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CHAN 10343
Multiple Set of 4 CDs
Verdi: Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music
Running Time: 263:56
Release Date: October 2005
Originally recorded in January 1996
Composer (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Edward Downes
Sir Edward Downes
Venue
Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester
Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester
Producer (Executive)
Brian Pidgeon
Brian Pidgeon
Producer (Recording: disc four, except Overture to La forza del destino)
Mike George
Mike George
Producer Recording: discs one to three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four)
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (disc four, except Overture to La forza del destino)
Stephen Rinker
Stephen Rinker
Engineer (discs one to three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four)
Don Hartridge
Don Hartridge
Engineer (disc three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four)
Steve Hargreaves
Steve Hargreaves
Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Orchestral & Concertos
Temporarily out of stock
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music
COMPACT DISC ONE*
1.
Overture to 'Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio' (1839)
6:12
2.
Overture to 'Un giorno di regno' (1840)
5:36
(Il finto Stanislao)
3.
Overture to 'Nabucco' (1842)
7:39
(Nabucodonosor)
4.
Prelude to 'Ernani' (1844)
3:19
5.
Prelude to 'I due Foscari' (1844)
2:35
6.
Overture to 'Giovanna d'Arco' (1845)
7:31
7.
Overture to 'Alzira' (1845)
6:57
8.
Prelude to 'Attila' (1846)
3:22
9.
Prelude to 'Macbeth' (1847)
3:21
Ballet Music from 'Macbeth', Act III (1865)
10:36
(Paris version)
10.
Ballo I
2:15
11.
Ballo II -
5:22
12.
Ballo III
2:56
13.
Prelude to 'I masnadieri' (1847)
5:20
14.
Prelude to 'Il corsaro' (1848)
2:58
15.
Overture to 'La battaglia di Legnano' (1849)
9:21
76:08
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
Prelude to 'Jérusalem', Act III (1847)
4:57
Ballet Music from 'Jérusalem', Act III (1847)
22:45
2.
1
Pas de quatre
7:25
3.
2
Pas de deux
5:41
4.
3
Pas solo
6:52
5.
4
Pas d'ensemble
2:39
6.
Overture to 'Luisa Miller' (1849)
6:00
7.
Overture to 'Stiffelio' (1850)
9:39
8.
Prelude to 'Rigoletto' (1851)
2:50
Ballet Music from 'Il trovatore', Part III (1857)
24:19
9.
1
Pas de bohémiens
6:19
10.
2
Seviliana
7:23
11.
3
La Bohémienne
7:49
12.
4
Galop
2:40
71:08
COMPACT DISC THREE
1.
Prelude to 'La traviata', Act I (1853)
4:03
2.
Prelude to 'La traviata', Act III (1853)
3:33
3.
Overture to 'Les Vêpres siciliennes' (1855)
9:21
Les Quatre Saisons, Ballet Music from 'Les Vêpres siciliennes', Act III (1855)
31:16
4.
I
L'Hiver
7:05
5.
II
Le Printemps
8:28
6.
III
L'Été
6:05
7.
IV
L'Automne
9:34
8.
Prelude to 'Simon Boccanegra' (1857)
2:52
(Venice version)
9.
Prelude to 'Un ballo in maschera' (1859)
4:33
56:11
COMPACT DISC FOUR
1.
Prelude to 'La forza del destino' (1862)
3:37
(St Petersburg version)
2.
Prelude to 'Don Carlo', Act II (1884)
3:14
(Milan version)
La Pérégrina, Ballet Music from 'Don Carlos', Act III (1867)
17:10
(Paris version)
3.
I
Andante - Tempo di valzer - Allegro vivo -
12:56
4.
II
Finale. Prestissimo
4:14
5.
Overture to 'La forza del destino' (1869)
8:05
(Milan version)
6.
Prelude to 'Aida' (1871)
4:21
(Cairo version)
Dances from 'Aida' (1871)
4:05
7.
I
Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse, Act I
2:23
8.
II
Danza di piccoli schiavi mori, Act II
1:39
9.
Ballet Music from 'Aida', Act II (1871)
4:47
10.
Overture to 'Aida' (1872)
11:52
(Italian premiere; withdrawn)
11.
Ballet Music from 'Otello', Act III (1894)
6:16
(Paris version)
64:18
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Edward Downes
24 & 25 January 1996 (disc one), 21 & 22 January 1997 (disc two), 10 & 11 March 1998 (disc three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four) and 8 July 1999 (remainder on disc four)
