This listing is for Giuseppe  Verdi – Viva Verdi! 100th Anniversary Celebration CD/Book.

Label: Decca – 467 245-2, Philips – 467 245-2, Deutsche Grammophon – 467 245-2

Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Sampler

Country: UK & Europe

Released: 2000

Genre: Classical

Style: Opera, Romantic

Subtitle: "A 100th Anniversary Celebration"

Includes a hard covered book, in which the life and the oeuvre of Verdi is described

Tracklist:

1-1 Oberto - Sinfonia 5:43

1-2 Un Giorno Di Regno - Scena E Cavatina: "Ah Non M'Hanno Ingannata!.....Grave A Core Innamorato" 5:42

1-3 Nabucco - Coro: "Va, Pensiero, Sull'Ali Dorate" 4:45

1-4 I Lombardi - Scena E Cavatina: "La Mia Letizia Infondre.... Come Poteva Un Angelo" 6:48

1-5 Ernani - Duetto: "Da Qual Di Che T'ho Veduta" 4:15

1-6 I Due Foscari - Atto II, Preludio • Scena: "Notte! Perpetua Notte" 3:36

1-7 Giovanna D'Arco - "Sotto Una Quercia Parvemi" 3:11

1-8 Alzira - Scena E Cavatina: "Riposa, Tutte, In Suo Dolor Vegliante.... Da Gusman" 10:59

1-9 Attila - "E' Gettata La Mia Sorte" 2:32

1-10 Macbeth - Scena E Cavatina: "Vieni! T'Affretta!.... Or Tutti Sorgete 7:33

1-11 I Masnadieri - Raconto: "Un Ignoto" 3:15

1-12 Jérusalem - "Je Veux Encore Entendre Ta Voix" 3:13

1-13 Il Corsaro - Cavatina: "Né Sulla Terra Creatura Alcuna" 4:34

1-14 La Battaglia Di Legnano - Coro: "Viva Italia!" 2:56

1-15 Luisa Miller - "Quando Le Sere Al Placido" 3:47

1-16 Stiffelio - Scena Finale: "Stiffelio! - Eccomi" 3:37

2-1 Rigoletto - Quartetto: "Bella Figlia Dell'Amore" 4:24

2-2 Il Trovatore - "Stride La Vampa!" 2:47

2-3 La Traviata - Atto I, Preludio 3:35

2-4 La Traviata - Brindisi: "Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici" 2:59

2-5 La Traviata - Scena Ed Aria (Finale): "E Strano!..... Ah, Fors' È Lui" 3:37

2-6 La Traviata - "Follie! Delirio Vano È Questo! ..... Sempre Libera" 4:24

2-7 Les Vêpres Siciliennes - "Giorno Di Pianto" 4:32

2-8 Simon Boccanegra - Atto I, Preludio 2:13

2-9 Aroldo - Scena E Quartetto Finale (Excerpt): "Allore Che Gl'anni" 4:08

2-10 Un Ballo In Maschera - "Di' Tu Se Fedele" 3:06

2-11 La Forza Del Destino - "Pace, Pace Mio Dio" 5:52

2-12 Don Carlos - "Dio, Che Nell'Alma Infondere" 4:38

2-13 Aida - "Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! ..... Celeste Aida" 4:39

2-14 Aida - "Qui Radamès Verrà ..... O Patria Mia!" 7:18

2-15 Otello - "Ave Maria" 5:01

2-16 Falstaff - "Facciamo Il Parentado .... Tutto Nel Mondo È Burla" 3:25

2-17 Requiem - Requiem Aeternam, Kyrie

It's rare for sampler albums to demonstrate originality, but Decca's Giuseppe Verdi compilation honoring the 100th anniversary of the composer's death in 1901 goes beyond putting a smorgasbord of Verdiana on your plate. Its lavishly illustrated 100-page book includes a potted bio of the composer and sections on each of his operas, along with Universal's complete Verdi catalog (but no texts or translations). The discs contain samples from each opera, arranged in chronological order, featuring most of the top singers of the past 40 years. They're all here, from the Three Tenors to their betters, like Jon Vickers, whose powerfully sung "Celeste Aida" is a demonstration of individuality at the service of character portrayal, and Carlo Bergonzi, whose two selections (arias from Giovanna del Arco and Les Vêspres siciliennes) are magnificent demonstrations of the true Verdi style. And this is not just another Great Hits compilation, for many of the operas are represented by rarely heard arias and ensemble pieces. The result: a neat introduction to Verdi's glorious music for neophytes and a nice supplement for Verdians, who will discover new aspects to the Bard of romantic opera.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: (dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi); 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him. In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements. As he became professionally successful, he was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893). His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata. The bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances.

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