This afternoon we hear wonderful music from Verdi's Nabucco, Ernani, and Don Carlo.
Playlist
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Album Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Record Label Telarc
Nabucco: "Gli arredi festivi"; "Sperate, o figli!"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Riccardo Muti
Album Verdi - Nabucco
Record Label EMI
Nabucco: "Va, pensiero"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Riccardo Muti
Album Verdi - Nabucco
Record Label EMI
Ernani: "Evviva! beviam!"; "Come rugiada al cespite"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera
Conductor Richard Bonynge
Album Verdi - Ernani
Record Label London
Ernani: "Ernani! Ernani involami"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Conductor Thomas Schippers
Album Verdi - Ernani
Record Label RCA
Ernani: "Infelice!"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Album Ezio Pinza - Verdi - Mozart - Monteverdi
Record Label RCA
Don Carlo: "Io l'ho perduta!"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble RCA Victor Orchestra
Conductor Renato Cellini
Album The Pearl Fishers - Bjoerling
Record Label RCA
Don Carlo: "Ella giammai m'amo"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
Conductor Samuel Samossud
Album Mark Reizen II
Record Label Lebendige Vergangenheit