Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)


Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music

COMPACT DISC ONE*
1 Overture to 'Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio' (1839) 6:12
2 Overture to 'Un giorno di regno' (1840) 5:36
(Il finto Stanislao)
3 Overture to 'Nabucco' (1842) 7:39
(Nabucodonosor)
4 Prelude to 'Ernani' (1844) 3:19
5 Prelude to 'I due Foscari' (1844) 2:35
6 Overture to 'Giovanna d'Arco' (1845) 7:31
7 Overture to 'Alzira' (1845) 6:57
8 Prelude to 'Attila' (1846) 3:22
9 Prelude to 'Macbeth' (1847) 3:21
Ballet Music from 'Macbeth', Act III (1865) 10:36
(Paris version)
10 Ballo I 2:15
11 Ballo II - 5:22
12 Ballo III 2:56
13 Prelude to 'I masnadieri' (1847) 5:20
14 Prelude to 'Il corsaro' (1848) 2:58
15 Overture to 'La battaglia di Legnano' (1849) 9:21
76:08

COMPACT DISC TWO
1 Prelude to 'Jérusalem', Act III (1847) 4:57
Ballet Music from 'Jérusalem', Act III (1847) 22:45
2 1 Pas de quatre 7:25
3 2 Pas de deux 5:41
4 3 Pas solo 6:52
5 4 Pas d'ensemble 2:39
6 Overture to 'Luisa Miller' (1849) 6:00
7 Overture to 'Stiffelio' (1850) 9:39
8 Prelude to 'Rigoletto' (1851) 2:50
Ballet Music from 'Il trovatore', Part III (1857) 24:19
9 1 Pas de bohémiens 6:19
10 2 Seviliana 7:23
11 3 La Bohémienne 7:49
12 4 Galop 2:40
71:08

COMPACT DISC THREE
1 Prelude to 'La traviata', Act I (1853) 4:03
2 Prelude to 'La traviata', Act III (1853) 3:33
3 Overture to 'Les Vêpres siciliennes' (1855) 9:21
Les Quatre Saisons, Ballet Music from 'Les Vêpres siciliennes', Act III (1855) 31:16
4 I L'Hiver 7:05
5 II Le Printemps 8:28
6 III L'Été 6:05
7 IV L'Automne 9:34
8 Prelude to 'Simon Boccanegra' (1857) 2:52
(Venice version)
9 Prelude to 'Un ballo in maschera' (1859) 4:33
56:11

COMPACT DISC FOUR
1 Prelude to 'La forza del destino' (1862) 3:37
(St Petersburg version)
2 Prelude to 'Don Carlo', Act II (1884) 3:14
(Milan version)
La Pérégrina, Ballet Music from 'Don Carlos', Act III (1867) 17:10
(Paris version)
3 I Andante - Tempo di valzer - Allegro vivo - 12:56
4 II Finale. Prestissimo 4:14
5 Overture to 'La forza del destino' (1869) 8:05
(Milan version)
6 Prelude to 'Aida' (1871) 4:21
(Cairo version)
Dances from 'Aida' (1871) 4:05
7 I Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse, Act I 2:23
8 II Danza di piccoli schiavi mori, Act II 1:39
9 Ballet Music from 'Aida', Act II (1871) 4:47
10 Overture to 'Aida' (1872) 11:52
(Italian premiere; withdrawn)
11 Ballet Music from 'Otello', Act III (1894) 6:16
(Paris version)
64:18
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes
Recorded in:
Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester
24 & 25 January 1996 (disc one), 21 & 22 January 1997 (disc two), 10 & 11 March 1998 (disc three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four) and 8 July 1999 (remainder on disc four)
Producer(s)
Brian Pidgeon (Executive)
Mike George (Recording: disc four, except Overture to La forza del destino)
Ralph Couzens Recording: discs one to three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four)
Sound Engineer(s)
Stephen Rinker (disc four, except Overture to La forza del destino)
Don Hartridge (discs one to three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four)
Steve Hargreaves (disc three and Overture to La forza del destino on disc four)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit Remaster