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Life and Works: VERDI (Siepmann)

Life and Works: VERDI (Siepmann)


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Catalogue No.: 8.558111-14
ISBN No.: 0636943811122
Total Playing Time: 04:53:10

Track Details

Disc 1
Siepmann, Jeremy - author(s)
Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works 04:53:10
1 Aida:Grand March and Triumphal Chorus 00:07:28
2 La Traviata : Brindisi ' Libiam ne' lieti calici" 00:02:54
3 Early manhood, civil strife, and the start of a career 00:05:07
4 Overture to 'Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio' 00:03:17
5 Tragedy, creation, and the birth of a true professional 00:02:19
6 Overture to 'Un giorno di regno' 00:01:55
7 Failure, despair, and rescue : the genesis o Nabucco 00:04:38
8 Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves 'Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate' 00:04:38
9 A sensation reported and recalled 00:01:12
10 Overture to 'Nabucco' 00:02:38
11 Into the galleys: fame. frustration, and a major surprise 00:07:38
12 Macbeth : Chorus of the Scottish Exiles 'Patria oppressa!" 00:03:53
13 The revolution of Macbeth and a return to safer ground 00:04:32
14 Overture to 'I masnadieri' 00:04:30
15 Paris and a love affair 00:03:30
16 The revolutions of 1848 00:08:38
17 Overture to 'La battaglia di Legnano' 00:03:58

Disc 2
Siepmann, Jeremy - author(s)
Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works 04:53:10
1 Composition and censorship: the strife-torn birth of Rigoletto 00:05:01
2 Rigoletto : 'La donna e mobile' 00:02:16
3 Verdi the unsurpassed psychologist 00:00:52
4 Rigoletto: 'Bella figlia dell'amore' 00:04:12
5 Strepponi, Busseto, and the rift with Barezzi 00:06:22
6 Escape : Verdi and Strepponi at Sant' Agata 00:03:50
7 Il Trovatore : Soldiers' Chorus 'Or co'dadi, ma fra poco' 00:04:04
8 'The Bear of Busseto' emerges : the darker side of Verdi 00:05:18
9 Il Trovatore : 'Di tale amor che dirsi' 00:02:25
10 Verdi's divorce' from his parents;his mother's death, and a theatrical fiasco 00:08:56
11 La Traviata: 'Dite alla giovine' 00:04:04
12 Verdi and Women: Strepponi and the 'Dark Lady' 00:03:57
13 'La Travailata': Verdi's trials at the Paris Opera 00:03:01
14 I vespri siciliani : ' Quando al mio sen per te parlava' 00:10:49
15 Verdi in rehearsal - and a review from Berlioz 00:05:05
16 Overture to 'I vespri siciliani' 00:06:02

Disc 3
Siepmann, Jeremy - author(s)
Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works 04:53:10
1 Yet more trouble with the censors 00:02:01
2 Un ballo in maschera: 'Ma se m'e forza perderti' 00:05:01
3 A passionate patriot, a reluctant politician 00:05:45
4 A semi-official retirement, nursed by disenchantment 00:02:59
5 Verdi welcomes war 00:02:20
6 He travels to Paris for Don Carols 00:00:42
7 Don Carols: 'Tu che la vanita' 00:11:43
8 Stupendous triumph 00:00:49
9 Verdi shaken by deaths of his father, Barezzi, and Rossini 00:04:23
10 He meets Manzoni 00:02:23
11 An unusual opera 00:01:31
12 La forza del destino:'Solenne in quest'ora' 00:03:28
13 Enter Teresa Stolz, exit Mariani 00:06:48
14 La forza del destino: 'Pace, pace' 00:05:25
15 Strepponi struggles with jealousy as Verdi writes Aida 00:05:33
16 Aida: Act III, Nile Scene 00:11:27

Disc 4
Siepmann, Jeremy - author(s)
Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works 04:53:10
1 Verdi bemoans the corruption of the operatic world 00:03:55
2 Manzoni's death begets a masterpiece 00:01:13
3 Requiem: 'Rex tremendae' 00:03:49
4 The return to Shakespeare 00:02:08
5 Otello: 'Canzone del salce - Ave Maria' 00:06:58
6 Verdi the Wagner of Italy 00:02:34
7 Otello: 'Desdemona rea, si, per ciel' 00:05:11
8 A Shakespearian swansong 00:06:55
9 Falstaff : Finale 'Ogni sorta di gente; Facciamo il parentado' 00:07:11
10 Old age and the death of Strepponi 00:04:06
11 Verdi the widower 00:03:05
12 Stolz and the aged Verdi; a visit from Toscanini 00:03:12
13 Te Deum 00:02:15
14 The old man dies and the world pays homage 00:07:57
15 Requiem, Part VII: Dies irae; Requiem aeternam; Libera me 00:11:24