Verdi: Complete Works

Verdi: Complete Works

75-CD LIMITED EDITION<br><br>On the 200th anniversary of Verdis birth in 2013 Decca are proud to present the first ever complete collection of Verdis entire compositional output: The operas, arias, songs, sacred works, chamber & piano pieces, orchestral, ballet & choral works, plus a whole host of rarities and discoveries are all here in this comprehensive and beautifully presented anthology.<br><br>OVERVIEW<br>All of Verdis works are contained in this luxury edition. 30 complete operas sequenced chronologically, including two versions of La forza del destino and two versions of Don Carlo & Don Carlos: La forza del destino - 1862 St Petersburg version (Gergiev)& 1869 Milan version (Sinopoli)and Don Carlos - Five-act 1886 Modena version sung in French (Abbado)& Five-act 1886 Modena version sung in Italian (Solti).<br><br>First international CD release of Quartetto Italianos 1950 recording of Verdis String Quartet in E minor.<br><br>An unrivalled compilation featuring the worlds greatest singers including Caballe, Carreras, Cotrubas, Domingo, Freni, Horne, Pavarotti & Sutherland.<br><br>The astounding wealth of benchmark recordings presents an unparalleled legacy of Verdi conducting featuring Abbado, Bonynge, Chailly, Chung, Gardelli, Gergiev, Giulini, Karajan, Kleiber, Levine, Luisi, Maag, Marriner, Muti, Sinopoli & Solti.<br><br>This carefully curated edition brings together the best available versions of these works. A once-in-a-liftetime collection of the finest recordings from Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and EMI.<br><br>Tracklisting<br>Opera 1 [CD 1 & 2]<br>Oberto (Marriner)<br><br>Opera 2 [CD 3 & 4]<br>Un giorno di regno (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 3 [CD 5 & 6]<br>Nabucco (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 4 [CD 7 & 8]<br>I Lombardi (Levine)<br><br>Opera 5 [CD 9 & 10]<br>Ernani (Bonynge)<br><br>Opera 6 [CD CD 11 & 12]<br>I due Foscari (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 7 [CD 13 & 14]<br>Giovanna d'arco (Levine)<br><br>Opera 8 [CD15 & 16]<br>Alzira (Luisi)<br><br>Opera 9 [CD 17 & 18]<br>Attila (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 10 [CD 19 & 20]<br>Macbeth (Abbado)<br><br>Opera 11 [CD 21 & 22]<br>I masnadieri (Bonynge)<br><br>Opera 12 [CD 23, 24 & 25]<br>J©rusalem (Luisi)<br><br>Opera 13 [CD 26 & 27]<br>Il corsaro (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 14 [CD 28 & 29]<br>La battaglia di legnano (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 15 [CD 30 & 31]<br>Luisa Miller (Maag)<br><br>Opera 16 [CD 32 & 33]<br>Stiffelio (Gardelli)<br><br>Opera 17 [CD 34 & 35]<br>Rigoletto (Giulini)<br><br>Opera 18 [CD 36 & 37]<br>Il trovatore (Giulini)<br><br>Opera 19 [CD 38 & 39]<br>La traviata (Kleiber)<br><br>Opera 20 [CD 40, 41 & 42]<br>I vespri siciliani (Muti)<br><br>Opera 21 [CD 43 & 44]<br>Simon Boccanegra (Abbado)<br><br>Opera 22 [CD 45 & 46]<br>Aroldo (Luisi)<br><br>Opera 23 [CD 47 & 48]<br>Un ballo in maschera (Solti)<br><br>Opera 24 [CD 49, 50 & 51]<br>La forza del destino<br>1862 St Petersburg version (Gergiev)<br><br>Opera 25 [CD 52. 53 & 54]<br>La forza del destino (Sinopoli)<br><br>Opera 26 [CD 55, 56, 57 & 58]<br>Don Carlos (Abbado)<br><br>Opera 27 [CD 59, 60 & 61]<br>Don Carlo (Solti)<br><br>Opera 28 [CD 62 & 63]<br>Aida (Karajan)<br><br>Opera 29[CD 64 & 65]<br>Otello (Chung)<br><br>Opera 30 [CD 66 & 67]<br>Falstaff (Giulini)<br><br>Other works<br>CD 68 & 69<br>Requiem &<br>Quattro pezzi sacri (Solti)<br><br>CD 70<br>Messa solenne and other sacred works (Chailly)<br><br>CD 71<br>Discoveries (Chailly)<br><br>CD 72<br>Songs (Margaret Price)<br><br>CD 73<br>Songs & Arias<br>& other rarities<br>(Scotto / Domingo / Pavarotti<br><br>CD 74<br>String Quartet (New Italian Quartet)<br>Ballet music:<br>J©rusalem (de Almeida) & Il trovatore (Bonynge)<br><br>CD 75<br>Ballet music:<br>Otello · Don Carlos · Aida<br>Macbeth · I vespri siciliani (Chailly)