Works on This Recording
1. Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Richard Bonynge
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
2. Nabucco: Va, pensiero by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1842; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
3. La forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Valery Gergiev
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1862/1869; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
4. La traviata: Un dì, felice by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
■ Conductor: John Pritchard
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
5. I vespri siciliani: Mercè, dilette amiche "Bolero" by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Maria Chiara (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Nello Santi
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1855; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
6. La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
■ Conductor: John Pritchard
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
7. Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 1 Minutes 58 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
8. Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne "Anvil Chorus" by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
9. Il trovatore: Stride la vampa! by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Stefania Toczyska (Mezzo Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
■ Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
10. Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1871; Italy
■ Length: 7 Minutes 32 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
11. Don Carlos: Dio, che nell' alma infondere by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), 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: 1867/1884; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
12. La traviata: Act 1 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: John Pritchard
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.
13. Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Richard Bonynge
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Italy
■ Length: 5 Minutes 58 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
14. Don Carlos: O don fatale by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Olga Borodina (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Bernard Haitink
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
■ Length: 4 Minutes 46 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
15. Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1871; Italy
■ Length: 5 Minutes 5 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
16. Ernani: Ernani, involami by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Nello Santi
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1844; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
17. Un ballo in maschera: Di' tu se fedele by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Alberto Erede
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1859; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
18. Un ballo in maschera: Morrò, ma prima in grazia by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Margaret Price (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1859; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
19. Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Edward Downes
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1849; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
20. Aida: Gloria all' Egitto by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1871; Italy
■ Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
21. La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1862/1869; Italy
■ Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
22. Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Nello Santi
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
23. Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell' amore [Quartet] by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Richard Bonynge
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
24. Otello: Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1887; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
25. La traviata: Parigi, o cara by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano), Frank Lopardo (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
26. Macbeth: Ah, la paterna mano by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Edward Downes
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1847/1865; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
27. Il trovatore: Squilli, echeggi "Soldier's Chorus" by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
28. Requiem Mass: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1874; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
■ Language: Latin
29. Simon Boccanegra: Come in quest' ora bruna by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1857; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
30. Aida: O patria mia by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra, Rome Opera House Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1871; Italy
■ Length: 5 Minutes 30 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
31. I lombardi: La mia letizia infondere by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1843; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
32. I masnadieri: Lo sguardo avea degli angeli by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1847; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
33. La forza del destino: Solenne in quest' ora by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Nikolai Putilin (Bass), Gegam Grigorian (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Valery Gergiev
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1862/1869; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
34. Macbeth: Patria oppressa! by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1847/1865; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
35. Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amor by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
36. Don Carlos: Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Gabriele Santini
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1867/1884; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
37. Requiem Mass: Dies irae by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1874; Italy
■ Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.
■ Language: Latin
38. Don Carlos: Io morrò, ma lieto in core by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
■ Conductor: Bernard Haitink
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1867/1884; Italy
■ Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
■ This selection begins with "O Carlo, ascolta..."
39. Macbeth: Salve, o Re! by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone), Neil Shicoff (Tenor), Lucia Aliberti (Soprano),
■ Mara Zampieri (Soprano)
■ Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1847/1865; Italy
■ Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
■ Language: Italian
■ Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
40. I due Foscari: Dal più remoto esiglio by Giuseppe Verdi
■ Performer: José Carreras (Tenor), Mieczyslaw Antoniak (Tenor)
■ Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Austrian Radio Chorus
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1844; Italy
■ Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.
■ Language: Italian