Undisputed master of the melodramma and creator of a thousand magical operatic moments, Verdi is a composer I revere with utmost deference, and certainly deem as Padre dell'Opera Italiana, yet I've gradually grown apart from most of his production in the past two decades, and the works I now really love are but a few.
Otello is a downright masterpiece, possibly the greatest and most profound operatic effort of the Italian repertoire of all time, and although dotted with unmistakable Wagnerian echoes, it is pure Verdi. Falstaff is another gem, and features some of the Maestro's most touching and exquisite moments, same for Don Carlo (the French version in 5 Acts and with an "S" is here offered only for "academic purposes", as it is - frankly - a rather unfortunate weirdness). For a master of the stage like Verdi, whose finali are usually the most thrilling part of the whole opera, Don Carlo's last duet and scene holds a special place in my heart as the most moving and awesome of all.
Furthermore, there is what I call the "culatello e parmigiano" Verdi, the more sanguigno, earthly, exciting composer of Trovatore, Rigoletto, Ballo and - partly - Aida. Operas I'd never get tired of, while I must confess I am fairly cold towards other ultra-popular titles like Traviata, Macbeth or Simone, operas where Verdi's genius fails to touch me, and is clearly weighed down by some very bad libretto, like too often is the case with our Maestro's operas.
To conclude the post, we give plenty of space to the great Requiem, only seemingly parting from the operatic world, as this powerful masterpiece bears many a resemblances to the most celebrated Verdian dramatic efforts. The only real "abstract" music by the Maestro is also my absolute favourite music: the Pezzi Sacri, soaring high in the late Verdi sky notably with two sublime pieces - Te Deum and Stabat Mater.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
James McCracken, Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Piero de Palma, Florindo Andreolli, Anna Di Stasio,
Alfredo Giacomotti, Leonardo Monreale
Upton House School & Hammersmith County School Choirs
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Barbirolli
EMI 5 65296 2 (1968) - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz,
Ezio di Cesare, Constantin Zaharia, Petra Malakova,
John Macurdy, Edward Toumajian
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Lorin Maazel
EMI 7474508 (1985) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi,
Juan Francisco Gatell, Michael Spyres, Barbara di Castri,
Eric Owens, Paolo Battaglia
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Riccardo Muti
DDL - CSOR 901 1301 (2011)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Sergei Leiferkus,
Ramon Vargas, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves,
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Giacomo Prestia
Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra-Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung
DGG 439 805-2 (1994) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop,
Aldo Bottion, Michel Sénéchal, Stefania Malagù,
José van Dam, Mario Machi
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 56450 (1973) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Jon Vickers, Leonie Rysanek, Tito Gobbi,
Florindo Andreolli, Mario Carlin, Myriam Pirazzini,
Ferruccio Mazzoli, Franco Calabrese
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Tullio Serafin
RCA 09026-63180-2 (1960) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Carlo Cossutta, Margaret Price, Gabriel Bacquier,
Peter Dvorský, Kurt Equiluz, Jane Berbié,Kurt Moll, Stafford Dean
Wiener Sängerknaben, Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Otello is a downright masterpiece, possibly the greatest and most profound operatic effort of the Italian repertoire of all time, and although dotted with unmistakable Wagnerian echoes, it is pure Verdi. Falstaff is another gem, and features some of the Maestro's most touching and exquisite moments, same for Don Carlo (the French version in 5 Acts and with an "S" is here offered only for "academic purposes", as it is - frankly - a rather unfortunate weirdness). For a master of the stage like Verdi, whose finali are usually the most thrilling part of the whole opera, Don Carlo's last duet and scene holds a special place in my heart as the most moving and awesome of all.
Furthermore, there is what I call the "culatello e parmigiano" Verdi, the more sanguigno, earthly, exciting composer of Trovatore, Rigoletto, Ballo and - partly - Aida. Operas I'd never get tired of, while I must confess I am fairly cold towards other ultra-popular titles like Traviata, Macbeth or Simone, operas where Verdi's genius fails to touch me, and is clearly weighed down by some very bad libretto, like too often is the case with our Maestro's operas.
