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Verdi: The Complete Works


Release Date: 03/25/2016 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 002459302   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Guleghina,  Stuart Neill,  Violeta Urmana,  Samuel Ramey,   ... 
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Lamberto Gardelli,  James Levine,  Richard Bonynge,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  London Voices,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 75 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Please Note: Verdi – Complete Works is not individually numbered, but is a Limited Edition release.

Decca proudly presents the Complete Works by Giuseppe Verdi in a single 75 CD box set. From the ever-popular Aida to the obscure Alzira, all of the more than two dozen operas are here as well as his Sacred Works, Arias, Songs, Ballet Music, the String quartet and other rarities. This unrivalled set features the world’s greatest singers including Caballé, Carreras, Cotrubas, Domingo, Freni, Horne, Pavarotti & Sutherland. Please Note: Verdi – Complete Works is not individually numbered, but is a Limited Edition release.

Decca proudly presents the Complete Works by Giuseppe Verdi in a single 75 CD box set. From the ever-popular Aida to the obscure Alzira, all of the more than two dozen operas are here as well as his Sacred Works, Arias, Songs, Ballet Music, the String quartet and other rarities. This unrivalled set features the world’s greatest singers including Caballé, Carreras, Cotrubas, Domingo, Freni, Horne, Pavarotti & Sutherland. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Oberto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Guleghina (Soprano), Stuart Neill (Tenor), Violeta Urmana (Soprano),
Samuel Ramey (Bass), Sara Fulgoni (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  London Voices
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1839; Italy 
2.
Un giorno di regno by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  José Carreras (Tenor), William Elvin (Baritone), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Baritone),
Vincente Sardinero (Baritone), Ingvar Wixell (Baritone), Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano),
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  Ambrosian Singers
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840; Italy 
3.
Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Dora Carral (Soprano), Carlo Cava (Bass), Bruno Prevedi (Tenor),
Elena Suliotis (Soprano), Anna d'Auria (Soprano), Tito Gobbi (Baritone),
Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Walter Krautler (Tenor)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung,  Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1842; Italy 
4.
I lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Yannis Yannissis (Bass), Anthony Dean Griffey (Tenor), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bass),
Patricia Racette (Soprano), Samuel Ramey (Bass), Richard Leech (Tenor),
June Anderson (Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Jane Shaulis (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Chorus,  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
5.
Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Alastair Miles (Bass), Paata Burchuladze (Bass), Linda McLeod (Mezzo Soprano),
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Leo Nucci (Baritone),
Richard Morton (Tenor)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Welsh National Opera Chorus,  Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Italy 
6.
I due Foscari by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano), José Carreras (Tenor), Samuel Ramey (Bass),
Vincenzo Bello (Tenor), Antoniak Mieczyslaw (Tenor), Elizabeth Connell (Soprano),
Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Franz Handlos (Bass)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  ORF-Symphonieorchester,  ORF Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Italy 
7.
Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Montserrat Caballé (Soprano), Keith Erwen (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Robert Lloyd (Bass)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Italy 
8.
Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Wolfgang Barta (Bass), Ramón Vargas (Tenor), Slobodan Stankovic (Bass),
Torsten Kerl (Tenor), Paolo Gavanelli (Bass), Jana Iliev (Mezzo Soprano),
Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano), Jovo Reljin (Tenor)
Conductor:  Fabio Luisi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus,  Orchestra De La Suisse Romande
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Italy 
9.
Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Cristina Deutekom (Soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (Bass), Riccardo Cassinelli (Tenor),
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Jules Bastin (Bass)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  Ambrosian Singers,  Finchley Children's Music Group
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846; Italy 
10.
Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Carlo Zardo (Bass), Sergio Fontana (Baritone), Massimo Bortolotti (Treble),
Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass),
Shirley Verrett (Mezzo Soprano), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Stefania Malagú (Mezzo Soprano),
Placido Domingo (Tenor), Antonio Savastano (Tenor), Alfredo Mariotti (Bass),
Maria Fausta Gallamini (Treble)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano,  Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
11.
I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Franco Bonisolli (Tenor), Arthur Davies (Tenor), Matteo Manuguerra (Baritone),
Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), John Harris (Tenor), Samuel Ramey (Bass),
Simone Alaimo (Baritone)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Welsh National Opera Chorus,  Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Italy 
12.
Jérusalem by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Simon Edwards (Tenor), Philippe Rouillon (Bass), Marcello Giordani (Tenor),
Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano), Guillaume Tourniaire (Organ), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass),
Daniel Borowski (Bass), Hélène Le Corre (Soprano), Wolfgang Barta (Bass),
Jovo Reljin (Tenor), Slobodan Stankovic (Bass)
Conductor:  Fabio Luisi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus,  Orchestra De La Suisse Romande
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843-1847; Italy 
13.
Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Gian Piero Mastromei (Baritone), Alexander Oliver (Tenor), Clifford Grant (Bass),
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano), José Carreras (Tenor), Jessye Norman (Soprano),
John Noble (Baritone)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ambrosian Singers,  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1848; Italy 
14.
La battaglia di Legnano by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Jonathan Summers (Baritone), Dimitri Kavrakos (Bass), Hannes Lichtenberger (Bass),
José Carreras (Tenor), Matteo Manuguerra (Baritone), Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano),
Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano), Antoniak Mieczyslaw (Tenor), Franz Handlos (Bass)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  ORF-Symphonieorchester,  ORF Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Italy 
15.
Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Fernando Pavarotti (Tenor), Richard Van Allan (Bass), Annette Céline (Soprano),
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor),
Bonaldo Giaiotti (Bass), Anna Reynolds (Alto)
Conductor:  Peter Maag
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Opera Chorus,  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Italy 
16.
Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  José Carreras (Tenor), Ezio Di Cesare (Tenor), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Baritone),
Maria Venuti (Soprano), Thomas Moser (Tenor), Matteo Manuguerra (Baritone),
Sylvia Sass (Soprano)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  ORF-Symphonieorchester,  ORF Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1850; Italy 
17.
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Dirk Sagemuller (Baritone), Luigi de Corato (Baritone), Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Walter Gullino (Tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Kurt Moll (Bass),
Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Hanna Schwarz (Mezzo Soprano), Audrey Michael (Soprano),
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass), Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
18.
Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Norbert Balatsch (Baritone), Rosalind Plowright (Soprano), Anna di Stasio (Mezzo Soprano),
Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Evgeny Nesterenko (Tenor), Aldo Verrecchia (Tenor),
Walter Gullino (Tenor)
Conductor:  Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus,  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
19.
La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Paul Friess (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo Soprano), Paul Winter (Voice),
Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Bruno Grella (Bass),
Walter Gullino (Tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagú (Mezzo Soprano),
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian State Opera Orchestra,  Bavarian State Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
20.
I vespri siciliani by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass), Paolo Barbacini (Tenor), Gloria Banditelli (Mezzo Soprano),
Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor), Cheryl Studer (Soprano), Marco Chingari (Baritone),
Francesco Musinu (Baritone), Enzo Capuano (Bass), Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone),
Chris Merritt (Tenor)
Conductor:  Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano,  Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Italy 
21.
Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  José van Dam (Voice), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone),
Mirella Freni (Soprano), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Maria Fausta Gallamini (Treble),
José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano,  Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
22.
Aroldo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass), Carol Vaness (Soprano), Neil Shicoff (Tenor),
Julian Gavin (Tenor), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Baritone), Sergio Spina (Tenor),
Marina Comparato (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Fabio Luisi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra,  Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
23.
Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Robert Lloyd (Bass), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Kathleen Battle (Soprano),
Malcolm King (Bass), Alexander Oliver (Tenor), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano),
Renato Bruson (Baritone), Peter Hall (Tenor), Peter Weber (Baritone),
Margaret Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Opera Chorus,  National Philharmonic Orchestra,  Royal College of Music Junior Department Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
24.
La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Galina Gorchakova (Soprano), Askar Abdrazakov (Bass), Lia Shevtsova (Soprano),
Gegam Grigorian (Tenor), Genadij Bezzubenkov (Bass), Georgi Zastavnij (Baritone),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano), Nikolai Gassiev (Tenor), Mikhail Kit (Bass),
Nikolai Putilin (Baritone), Yuri Laptev (Tenor)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kirov Orchestra,  Kirov Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
25.
La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  José Carreras (Tenor), Jean Rigby (Mezzo Soprano), John Tomlinson (Bass),
Rosalind Plowright (Soprano), Renato Bruson (Baritone), Mark Curtis (Tenor),
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano), Juan Pons (Baritone), Richard Van Allan (Bass),
Paata Burchuladze (Bass)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ambrosian Opera Chorus,  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
26.
Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Antonio Savastano (Tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (Bass), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mezzo Soprano),
Nikita Storojev (Bass), Tibère Raffalli (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano), Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano), Leo Nucci (Baritone),
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano,  Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1886 
27.
Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Martti Talvela (Bass), Joan Carlyle (Soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass),
Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano), Tugomir Franc (Bass), Kenneth McDonald (Voice),
Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Jeanette Sinclair (Soprano),
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1886 
 Notes: 1867 Version for the Paris Opera 
28.
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Piero de Palma (Tenor), Arnold van Mill (Voice),
Fernando Corena (Bass), Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano),
Eugenia Ratti (Soprano), Cornell MacNeil (Baritone)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna Singverein
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
29.
Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Denyce Graves (Mezzo Soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bass), Sergei Leiferkus (Baritone),
Philippe Duminy (Bass), Ramón Vargas (Tenor), Michael Schade (Tenor),
Giacomo Prestia (Baritone), Placido Domingo (Tenor), Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
Conductor:  Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bastille Opera Orchestra,  Bastille Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
30.
Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano), Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), Michael Sells (Tenor),
William Wildermann (Bass), Renato Bruson (Baritone), Francis Egerton (Tenor),
Brenda Boozer (Soprano), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mezzo Soprano), Dalmacio Gonzalez (Tenor),
Leo Nucci (Baritone)
Conductor:  Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Los Angeles Master Chorale,  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
31.
Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor),
Martti Talvela (Bass)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Italy 
32.
Quattro pezzi sacri by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Jo Ann Pickens (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Written: pub 1898 
33.
Messa solenne by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Eldar Aliev (Bass), Kenneth Tarver (Tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor),
Elisabetta Scano (Soprano)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra,  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
34.
Qui tollis in F major by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor), Raffaella Ciapponi (Clarinet)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
35.
Tantum ergo in F major by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Michele Pertusi (Bass)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
36.
Laudate pueri in D major by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Kenneth Tarver (Tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor), Eldar Aliev (Bass)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
37.
Tantum ergo in G major by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Kenneth Tarver (Tenor)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
38.
Pater noster by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Italy 
39.
Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra,  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Italy 
40.
Libera me by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Soprano)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra,  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1869; Italy 
41.
Sinfonia in C Major by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
42.
Variazioni on "Caro Suono Lusinghiero" for Piano and Orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
43.
La forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
 Notes: 1862 Version 
44.
Adagio for Trumpet and Orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Gianluigi Petrarulo (Trumpet)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
45.
Aida: Act 1 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 Notes: 1872 Version 
46.
Introduzione, Andante, Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Alessandro Potenza (Oboe)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
47.
Otello: Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
48.
I lombardi: Act 3 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Luca Santaniello (Violin)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
49.
Simon Boccanegra: Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
 Notes: Original 1857 Version 
50.
Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Andrea Magnani (Bassoon)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
51.
Romances (6) for voice & piano (1845) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845 
52.
Romanze (6) (pub. 1838) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1838; Italy 
53.
La seduzione by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1839; Italy 
54.
L'esule by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1839; Italy 
55.
Il poveretto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Italy 
56.
Stornello by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1869; Italy 
57.
Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Margaret Price (Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Italy 
58.
La preghiera del poeta by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1858; Italy 
59.
Fiorellin, che sorgi appena "Barcarola" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1850; Trieste, Italy 
60.
Il brigidino by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Paolo Washington (Bass), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; Italy 
61.
E la vita d'un mar d'affanni by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Italy 
62.
Pietà, Signor by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; Italy 
63.
More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Paolo Washington (Bass), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
64.
L'abandonnée by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1849; Italy 
65.
Sgombra, o gentil by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1858; Italy 
66.
Romanze (6) (pub. 1845): no 5, Il mistero by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Renata Scotto (Soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1845; Italy 
67.
Brindisi by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Paolo Washington (Bass), Vincenzo Scalera (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1835; Italy 
 Notes: 1st and 2nd Versions included 
68.
Romanza senza parole by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Roberto Galletto (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Italy 
69.
Waltz for Piano in F major by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Roberto Galletto (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
70.
Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Bruce Ford (Tenor), David Harper (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873; Italy 
71.
Guarda che bianca luna by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Alastair Miles (Bass), Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano), Bruce Ford (Tenor),
Jaime Martin (Flute), Antoine Palloc (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1838; Italy 
72.
I vespri siciliani: A toi que j'ai chérie by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Italy 
73.
Attila: Oh dolore! ed io vivea by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846; Italy 
74.
I due Foscari: Si io sento, Iddio mi chiama by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Italy 
75.
I lombardi: Come poteva un angelo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor), Marjorie Dix (Soprano)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
76.
I lombardi: Io la vidi e a quell'aspetto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Antonio Savastano (Tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
77.
Hymn of the Nations by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Philharmonia Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862; Italy 
78.
Quartet for Strings in E minor by Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Quartetto Italiano
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873; Italy 
79.
Jérusalem: Ballet Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Marco Antonio De Almeida (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843-1847; Italy 
80.
Il trovatore: Ballet Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
81.
Otello: Ballet Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
82.
Don Carlos: Ballet Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giovanni Adamo (Violin)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1884; Italy 
83.
Aida: Ballet Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
84.
Macbeth: Ballet Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
85.
I vespri siciliani: Ballet Music "The Four Seasons" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Guido Toschi (Oboe), Giovanni Tedeschi (Clarinet)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Italy 

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