Verdi - The Complete Works
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Operatic works

Vol. 1. Oberto
Samuel Ramey (Oberto), Maria Guleghina (Leonora), Sara Fulgoni (Imelda), Violeta Urmana (Cuniza), Stuart Neill (Riccardo).
Sir Neville Marriner
rec. St. John’s Smith Square, London, August 1996 [69.41 + 78.34]
Vol. 2. Un giorno di regno
Fiorenza Cossotto (Marquise del Poggio), Jessye Norman (Giulietta), José Carreras (Edoardo de Sanval), Vincenzo Sardinero (Gasparo Antonio della Rocca), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Baron de Kelbar).
Lamberto Gardelli
rec. Wembley Town Hall, August 1973 [70.52 + 47.34]
Vol. 3. Nabucco
Elena Souliotis (Abigaille), Tito Gobbi (Nabucco), Carlo Cava (Zaccaria), Bruno Prevedi (Ismaele), Dora Carral (Fenena), Giovanni Foiani (Gran Sacerdote), Walter Kräutler (Abdallo), Anna d'Auria (Anna)
Lamberto Gardelli
rec. Sofiensaal, Vienna, September 1965 [53.15 + 67.21]
Vol. 4. I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Cristina Deutekom (Giselda), Plácido Domingo (Oronte), Ruggero Raimondi (Pagano), Jerome Lo Monaco (Arvino), Desdemona Malvisi (Viclinda), Stafford Dean (Pirro), Clifford Grant (Acciano), Montserrat Aparici (Sofia).
James Levine
rec. Manhattan Centre Studios, New York. May and September 1996 [71.43 + 57.02]
Vol. 5. Ernani
Luciano Pavarotti (Ernani), Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Leo Nucci (Carlo), Paata Burchuladze (Silva), Linda McLeod (Giovanna), Richard Morton (Riccardo), Alastair Miles (Jago).
Richard Bonynge
rec. Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, May 1987. Pub. 1998. [64.34 + 64.37]
Vol. 6. I Due Foscari
Piero Cappuccilli (Francesco Foscari), José Carreras (Jacopo Foscari), Katia Ricciarelli (Lucrezia Contarini), Samuel Ramey (Jacopo Loredano), Vincenzo Bello (Barbarigo), Elizabeth Connell (Pisana), Franz Handlos (Servo de Doge), Mieczyslaw Antoniak (Fante del Consiglio de' Dieci).
Lamberto Gardelli.
rec. Konzerthaus, Vienna, June 1976 [36.59 + 68.58]
Vol. 7. Giovanna d'Arco
Anna Netrebko (Giovanna d’Arco), Plácido Domingo (Giacomo), Francesco Meli (Carlo VII), Roberto Tagliavini (Talbot)-Johannes Dunz (Delil).
Paolo Carignani
rec. live, 2013 Salzburg Festival. [64.44 + 44.05]
Vol. 8. Alzira
Marina Mescheriakova (Alzira), Ramón Vargas (Zamoro), Paolo Gavanelli (Gusmano), Iana Iliev (Zuma), Jovo Reljin (Ovando), Wolfgang Barta (Ataliba), Torsten Kerl (Otumbo), Slobodan Stankovic (Alvaro)
Fabio Luisi
rec. Ville de Genève, date? [57.18 + 34.20]
Vol. 9. Attila
Ruggero Raimondi (Attila), Sherrill Milnes (Ezio), Cristina Deutekom (Odabella), Carlo Bergonzi (Foresto), Ricardo Cassinelli (Uldino), Jules Bastin (Leone).
Lamberto Gardelli
rec. Wembley Town Hall, February and July 1972 [50.37 + 54.49]
Vol. 10. Macbeth
Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco), Plácido Domingo (Macduff), Stefania Malagú (Lady in Waiting), Antonio Savastano (Malcolm)
Claudio Abbado
rec. Centro Telecinematografico Culturale, Milan, January 1976 [79.53 + 74.00]
Vol. 11. I Masnadieri
Joan Sutherland (Amalia), Samuel Ramey (Massimiliano), Franco Bonisolli (Carlo), Matteo Manuguerra (Francesco), Arthur Davies (Armino), Simone Alaimo (Moser), John Harris (Rolla).