To conclude the post, we give plenty of space to the great Requiem, only seemingly parting from the operatic world, as this powerful masterpiece bears many a resemblances to the most celebrated Verdian dramatic efforts. The only real "abstract" music by the Maestro is also my absolute favourite music: the Pezzi Sacri, soaring high in the late Verdi sky notably with two sublime pieces - Te Deum and Stabat Mater.
Otello
James McCracken, Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Piero de Palma, Florindo Andreolli, Anna Di Stasio,
Alfredo Giacomotti, Leonardo Monreale
Upton House School & Hammersmith County School Choirs
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Barbirolli
EMI 5 65296 2 (1968) - MUST-HAVE
Otello
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz,
Ezio di Cesare, Constantin Zaharia, Petra Malakova,
John Macurdy, Edward Toumajian
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Lorin Maazel
EMI 7474508 (1985) - Courtesy of Cecco
Otello
Aleksandrs Antonenko, Krassimira Stoyanova, Carlo Guelfi,
Juan Francisco Gatell, Michael Spyres, Barbara di Castri,
Eric Owens, Paolo Battaglia
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Riccardo Muti
DDL - CSOR 901 1301 (2011)
Otello
Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Sergei Leiferkus,
Ramon Vargas, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves,
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Giacomo Prestia
Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra-Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung
DGG 439 805-2 (1994) - Courtesy of Cecco
Otello
Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop,
Aldo Bottion, Michel Sénéchal, Stefania Malagù,
José van Dam, Mario Machi
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 56450 (1973) - Courtesy of Cecco
Otello
Jon Vickers, Leonie Rysanek, Tito Gobbi,
Florindo Andreolli, Mario Carlin, Myriam Pirazzini,
Ferruccio Mazzoli, Franco Calabrese
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Tullio Serafin
RCA 09026-63180-2 (1960) - Courtesy of Cecco
Otello
Carlo Cossutta, Margaret Price, Gabriel Bacquier,
Peter Dvorský, Kurt Equiluz, Jane Berbié,Kurt Moll, Stafford Dean
Wiener Sängerknaben, Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti
Decca 460 756-2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci,
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Keyes, Elzbieta Ardam,
Dimitri Kavrakos, Alan Opie
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Georg Solti
Decca 433 669-2 (1991)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes,
Frank Little, Paul Crook, Jean Kraft,
Paul Plishka, Malcolm King
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra
James Levine
RCA 74321 39501 2 (1978)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Adrianne Pieczonka,
Larissa Diadkova, Stella Doufexis, Dorothea Röschmann,
Daniil Shtoda, Anthony Mee, Anatoli Kotscherga, Enrico Facini
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
DGG 471 194-2 (2001) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rolando Panerai, Ilva Ligabue,
Regina Resnik, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Graziella Sciutti,
Juan Oncina, Murray Dickie, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Stolze
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein
CBS M2K 42535 (1966) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Jean-Philippe Lafont, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Hillevi Martinpelto, Sara Mingardo, Eirian James, Rebecca Evans, Antonello Palombi, Francis Egerton, Gabriele Monici, Peter Bronder
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 462 603-2 (2001) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Renato Bruson, Leo Nucci, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Brenda Boozer, Barbara Hendricks, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Francis Egerton, William Wildermann, Michael Sells
Los Angeles Master Chorale & Los Angeles Phiharmonic
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 410 503-2 (1982)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Raina Kabaivanska,
Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Janet Perry,
Francisco Araiza, Heinz Zednik, Federico Davià, Piero de Palma
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Philips 412 263-2 (1980)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Katia Ricciarelli, Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova,
Leo Nucci, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi,
Lucia Valentini Terrani, Piero de Palma
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 410 092-2 (1982) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa,
Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, José van Dam,
Katia Ricciarelli, Thomas Moser
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 7 69300 2 (1979) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto,
Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luigi Roni,
Esther Casas, Nicola Martinucci
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7472718 (1974) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Dolora Zajick,
James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Terry Cook,
Hei-Kyung Hong, Charles Anthony
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine
Sony 45973 (1990) - Courtesy of Juan (Canarias es Musica)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett,
Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani,
Simon Estes, Delia Wallis
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI 5 67401 2 (1970) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Agnes Baltsa,
Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi,
José van Dam, Edita Gruberova
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 7 69340 2 (1978) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
José Carreras, Fiamma Izzo d'Amico, Agnes Baltsa,
Piero Cappuccilli, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Matti Salminen,
Franco De Grandis, Antonella Bandelli
Sofia National Opera Chorus, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Both DVD Video & Audio Flac divided in tracks only available!
