RICCARDO CHAILLY - Verdi Choruses [CD]

Decca (UMO) / Classics / Decca Classics

£12.56

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4853950
Barcode: 028948539505
Release Date: 17 Feb 2023
Genre: Classical

Celebrating his 70th birthday on February 20th, Riccardo Chailly releases Verdi Choruses. The album includes the classic ‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’ (‘Va, pensiero’ from Nabucco) as well as the Triumphal Chorus, March and Ballet from Aida and highlights from another 7 Verdi operas, recorded in Dolby Atmos in the auditorium of Teatro all Scala.

Riccardo Chailly has been Musical Director of La Scala since 2015, where he previously launched his career at the age of 20 as assistant to Claudio Abbado. Since then, through positions at the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Chailly has risen to the top of the conducting profession, and his acclaimed discography boasts over 150 CDs.

TRACKLIST:
Nabucco: Act One: Gli arredi festivi
Nabucco: Act Three: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
I Lombardi: Act Three: Gerusalem
I Lombardi: Act Four: O Signore, dal tetto natìo
Ernani: Act One: Preludio
Ernani: Act Three: Si redesti il Leon di Castiglia
Don Carlo: Act Three: Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza
Macbeth: Act One: Che faceste? dite su!
Macbeth: Act One: Coro di Streghe, S'allontanarono!
Macbeth: Act Four: Patria oppressa! Il dolce nome
Il Trovatore: Act Two: Vedi le fosche notturne spoglie
La Forza del Destino: Act Three: Tarantella, Nella guerra è la follia
Aida: Act Two: Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside
Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside
Triumphal March and Ballet
Vieni, o Guerriero vindice
Simon Boccanegra: Prologue: Viva Simon