Verdi: Choruses

 
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Choruses
Oro e Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly

[ Decca / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 22 September 2023

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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.

"Chorus and orchestra are both on their mettle here: the orchestral playing is clean and brilliant, the choral tone full and healthy. The range of tone and dynamics available is well displayed in the famous ' Va pensiero' from Nabucco, where Verdi's markings, and especially his frequent sotto voce instructions, are carefully observed." BBC Music Five Stars

"Chailly is meticulous (some may call it micromanaged) and pays attention to the fine details, drawing performances from the chorus that are always sonorous and tasteful." Gramophone

Tracks:

Gli arredi festivi (from Nabucco)
Va, pensiero (from Nabucco)
Gerusalem! (from I Lombardi)
O signore, dal tetto natio (from I Lombardi)
Ernani - Prelude
Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia (from Ernani)
Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (from Don Carlo)
Che faceste? Dite su! (from Macbeth)
Coro di Streghe: S'allontanarono! (Macbeth)
Coro di Profughi Scozzesi: "Patria oppressa" (from Macbeth)
Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore)
Nella guerra, è la follia (from La forza del destino)
Gloria all'Egitto [Grand March & Ballet] (from Aida)
Viva Simon (from Simon Boccanegra)