Sony SVD 48312 (1986) - ABSOLUTE MUST -HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessì, Luciana d'Intino,
Paolo Coni, Samuel Ramey, Alexander Anisimov,
Andrea Silvestrelli, Marilena Laurenza
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 54867 2 (1992) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Grace Bumbry,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Martti Talvela,
Tugomir Franc, Jeannette Sinclair
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Georg Solti
Decca 421 114-2 (1966) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
Michael Sylvester, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick,
Vladimir Chernov, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Samuel Ramey,
Paul Plishka, Jane Bunnell
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine
Sony 88697527732 (1993)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos (5 Acts Version in French)
Roberto Alagna, Karita Mattila, Waltraud Meier,
Thomas Hampson, José van Dam, Eric Halfvarson,
Csaba Airizer, Anat Efraty
Choeur du Théâtre du Châtelet & Orchestre de Paris
Antonio Pappano
EMI 5 56152 2 (1996)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos (5 Acts Version in French)
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani,
Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Nikita Storojev, Ann Murray
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 316-2 (1984)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Franco Bonisolli, Raina Kabaivanska, Giorgio Zancanaro,
Viorica Cortez, Giancarlo Luccardi, Johannes Bier
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin
Bruno Bartoletti
Acanta 43 301 (1980)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Ingvar Wixell,
Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Graham Clark
London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Decca 417 137-2 (1976)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Yuri Masurok,
Stefania Toczyska, Robert Lloyd, Robin Leggate
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Colin Davis
Philips 446 151-2 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Plácido Domingo, Rosalind Plowright, Giorgio Zancanaro,
Brigitte Fassbaender, Evgeny Nesterenko, Walter Gullino
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 423 858-2 (1984)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Franco Bonisolli, Leontyne Price, Piero Cappuccilli,
Elena Obraztsova, Ruggero Raimondi, Horst Nitsche
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 7 69311 2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Vladimir Chernov,
Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Anthony Laciura
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine
Sony S2K 48 070 (1991)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Luciano Pavarotti, Antonella Bandelli, Leo Nucci,
Shirley Verrett, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Piero de Palma
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta
Decca 430 694-2 (1990) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Salvatore Licitra, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci,
Violeta Urmana, Giorgio Giuseppini, Ernesto Gavazzi
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
Sony S2K 89553 (2000) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Franco Corelli, Gabriella Tucci, Robert Merrill,
Giulietta Simionato, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Angelo Mercuriali
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Thomas Schippers
EMI 7 63640 2 (1964) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore
Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, Ettore Bastianini,
Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco, Franco Ricciardi
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Tullio Serafin
DGG 453 118-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes,
Stefania Malagù, Helena Jungwirth, Walter Gullino,
Giovanni Foiani
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Carlos Kleiber
DGG 415 132-2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Alfredo Kraus, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Silvia Mazzoni, Olga Borodina, Barry Banks, Donato Di Stefano
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta
Philips 438 238-2 (1992) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Renato Bruson,
Sarah Walker, Cynthia Buchan, Henry Newman,
Roderick Kennedy
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 47059 8 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Carlo Bergonzi, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes,
Dorothy Krebill, Nancy Stokes, Fernando Iacopucci,
Harold Enns
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Georges Prêtre
RCA RL/Lyrica 01012 (1967) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Sutherland, Robert Merrill,
Mitì Truccato Pace, Dora Carral, Piero de Palma,
Giovanni Foiani
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
John Pritchard
Decca 411 877-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Neil Shicoff, Edita Gruberova, Giorgio Zancanaro,
Patricia Spence, Monica Bacelli, Kim Begley,
Alastair Miles
Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi
Teldec 9031-76348-2 (1992) - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Piero Cappuccilli, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Plácido Domingo, Stefania Malagù, Antonio Savastano
