Lucia Aliberti / Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi / Oleg Caetani
Early Verdi Arias
- Type CD+Book
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917258929
- Catalog number CC 72589
- Release date 12 April 2013
About the album
Soprano arias from the time of Verdi’s notorious penchant for a pessimistic stylisation all his own, for doom-mongering, and for black humour…these were his “galley years”, as he described them. Verdi was the most successful Italian composer of his generation, was besieged with commissions, and toiled away to such an extent that his health was endangered.
Lucia Aliberti presents twelve Verdi heroines. Each one is at a turning point, one dictated by fate. And each character senses all too well the need to show resolve in an extreme situation. Three of them (Giovanna, Lady Macbeth, and Elena) are not allowed to give vent to their feelings and display their wares at all costs in a cabaletta. But Verdi leaves ample room for this with the remaining nine. Cavatina and cabaletta – a dramatic model that can produce a plethora of arias and can bring forth countless variations. The Verdi that Lucia Aliberti interprets here is mainly a Verdi the world has not encountered up to now, and it soon becomes apparent – perhaps the degree of surprise is not so great – that the “unknown” Verdi is also a “Verdissimo”.
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11I vespri Siciliani Mercé, dilette amiche
03:19 -
12I masnadieri Tu del mio Carlo al seno
03:35 -
13I masnadieri Carlo vive?
02:42 -
14Alzira Da Gusman, su fragil barca
03:57 -
15Alzira Nell’astro che piu fulgido
03:39 -
16Attila Allor che i forti corrono
02:49 -
17Attila Da te questo or m’è concesso
02:35 -
18Aroldo Ah! Dagli scanni eterei
03:02 -
19Aroldo Ah, dal sen di quella tomba
04:07 -
110I Lombardi alla prima Crociata Se vano é il pregare
03:45 -
111I Lombardi alla prima Crociata I vinti sorgono
04:25 -
112Giovanna d’Arco Sempre all’alba ed alla sera
04:19 -
113Un giorno di regno Non san quant’ io nel petto...
04:49 -
114Un giorno di regno Non vo’ quel vecchio
03:09 -
115La Battaglia di Legnano Quante volte come un dono
03:04 -
116La Battaglia di Legnano A frenarti, o cor nel petto
03:42 -
117Ernani Ernani, involami
04:22 -
118Ernani Tutto sprezzo che d’Ernani
03:19 -
119I due Foscari Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente
03:44 -
120I due Foscari O patrizi, tremate
02:36 -
121Macbeth Si colmi il calice
03:02