Richard Bonynge
rec. Kingsway Hall, London. 29 March-4 April 1982 [74.47 + 53.01]
Vol. 12. Gerusalemme
Marcello Giordani (Gaston), Philippe Rouillon (Le comte de Toulouse), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Roger), Daniel Borowski (Ademar), Simon Edwards (Raymond), Marina Mescheriakova (Hélène), Hélène Le Corre (Isaure)
Fabio Luisi
rec. Victoria Hall, Geneva, August 1998 [48.14 + 72.78]
Vol. 13. Il Corsaro
José Carreras (Corrado), Clifford Grant (Giovanni), Jessye Norman (Medora), Montserrat Caballé (Gulnara), Giampietro Mastromei (Seid), John Noble (Selimo), Alexander Oliver (Eunuco)
Lamberto Gardelli
rec. Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London, August 1975 [52.21 + 42.03]
Vol. 14. La Battaglia di Legnano
Katia Ricciarelli (Lida), José Carreras (Arrigo), Matteo Manuguerra (Rolando), Nicola Ghiuselev (Federico Barbarossa), Hannes Lichtenberger (Primo Console), Dimitri Kavrakos (Secondo Console), Jonathan Summers (Marcovaldo)
Lamberto Gardelli
rec. Konzerthaus, Vienna, July 1977 [56.00 + 51.17]
Vol. 15. Luisa Miller
Montserrat Caballé (Luisa), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Miller), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Walter), Richard Van Allan (Wurm), Anna Reynolds (Federica), Annette Céline (Laura), Fernando Pavarotti (Contadino)
Peter Maag
rec. Kingsway Hall, London, June 1975. [69.14 + 74.46]
Vol.16. Stiffelio
José Carreras (Stiffelio), Sylvia Sass (Lina), Matteo Manuguerra (Stankar), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Jorg), Ezio Di Cesare (Raffaele), Maria Venuti (Dorotea), Thomas Moser (Federico)
Lamberto Gardelli
rec. Musikverein, Vienna, June 1979 [53.37 + 54.55]
Vol. 17. Rigoletto
Piero Cappuccilli (Rigoletto), Ileana Cotrubas (Gilda), Plácido Domingo (Il Duca), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Elena Obraztsova (Maddalena), Hanna Schwarz (Giovanna), Kurt Moll (Monterone), Luigi de Corato (Marullo), Walter Gullino (Borsa), Dirk Sagemuller (Conte di Ceprano), Olive Fredricks (Contessa di Ceprano), Audrey Michael (Un paggio)
Carlo Maria Giulini
rec. Musikverein, Vienna, September 1979 [56.19 + 63.16]
Vol. 18. Il Trovatore
Plácido Domingo (Manrico), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora), Brigitte Fassbaender (Azucena), Giorgio Zancanaro (Luna), Evgeny Nesterenko (Ferrando)
Carlo Maria Giulini
rec. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, January and April 1984 [72.17 + 67.54]
Vol. 19. La Traviata
Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Stefania Malagù (Flora), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil), Bruno Grella (Barone Douphol), Alfredo Giacomotti (Marchese d'Obigny)
Carlos Kleiber
rec. Bürgerbräukeller, Munich, May 1976 [64.07 + 45.54]
Vol. 20. I Vespri Siciliani
Cheryl Studer (Elena), Chris Merritt (Arrigo), Giorgio Zancanaro (Monforte), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Procida), Gloria Banditelli (Ninetta), Ernesto Gavazzi (Danieli), Enzo Capuano (Bethune), Francesco Musinu (Vaudemont), Paolo Barbacini (Tebaldo), Marco Chingari (Roberto), Ferrero Poggi (Manfredo)
Riccardo Muti
rec. live, La Scala, Milan, 17-23 December 1989, and January 1990 [68.37 + 62.53 + 67.35]
Vol. 21. Simon Boccanegra
Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele)
Claudio Abbado
rec. Centro Telecinematografico Culturale, Milan, January 1977 [79.14 + 57.16]
Vol. 22. Aroldo
Neil Shicoff (Aroldo), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Briano), Carol Vaness (Mina), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Egberto), Julian Gavin (Godvino), Sergio Spina (Enrico), Marina Comparato (Elena)
Fabio Luisi
rec. Teatro Verdi, Florence. December 1997. [77.36 + 49.05]
Vol. 23. Un ballo in maschera
Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo), Renato (Renato Bruson), Amelia (Margaret Price), Christa Ludwig (Ulrica), Kathleen Battle (Oscar), Peter Weber (Silvana), Robert Lloyd (Samuel), Malcolm King (Tom)
Sir Georg Solti
rec. Kingsway Hall, London, May-June 1982, May 1983 [69.13 + 61.17]
Vol. 24. La forza del destino (1862 version) 1862 St Petersburg version