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 688-2 (1976) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elena Souliotis, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Luciano Pavarotti, Helen Lawrence, Riccardo Cassinelli
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli
Decca 440 048-2 (1970) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ruggero Raimondi,
José Carreras, Maria Borgato, Giuliano Bernardi
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 5 67128 2 (1976) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Giuseppe Taddei, Birgit Nilsson, Giovanni Foiani,
Bruno Prevedi, Dora Carral, Piero de Palma
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Thomas Schippers
Decca 433 039-2 (1964)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, Robert Lloyd,
Neil Shicoff, Lucia Aliberti, Claes H. Ahnsjö
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philips 412 133-2 (1983)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo, Josephine Barstow, Leo Nucci,
Florence Quivar, Sumi Jo, Jean-Luc Chaignaud,
Goran Simic, Kurt Rydl
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson,
Elena Obraztsova, Edita Gruberova, Luigi De Corato,
Ruggero Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 453 148-2 (1981) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes,
Regina Resnik, Helen Donath, José van Dam,
Leonardo Monreale, Nicolas Christou
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Bruno Bartoletti
Decca 440 042-2 (1970)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Wixell,
Patricia Payne, Sona Ghazarian, Jonathan Summers,
Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Colin Davis
Philips 426 560-2 (1979) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo, Martina Arroyo, Piero Cappuccilli,
Fiorenza Cossotto, Reri Grist, Giorgio Giorgetti,
Gwynne Howell, Richard van Allan
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 69576 2 (1975)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Carlo Bergonzi, Birgit Nilsson, Cornell MacNeil,
Giulietta Simionato, Sylvia Stahlmann, Tom Krause,
Fernando Corena, Libero Arbace
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Georg Solti
Decca 425 655-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price, Renato Bruson,
Christa Ludwig, Kathleen Battle, Peter Weber,
Robert Lloyd, Malcolm King
London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
Decca 410 210-2 (1983) - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland,
Martti Talvela, Huguette Tourangeau, Gillian Knight,
Clifford Grant, John Gibbs, Kiri Te Kanawa
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Decca 414 269-2 (1971) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, June Anderson,
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett, Vitalba Mosca,
Natale de Carolis, Carlo de Bortoli, Anna Caterina Antonacci
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 425 864-2 (1989) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas,
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elena Obraztsova, Hanna Schwarz,
Kurt Moll, Dirk Sagemüller, Olive Fredricks
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mirella Fiorentini,
Lorenzo Testi, Alfredo Giacomotti, Catarina Alda
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Cornell MacNeil, Renato Cioni, Joan Sutherland,
Cesare Siepi, Stefania Malagù, Anna di Stasio,
Fernando Corena, Giulio Corti, Luisa Valle
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Renato Bruson, Neil Shicoff, Edita Gruberova,
Robert Lloyd, Brigitte Fassbaender, Jean Rigby,
Kurt Rydl, Geoffrey Moses, Maria Grazia Pittavini
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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Giuseppe Verdi
Simon Boccanegra
Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
José Carreras, José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 692-2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Simon Boccanegra
Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi,
Plácido Domingo, Gian Piero Mastromei, Maurizio Mazzieri
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
RCA RL/Lyrica 0106 (1973) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Ave Maria (1880) & from "Otello", Act 4
Libera Me, Domine (from Messa per Rossini, 1869)
Carmela Remigio
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Myung-Whun Chung
DGG 469 075-2 (1973) - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Pater Noster
King's College Choir, Cambridge
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury
Argo 425 480-2 (1988)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Katia Ricciarelli, Shirley Verrett,
Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 976-2 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Cheryl Studer, Marjana Lipovšek,
José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
DGG 477 9583 (1991)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier,
Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto
Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
Erato 8573 82120-2 (1994)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Anja Harteros, Elīna Garanča,
Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Daniel Barenboim
Decca 478 5245 (2012)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Carol Vaness, Florence Quivar,
Dennis O'Neill, Carlo Colombara
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Colin Davis
RCA RL 09026 60902 2 (1991)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig,
Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov.
