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Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Abbado

Esoteric  ESSG-90151/52 (2 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Verdi: Requiem & Opera Choruses from Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Otello, Ernani, Aida, Macbeth, Il Lombardo alla prima Crociata, Don Carlo

Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Shirley Verritt (alto), Placido Domingo (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (14)

• Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (1871) Gloria all'Egitto
• Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (1871) O tu che sei d'Osiride
• Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo (1846) Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza
• Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani (1844) Si ridesti il leon di Castiglia
• Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) Gerusalem
• Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) O Signore, dal tetto natio
• Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (1853) Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie
• Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (1865) Che faceste? Dite su!
• Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (1865) Patria oppressa
• Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (1865) S'allontanarono!
• Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (1874)
• Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (1842) Gli arredi festivi
• Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (1842) Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate
• Giuseppe Verdi: Otello (1887) Fuoco di gioia!