so le tetre immagini'. Andante

From 'Attila', Prologue, Scene 1 (1846)

4:52

Odabella: 'Santo di patria'. [ ] -

'Allor che i forti corrono'. Andantino - Allegro -

'Da te questo or m'è concesso'. Allegro moderato - Poco più mosso

From 'Attila', Act I, Scene 1

5:11

Odabella: 'Liberamente or piangi...'. Andante -

'Oh! Nel fuggente nuvolo'. Andantino mosso

From 'Ernani', Act I, Scene 2 (1844)

7:10

Elvira: 'Surta è la notte, e Silva non ritorna!...'. Andante sostenuto -

'Ernani!... Ernani, involami'. Andantino -

'(Tutto sprezzo, che d'Ernani...)'. Allegro con brio

10.

From 'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 2 (1847)

7:33

Lady Macbeth: '"Nel dì della vittoria io le incontrai..."2. Allegro -

'Vieni! T'affretta! Accendere'. Andantino. Gradioso - Allegro -

'Or tutti sorgete ~ ministri infernali'. Allegro maestoso

11.

From 'Macbeth', Act IV, Scene 2

7:22

Lady Macbeth: 'Una macchia è qui tuttora...'. Andante assai sostenuto

12.

From 'Luisa Miller', Act II, Scene 1 (1849)

2:56

Luisa: 'Tu puniscimi, o signore'. Andante agitato

13.

From 'La traviata', Act I (1853)

7:24

Violetta: 'È strano!... è strano!...in core'. Allegro -

'Ah, forse è lui'. Andantino -

'A quell'amor ch'è palpito'. [ ] -

'Follie!... follie!... delirio vano è questo!...'. Allegro -

'Sempre libera'. Allegro brillante

Total time: 74:04

Solo: Olga Mykytenko soprano

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Aymn Merchant leader

Conductor: Kirill Karabits

“…The fair and innocent Luisa Miller is certainly the antithesis to Lady Macbeth and her humble prayer to God is sensitively delineated. One can feel a tear in her voice. Mixed feelings are displayed in Violetta’s big aria that concludes the first act of La traviata, but it ends in rapturous joy. Olga Mykytenko catches all this admirably and my only hang-up is that Alfredo is absent. His few but important off-stage phrases add so much to the sense of a live occasion. But this is a minor quibble. Everything else is so satisfying: the quality of the recording, the playing of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the idiomatic conducting of its Chief Conductor since eleven years – he is a prolific conductor of opera – and of course the inspired singing of Olga Mykytenko. With playing time of close to 75 minutes you get a lot of music for your money.”

Goran Forsling - MusicWeb-International.com – 23 April 2020

Ms. Mykytenko has a very attractive coloratura voice, quite strong throughout most of her considerable range, and with a well-controlled vibrato. She has a rather pure, angelic sound, though her voice seems to have sufficient resonance to carry it over orchestral tuttis. Her technique and agility are impressive as well. On this recording, she sings with enough passion and conviction to meet the dramatic demands of the various roles involved here… Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra offer splendid accompaniment in every number, and Chandos provides vivid and well balanced sound reproduction… This is a fine effort all around and well worth the attention of Verdi and opera mavens.”

Robert Cummings – MusicWeb-International – 3 March 2020

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