Janet Baker
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI 5 67560 2 (1964)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Sharon Sweet, Florence Quivar,
Vincon Cole, Simon Estes
Ernst-Senff-Chor & Berliner Philharmoniker
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 423 674-2 (1989)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig
Carlo Cossutta, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DGG 453 091-2 (1972) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa,
José Carreras, José van Dam
Sofia National Opera Chorus, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DGG 415 091-2 (1984) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Montserrat Caballé, Bianca Berini,
Plácido Domingo, Paul Plishka
Musica Sacra Chorus & New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta
CBS 36927 (1980)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Cheryl Studer, Dolora Zajick,
Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 49390 2 (1987) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Barbara Frittoli, Olga Borodina,
Mario Zeffiri, Ildar Abdrazakov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Riccardo Muti
CSOR 901 1006 (2010)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassi,
Rolando Villazón, René Pape
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
EMI 6 98936 2 (2009) - Courtesy of Cecco
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Angela Gheorghiu, Daniela Barcellona,
Roberto Alagna, Julian Konstantinov
Swedish Radio, Eric Ericson & Orfeón Donostiarra Choruses
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
EMI 5 57168 2 (2001)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Eva Mei, Bernarda Fink,
Michael Schade, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
RCA 82876 61244 2 (2004)
Flac & Scans
Decca 460 756-2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco
Otello
Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci,
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Keyes, Elzbieta Ardam,
Dimitri Kavrakos, Alan Opie
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Georg Solti
Decca 433 669-2 (1991)
Otello
Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes,
Frank Little, Paul Crook, Jean Kraft,
Paul Plishka, Malcolm King
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra
James Levine
RCA 74321 39501 2 (1978)
Falstaff
Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Adrianne Pieczonka,
Larissa Diadkova, Stella Doufexis, Dorothea Röschmann,
Daniil Shtoda, Anthony Mee, Anatoli Kotscherga, Enrico Facini
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
DGG 471 194-2 (2001) - Courtesy of Cecco
Falstaff
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rolando Panerai, Ilva Ligabue,
Regina Resnik, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Graziella Sciutti,
Juan Oncina, Murray Dickie, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Stolze
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein
CBS M2K 42535 (1966) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
Falstaff
Jean-Philippe Lafont, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Hillevi Martinpelto, Sara Mingardo, Eirian James, Rebecca Evans, Antonello Palombi, Francis Egerton, Gabriele Monici, Peter Bronder
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 462 603-2 (2001) - Courtesy of Cecco
Falstaff
Renato Bruson, Leo Nucci, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Brenda Boozer, Barbara Hendricks, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Francis Egerton, William Wildermann, Michael Sells
Los Angeles Master Chorale & Los Angeles Phiharmonic
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 410 503-2 (1982)
Falstaff
Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Raina Kabaivanska,
Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Janet Perry,
Francisco Araiza, Heinz Zednik, Federico Davià, Piero de Palma
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Philips 412 263-2 (1980)
Aida
Katia Ricciarelli, Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova,
Leo Nucci, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi,
Lucia Valentini Terrani, Piero de Palma
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 410 092-2 (1982) - Courtesy of Cecco
Aida
Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa,
Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, José van Dam,
Katia Ricciarelli, Thomas Moser
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 7 69300 2 (1979) - Courtesy of Cecco
Aida
Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto,
Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luigi Roni,
Esther Casas, Nicola Martinucci
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7472718 (1974) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
Aida
Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Dolora Zajick,
James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Terry Cook,
Hei-Kyung Hong, Charles Anthony
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine
Sony 45973 (1990) - Courtesy of Juan (Canarias es Musica)
Don Carlo
Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett,
Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani,
Simon Estes, Delia Wallis
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI 5 67401 2 (1970) - Courtesy of Cecco
Don Carlo
José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Agnes Baltsa,
Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi,
José van Dam, Edita Gruberova
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 7 69340 2 (1978) - Courtesy of Cecco
Don Carlo
José Carreras, Fiamma Izzo d'Amico, Agnes Baltsa,
Piero Cappuccilli, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Matti Salminen,
Franco De Grandis, Antonella Bandelli
Sofia National Opera Chorus, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Both DVD Video & Audio Flac divided in tracks only available!
