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The causal listener looking for a collection of Verdi favorites might infer from the generic Viva Verdi title that this is one. Actually, the collection of purely instrumental music here hasn't often been treated or recorded as a group, and some of the pieces qualify as genuinely rare. The early Verdi operas have true overtures (or "sinfonias") in the manner of Rossini, and several of those (that for Alzira is by no means a common item, and it feels like a young composer trying to get away from the Rossini idiom) are included here. The later operas sometimes had instrumental preludes for each act, introducing moods or even thematic content to come. If this is what you're after, veteran conductor Riccardo Chailly delivers a satisfying collection here. The chief attraction is the Filarmonica della Scala, the house band of the La Scala opera house and the group with historically the strongest connection to this music. It's a small group, not augmented to symphony orchestra size, and Chailly retains its opera-house dimensions while polishing the sound beyond what you might hear at an average performance. The result is sharp readings with lots of detail in the winds and brasses. The recording was made not at La Scala itself but at the Auditorium di Milano, a modern hall Chailly knows well through his work with his Orchestra Verdi, and the sound has an attractive lightness that fits his aims here. If a collection of instrumental pieces by one of opera's greats is what rings your bell, this is a good pick.
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I vespri siciliani (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Eugene Scribe, Author - Charles Duveyrier, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Alzira (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Author - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Voltaire, Author, Original Text Author - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
La traviata / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Il Corsaro (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Temistocle Solera, Author - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Jérusalem (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Alphonse Royer, Author - Gustave Vaëz, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Jérusalem / Act 3 (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Alphonse Royer, Author - Gustave Vaëz, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Alphonse Royer, Author - Gustave Vaëz, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Alphonse Royer, Author - Gustave Vaëz, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Alphonse Royer, Author - Gustave Vaëz, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Giovanna d'Arco (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Temistocle Solera, Author - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Friedrich Schiller, Author, Original Text Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Ghislanzoni, Author - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Auguste Mariette, Author, Original Text Author - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Macbeth (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrea Maffei, Author - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
La forza del destino (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Fraser, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Ghislanzoni, Author - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danilo Giuffré, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Cane, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel de Saavedra, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
The causal listener looking for a collection of Verdi favorites might infer from the generic Viva Verdi title that this is one. Actually, the collection of purely instrumental music here hasn't often been treated or recorded as a group, and some of the pieces qualify as genuinely rare. The early Verdi operas have true overtures (or "sinfonias") in the manner of Rossini, and several of those (that for Alzira is by no means a common item, and it feels like a young composer trying to get away from the Rossini idiom) are included here. The later operas sometimes had instrumental preludes for each act, introducing moods or even thematic content to come. If this is what you're after, veteran conductor Riccardo Chailly delivers a satisfying collection here. The chief attraction is the Filarmonica della Scala, the house band of the La Scala opera house and the group with historically the strongest connection to this music. It's a small group, not augmented to symphony orchestra size, and Chailly retains its opera-house dimensions while polishing the sound beyond what you might hear at an average performance. The result is sharp readings with lots of detail in the winds and brasses. The recording was made not at La Scala itself but at the Auditorium di Milano, a modern hall Chailly knows well through his work with his Orchestra Verdi, and the sound has an attractive lightness that fits his aims here. If a collection of instrumental pieces by one of opera's greats is what rings your bell, this is a good pick.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:47
- Main artists: Filarmonica della Scala Riccardo Chailly
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2012 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
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