Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
A vivid demonstration of how widely Fabio Biondi’s musical imagination runs comes with his new recording of Giuseppe Verdi’s work of genius, Macbeth. It is the original Florentine 1847 version of the work, shorn of the Paris revisions more typically found on record, which Fabio Biondi has opted to conduct, the director believing in its greater dramatic and stylistic coherence. Verdi was of the opinion that the Shakespearean tragedy was “one of the greatest creations of the human spirit” and set himself the task of rendering the fire of its drama into music during and following a period when his physical health had broken down. With its scenes of murder, battle and sleep-walking, brindisi and witches’ choruses all creating a sombre atmosphere drenched with paranoia and a lust for power, the dramatic flow of the opera places vast demands on the soloists, notably upon the unhappy title-role couple.
Fabio Biondi’s version comes with baritone Giovanni Meoni, a leading Verdi specialist as Macbeth whilst the larger-than-life role of Lady Macbeth is taken by a noted present-day Salome, Médée (and Medea), the soprano Nadja Michael. Bass Fabrizio Beggi assumes the part of Banquo, both when alive and as a ghost. Important also in the work (and as described by Stefano Russomanno in his accompanying essay) is the chorus, a leading protagonist for the composer, and here the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir. Critical also is Verdi’s orchestral writing for Macbeth, introducing rare and radical tonal colourings and Fabio Biondi, directing his Europa Galante from the violin, is just the radical, challenging musical spirit to breathe new life into Verdi’s masterpiece and its search for dramatic truth. © Glossa
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $10.83/month
Macbeth, Act I (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Federico Benetti, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Marco Ciaponi, Artist - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist - Valentina Marghinotti, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Marco Ciaponi, Artist - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist - Valentina Marghinotti, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Marco Ciaponi, Artist - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist - Valentina Marghinotti, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Macbeth, Act II (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Fabrizio Beggi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Unknown Artist, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
DISC 2
Macbeth, Act III (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Unknown Artist, Artist - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
MacBeth, Act IV (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Marco Ciaponi, Artist, MainArtist - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Marco Ciaponi, Artist - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Federico Benetti, Artist, MainArtist - Valentina Marghinotti, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Nadja Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Federico Benetti, Artist - Valentina Marghinotti, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Marco Ciaponi, Artist - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist - Valentina Marghinotti, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Orchestra - Giovanni Meoni, Artist, MainArtist - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Artist
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Album Description
A vivid demonstration of how widely Fabio Biondi’s musical imagination runs comes with his new recording of Giuseppe Verdi’s work of genius, Macbeth. It is the original Florentine 1847 version of the work, shorn of the Paris revisions more typically found on record, which Fabio Biondi has opted to conduct, the director believing in its greater dramatic and stylistic coherence. Verdi was of the opinion that the Shakespearean tragedy was “one of the greatest creations of the human spirit” and set himself the task of rendering the fire of its drama into music during and following a period when his physical health had broken down. With its scenes of murder, battle and sleep-walking, brindisi and witches’ choruses all creating a sombre atmosphere drenched with paranoia and a lust for power, the dramatic flow of the opera places vast demands on the soloists, notably upon the unhappy title-role couple.
Fabio Biondi’s version comes with baritone Giovanni Meoni, a leading Verdi specialist as Macbeth whilst the larger-than-life role of Lady Macbeth is taken by a noted present-day Salome, Médée (and Medea), the soprano Nadja Michael. Bass Fabrizio Beggi assumes the part of Banquo, both when alive and as a ghost. Important also in the work (and as described by Stefano Russomanno in his accompanying essay) is the chorus, a leading protagonist for the composer, and here the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir. Critical also is Verdi’s orchestral writing for Macbeth, introducing rare and radical tonal colourings and Fabio Biondi, directing his Europa Galante from the violin, is just the radical, challenging musical spirit to breathe new life into Verdi’s masterpiece and its search for dramatic truth. © Glossa
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 49 track(s)
- Total length: 02:02:27
- Main artists: Giovanni Meoni
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Classical Opera
-
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(C) 2018 Glossa (P) 2018 Glossa
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz?
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalog with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets, and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.