Sony SVD 48312 (1986) - ABSOLUTE MUST -HAVE
Don Carlo
Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessì, Luciana d'Intino,
Paolo Coni, Samuel Ramey, Alexander Anisimov,
Andrea Silvestrelli, Marilena Laurenza
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 54867 2 (1992) - Courtesy of Cecco
Don Carlo
Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Grace Bumbry,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Martti Talvela,
Tugomir Franc, Jeannette Sinclair
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Georg Solti
Decca 421 114-2 (1966) - Courtesy of Cecco
Don Carlo
Michael Sylvester, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick,
Vladimir Chernov, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Samuel Ramey,
Paul Plishka, Jane Bunnell
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine
Sony 88697527732 (1993)
Don Carlos (5 Acts Version in French)
Roberto Alagna, Karita Mattila, Waltraud Meier,
Thomas Hampson, José van Dam, Eric Halfvarson,
Csaba Airizer, Anat Efraty
Choeur du Théâtre du Châtelet & Orchestre de Paris
Antonio Pappano
EMI 5 56152 2 (1996)
Don Carlos (5 Acts Version in French)
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani,
Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Nikita Storojev, Ann Murray
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 316-2 (1984)
Il trovatore
Franco Bonisolli, Raina Kabaivanska, Giorgio Zancanaro,
Viorica Cortez, Giancarlo Luccardi, Johannes Bier
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin
Bruno Bartoletti
Acanta 43 301 (1980)
Il trovatore
Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Ingvar Wixell,
Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Graham Clark
London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Decca 417 137-2 (1976)
Il trovatore
José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Yuri Masurok,
Stefania Toczyska, Robert Lloyd, Robin Leggate
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Colin Davis
Philips 446 151-2 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
Il trovatore
Plácido Domingo, Rosalind Plowright, Giorgio Zancanaro,
Brigitte Fassbaender, Evgeny Nesterenko, Walter Gullino
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 423 858-2 (1984)
Il trovatore
Franco Bonisolli, Leontyne Price, Piero Cappuccilli,
Elena Obraztsova, Ruggero Raimondi, Horst Nitsche
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
EMI 7 69311 2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
Il trovatore
Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Vladimir Chernov,
Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Anthony Laciura
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine
Sony S2K 48 070 (1991)
Il trovatore
Luciano Pavarotti, Antonella Bandelli, Leo Nucci,
Shirley Verrett, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Piero de Palma
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta
Decca 430 694-2 (1990) - Courtesy of Cecco
Il trovatore
Salvatore Licitra, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci,
Violeta Urmana, Giorgio Giuseppini, Ernesto Gavazzi
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
Sony S2K 89553 (2000) - Courtesy of Cecco
Il trovatore
Franco Corelli, Gabriella Tucci, Robert Merrill,
Giulietta Simionato, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Angelo Mercuriali
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Thomas Schippers
EMI 7 63640 2 (1964) - Courtesy of Cecco
Il Trovatore
Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, Ettore Bastianini,
Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco, Franco Ricciardi
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Tullio Serafin
DGG 453 118-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
La traviata
Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes,
Stefania Malagù, Helena Jungwirth, Walter Gullino,
Giovanni Foiani
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Carlos Kleiber
DGG 415 132-2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco
La traviata
Alfredo Kraus, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Silvia Mazzoni, Olga Borodina, Barry Banks, Donato Di Stefano
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta
Philips 438 238-2 (1992) - Courtesy of Cecco
La traviata
Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Renato Bruson,
Sarah Walker, Cynthia Buchan, Henry Newman,
Roderick Kennedy