Askar Abdrazakov (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Galina Gorchakova (Leonora di Vargas), Nikolai Putilin (Don Carlo), Gegam Grigorian (Don Alvaro), Olga Borodina (Preziosilla), Georgy Zastavny (Fra Melitone), Lia Shevtzova (Curra), Mikail Kit (Padre Guardiano), Nikolai Gassiev (Mastro Trabuco), Yuri Laptev (Un Chirurgo), Gennadi Bezzubenkov (Un Alcalde)
Valery Gergiev
rec. Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg. December 1995 [67.29 + 57.45 + 52.20]
Vol. 25. La forza del destino (1869 version)
John Tomlinson (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora di Vargas), Renato Bruson (Don Carlo), José Carreras (Don Alvaro), Agnes Baltsa (Preziosilla), Juan Pons (Fra Melitone), Jean Rigby (Curra), Paata Burchulade (Padre Guardiano), Matk Curtis (Mastro Trabuco), Petteri (Un Chirurgo), Richard Van Allan (Un Alcalde)
Giuseppe Sinopoli
rec. Watford Town Hall, September 1985 [45.01 + 65.21 + 68.54 + 68.54]
Vol. 26. Don Carlos (Five-act original version in French. 1867)
Katia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault Royal), Arleen Auger (Un Voix d'en haut)
Claudio Abbado
rec. Centro Telecinematografico Culturale, Milan. January 1983 and June 1984 [56.46 + 59.48 + 45.48 + 68.01]
Vol. 27. Don Carlo (Modena version in Italian 1886)
Carlo Bergonzi (Don Carlo), Renata Tebaldi (Elisabetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Rodrigo), Grace Bumbry (Eboli), Martti Talvela (Il Grande Inquisitore)
Sir Georg Solti
rec. June and July 1965. [60.37 + 63.11 + 74.14]
Vol. 28. Aida
Fernando Corena (Il Re), Giuletta Simionato (Amneris), Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Radamés (Carlo Bergonzi), Arnold van Mill (Ramfis), Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro), Piero de Palma (A messenger)
Herbert von Karajan
rec. Sofiensaal, Vienna, September 1959 [77.80 + 71.49]
Vol. 29. Otello
Plácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia), Philippe Duminy (Un Araldo)
Myung-Whun Chung
rec. Salle Gounod, Opera Bastille, May 1983 [63.23 + 68.38]
Vol. 30. Falstaff
Renato Bruson (Falstaff), Leo Nucci (Ford), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mistress Quickly), Barbara Hendricks (Nannetta), Brenda Boozer (Meg Page), Dalmacio González (Fenton), Francis Egerton (Bardolfo), William Wilderman (Pistola), Michael Sells (Dr Cajus)
Carlo Maria Giulini
rec. live, 13-27 April 1982, Music Centre, Los Angeles. [57.01 + 65.42]
 

Non-operatic works

Vol. 31. CDs 68 and 69. Requiem and Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Requiem Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela
Sir Georg Solti
rec. 1968. Sofiensaal Vienna, October 1967. CD 68: 45.58 + CD 69: Requiem and Pezzi Sacri [75.51]
Quattro Pezzi Sacri [37.12]
Chicago Symphony Orch and Chorus/Solti
rec. Medinah Temple, Chicago, 3 May 1977 and 22 May 1978 [37.12]
Vol. 32. CD 70. Sacred Works
Messa Solenne 1835 (Messa di Gloria) in E flat major
Ms. reconstructed and attrib.Verdi/Critical Ed. Dino Rizzo (b.1961)
1. Kyrie [1:45]
2. Christe [3:47]
Kenneth Tarver, Juan Diego Flórez, (tenors)
3. Kyrie [1:19]
4. Gloria in excelsis [4:50]
Eldar Aliev (bass)
5. Qui Tollis [6:50]
Elisabetta Scano (soprano)
6. Cum Sancto [3:39]
7. Qui Tollis in F major. Critical Edition, Dino Rizzo (b.1961) [6:04]
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Raffaella Ciapponi (clarinet)
8. Tantum Ergo in F major. Critical Edition, Dino Rizzo (b.1961) [5:27]
Michele Pertusi, (bass)
9. Laudate Pueri in D major. Full score reconstructed and attrib. Verdi by Dino Rizzo (b.1961) [6:28]
Juan Diego Flórez, Kenneth Tarver (tenors), Eldar Aliev
10. Tantum Ergo in G major (1836) Critical Edition by Dino Rizzo (b.1961) [5:32]
Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
11. Pater Noster in G major [5:49]
12. Ave Maria in B minor [5:36]
13. Messa per Rossini. Libera Me, Domine from 1869 version. [12:03]
Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano)
Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Riccardo Chailly
rec. Auditorium di Milano, August 2002 [69:08]
Vol. 33. CD 71 Discoveries.