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 47059 8 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
La traviata
Carlo Bergonzi, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes,
Dorothy Krebill, Nancy Stokes, Fernando Iacopucci,
Harold Enns
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Georges Prêtre
RCA RL/Lyrica 01012 (1967) - Courtesy of Cecco
La traviata
Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Sutherland, Robert Merrill,
Mitì Truccato Pace, Dora Carral, Piero de Palma,
Giovanni Foiani
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
John Pritchard
Decca 411 877-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
La traviata
Neil Shicoff, Edita Gruberova, Giorgio Zancanaro,
Patricia Spence, Monica Bacelli, Kim Begley,
Alastair Miles
Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi
Teldec 9031-76348-2 (1992) - MUST-HAVE
Macbeth
Piero Cappuccilli, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Plácido Domingo, Stefania Malagù, Antonio Savastano
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 688-2 (1976) - Courtesy of Cecco
Macbeth
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elena Souliotis, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Luciano Pavarotti, Helen Lawrence, Riccardo Cassinelli
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli
Decca 440 048-2 (1970) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
Macbeth
Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ruggero Raimondi,
José Carreras, Maria Borgato, Giuliano Bernardi
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 5 67128 2 (1976) - Courtesy of Cecco
Macbeth
Giuseppe Taddei, Birgit Nilsson, Giovanni Foiani,
Bruno Prevedi, Dora Carral, Piero de Palma
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Thomas Schippers
Decca 433 039-2 (1964)
Macbeth
Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, Robert Lloyd,
Neil Shicoff, Lucia Aliberti, Claes H. Ahnsjö
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philips 412 133-2 (1983)
Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo, Josephine Barstow, Leo Nucci,
Florence Quivar, Sumi Jo, Jean-Luc Chaignaud,
Goran Simic, Kurt Rydl
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DGG 427 635-2 (1989)
Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson,
Elena Obraztsova, Edita Gruberova, Luigi De Corato,
Ruggero Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 453 148-2 (1981) - Courtesy of Cecco
Un ballo in maschera
Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes,
Regina Resnik, Helen Donath, José van Dam,
Leonardo Monreale, Nicolas Christou
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Bruno Bartoletti
Decca 440 042-2 (1970)
Un ballo in maschera
José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Wixell,
Patricia Payne, Sona Ghazarian, Jonathan Summers,
Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Colin Davis
Philips 426 560-2 (1979) - Courtesy of Cecco
Un ballo in maschera
Plácido Domingo, Martina Arroyo, Piero Cappuccilli,
Fiorenza Cossotto, Reri Grist, Giorgio Giorgetti,
Gwynne Howell, Richard van Allan
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 69576 2 (1975)
Un ballo in maschera
Carlo Bergonzi, Birgit Nilsson, Cornell MacNeil,
Giulietta Simionato, Sylvia Stahlmann, Tom Krause,
Fernando Corena, Libero Arbace
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Georg Solti
Decca 425 655-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
Un ballo in maschera
Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price, Renato Bruson,
Christa Ludwig, Kathleen Battle, Peter Weber,
Robert Lloyd, Malcolm King
London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
Decca 410 210-2 (1983) - MUST-HAVE
Rigoletto
Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland,
Martti Talvela, Huguette Tourangeau, Gillian Knight,
Clifford Grant, John Gibbs, Kiri Te Kanawa
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Decca 414 269-2 (1971) - Courtesy of Cecco
Rigoletto
Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, June Anderson,
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett, Vitalba Mosca,
Natale de Carolis, Carlo de Bortoli, Anna Caterina Antonacci
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 425 864-2 (1989) - Courtesy of Cecco
Rigoletto
Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas,
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elena Obraztsova, Hanna Schwarz,
Kurt Moll, Dirk Sagemüller, Olive Fredricks