Sinfonia in C
1. Critical Edition by Dino Rizzo (b.1961) [5:11]
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Riccardo Chailly
2. Variazioni for piano-orchestra on "Caro Suono Lusinghiero" from "Tebaldo ed Isoline" by Morlacchi
Reconstructed Fortunato Ortombina. Revised Riccardo Chailly [20:14]
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Riccardo Chailly
3 La forza del destino, St. Petersburg version 1862. Preludio [3.09]
4. Adagio for trumpet and orchestra. Edited Edward H. Tarr (b.1936) [5:20]
5. Aida. 1872 Version. Sinfonia [11:15]
6. Canto di Virginia with variations for oboe and orchestra - Critical Edition by Dino Rizzo (b.1961) [11:35]
7. Otello, Preludio [5:47]
8. I Lombardi. Preludio Act 3 [4.35]
9. Simon Boccanegra. Preludio to Original Version, 1857 [2:29]
10. Capriccio for bassoon amd orchestra. Edited by Fausto Pedretti. Andrea Magnani (bassoon). [10.32]
Various orchestras and ensembles/Riccardo Chailly
Vol. 33. CD 72 Songs
"Album di sei romanze" 1845
1. Il tramonto [3:22]
2. La seduzione (Romanza, 1839) [3:29]
3. Ad una stella [3:16]
4. Lo spazzacamino [2:25]
5. Perduta ho la pace [4:31]
6. Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata [4:24]
7. Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora - Romanza, 1842 [2:51]
8. La zingara [2:08]
9. L'esule - Aria, 1839 [8:14]
10. Non t'accostare all'urna [4:19]
11. In solitaria stanza [3:58]
12. Nell'orror di notte oscura [3:10]
13. Il poveretto [2:56]
14. Stornello [1:44]
15. Ave Maria, [5.40]
Margaret Price (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
rec. Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, April 1986 [57.24]
Vol. 33 contd. CD 73. Verdi Songs, Arias and Other Rarities
1. La Preghiera del Poeta ("Del tuo celeste foco, eterno iddio") [1:23]
2. A Tuo Bambino [0:46]. Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera [0.51]
3. Il Brigidino [0:53]. Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera [0.59]
4. E' La Vita Un Mar D'Affanni. arr. Arrigo Boïto (1842 - 1918) [1:07]
5. Pietà, Signor (Agnus Dei) Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera [2:05]
6. More, Elisa, Lo Stanco Poeta Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera [3:03]
7. L'Abandonée [2:48]
8. Sgombra O Gentil [1:41]
9. Il Mistero [4:14]
10. Brindisi (1st version) Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera [2:12]
11. Brindisi (2nd version) Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera [2:28]
12. Romanza senza parole [1:38]
13. Waltz in F Major. Roberto Galletto. [1:37]
14. "Cupo e il sepulcro e mutolo" Bruce Ford, David Harper [3:37
15. Notturno ("Guarda che bianca luna!) Jennifer Larmore, Bruce Ford, Alastair Miles, Jaime Martin, Antoine Palloc [5:43]
16. I vespri siciliani. A toi que j'ai chérie [3:30]
17. Attila. Oh, dolore. [2:57]
18. I due Foscari. [2.42] Cabaletta "Si lo senti, iddio mi chiama" [2:42]
19. I Lombardi. Come poteva un angelo. Plácido Domingo, Orch. of the Mariinsky Theatre/Gergiev [2.01]
20. "Io la vidi e a quell'aspetto" 7:05
21. Hymn of the Nations (Inno delle nazione). Luciano Pavarotti, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine [13:37]
rec. various locations 1980-2005. [67.06]
Vol. 34. CD 74 String Quartet in E minor and Ballet Music.
String Quartet in E minor
1. Allegro [7:16]
2. Andantino [7:12]
3. Prestissimo [3:06]
4. Scherzo Fuga (Allegro assai mosso) [4:06]
Quartetto Italiano. rec. 1951
Jérusalem. Act 3
5. Pas de quatre [7:16]
6. Pas de deux [5:32
7. Pas solo [7:26]
8. Pas d'ensemble [3:31
Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo/Antonio de Almeida, rec. 1974
Il Trovatore. Act 3,
9. Pas des bohémiens [6:39]
10. Sevilliana [8:22]
11. La Bohémienne [8:14]
12. Galop [2:37]
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge. rec. Sept 1976
Vol. 35. CD 75 Ballet Music
1. Otello. (Act 3)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Riccardo Chailly [5:54]
2. Don Carlos. Act 3
Ballo della Regina Act 3 [15:29]
Giovanni Adamo, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Riccardo Chailly
3. Aida. Act 2
Act 2 Grand March - Ballet Music [6:08]
4. Macbeth. Act 3 [9:41]
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Riccardo Chailly rec. May 1986
5. I vespri siciliani. Act 3
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Riccardo Chailly
rec. Teatro Communale, Bologna except Macbeth June 1988. Macbeth, Chiesa di San Giorgio, Bologna, May 1986 [65.23]