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 415 288-2 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
Rigoletto
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mirella Fiorentini,
Lorenzo Testi, Alfredo Giacomotti, Catarina Alda
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Rafael Kubelik
DGG 437 704-2 (1964)
Rigoletto
Cornell MacNeil, Renato Cioni, Joan Sutherland,
Cesare Siepi, Stefania Malagù, Anna di Stasio,
Fernando Corena, Giulio Corti, Luisa Valle
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Nino Sanzogno
Decca 443 853-2 (1962) - Courtesy of Cecco
Rigoletto
Renato Bruson, Neil Shicoff, Edita Gruberova,
Robert Lloyd, Brigitte Fassbaender, Jean Rigby,
Kurt Rydl, Geoffrey Moses, Maria Grazia Pittavini
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philips 462 158-2 (1984) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
Simon Boccanegra
Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
José Carreras, José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 692-2 (1977) - Courtesy of Cecco
Simon Boccanegra
Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi,
Plácido Domingo, Gian Piero Mastromei, Maurizio Mazzieri
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
RCA RL/Lyrica 0106 (1973) - Courtesy of Cecco
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Ave Maria (1880) & from "Otello", Act 4
Libera Me, Domine (from Messa per Rossini, 1869)
Carmela Remigio
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Myung-Whun Chung
DGG 469 075-2 (1973) - MUST-HAVE
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Pater Noster
King's College Choir, Cambridge
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury
Argo 425 480-2 (1988)
Messa da Requiem
Katia Ricciarelli, Shirley Verrett,
Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado
DGG 415 976-2 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco
Messa da Requiem
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Cheryl Studer, Marjana Lipovšek,
José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
DGG 477 9583 (1991)
Messa da Requiem
Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier,
Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto
Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
Erato 8573 82120-2 (1994)
Messa da Requiem
Anja Harteros, Elīna Garanča,
Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Daniel Barenboim
Decca 478 5245 (2012)
Messa da Requiem
Carol Vaness, Florence Quivar,
Dennis O'Neill, Carlo Colombara
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Colin Davis
RCA RL 09026 60902 2 (1991)
Messa da Requiem
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig,
Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov.
Janet Baker
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI 5 67560 2 (1964)
Messa da Requiem
Sharon Sweet, Florence Quivar,
Vincon Cole, Simon Estes
Ernst-Senff-Chor & Berliner Philharmoniker
Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG 423 674-2 (1989)
Messa da Requiem
Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig
Carlo Cossutta, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DGG 453 091-2 (1972) - Courtesy of Cecco
Messa da Requiem
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa,
José Carreras, José van Dam
Sofia National Opera Chorus, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DGG 415 091-2 (1984) - Courtesy of Cecco - MUST-HAVE
Messa da Requiem
Montserrat Caballé, Bianca Berini,
Plácido Domingo, Paul Plishka
Musica Sacra Chorus & New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta
CBS 36927 (1980)
Messa da Requiem
Cheryl Studer, Dolora Zajick,
Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
EMI 7 49390 2 (1987) - Courtesy of Cecco
Messa da Requiem
Barbara Frittoli, Olga Borodina,
Mario Zeffiri, Ildar Abdrazakov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Riccardo Muti
CSOR 901 1006 (2010)
Messa da Requiem
Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassi,
Rolando Villazón, René Pape
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
EMI 6 98936 2 (2009) - Courtesy of Cecco
Messa da Requiem
Angela Gheorghiu, Daniela Barcellona,
Roberto Alagna, Julian Konstantinov
Swedish Radio, Eric Ericson & Orfeón Donostiarra Choruses
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
EMI 5 57168 2 (2001)
Messa da Requiem
Eva Mei, Bernarda Fink,
Michael Schade, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
RCA 82876 61244 2 (2004)
Flac & Scans