Great Opera Choruses

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The covers state "Great Opera Choruses", but the CD states "Favourite Opera Choruses". All other codes match the CD to the covers.

Annotation last modified on 2023-12-14 17:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Il Trovatore (Der Troubadour): Vedi! Le fosche notturne
recorded in:
Great Britain (in 1980-07)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1980-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1980-07)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1980-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1981)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”) (in 1980-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto II. La gitana
Giuseppe Verdi2:39
2Il Trovatore (Der Troubadour): Squilli, echeggi
recorded in:
United Kingdom (in 1980-07)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1980-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1980-07)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1980-07)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 1. “Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera” (Ferrando, soldiers) (in 1980-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto III. Il figlio della zingara
Giuseppe Verdi2:40
3Nabucco: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorato
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia
Giuseppe Verdi4:07
4Nabucco: Gli arredi festivi
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Dresden State Orchestra (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte I. Introduzione “Gli arredi festivi giù cadano infranti” (Coro) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte I. Gerusalemme
Giuseppe Verdi5:05
5I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Die Lombarden): Jerusalem!
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Dresden State Orchestra (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
I Lombardi: Atto III. N°11 Processione "Gerusalem! ... la grande, la promessa città" (coro) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
I Lombardi: Atto III (La conversione)
recording of:
Jerusalem (I Lombardi) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
translator:
Penri Jones
translated version of:
I Lombardi: Atto III. N°11 Processione "Gerusalem! ... la grande, la promessa città" (coro)
Giuseppe Verdi5:14
6I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Die Lombarden): O Signore, dal tetto natio
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Dresden State Orchestra (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
I Lombardi: Atto IV. N°17 "O signore, dal tetto natio" (coro) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
I Lombardi: Atto IV (Il santo sepolcro)
Giuseppe Verdi4:09
7I Pagliacci (Der Bajazzo): Don Din Don
choir vocals:
Chorus of La Scala, Milano
orchestra:
Orchestra of La Scala, Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “I zampognari!” … “Don, din don, … din don, suona vespero” (Ragazzi, Coro di contadini e contadine)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I (Pagliacci: Act I)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:38
8Faust (Margarethe): Gloire immortelle
recorded in:
Germany (in 1986-02)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Bavarian Radio (Bavarian Radio Choir) (in 1986-02)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1986-02)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1986-02)
recording of:
Faust : Acte IV. « Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux » (Chœur des soldats) (Soldier's Chorus) (in 1986-02)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte IV
Charles‐François Gounod3:26
9Der fliegende Holländer: Steuermann, lass die Wacht!
recorded in:
Germany (in 1985-06)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Chorus) (in 1985-06)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1985-06)
conductor:
Woldemar Nelsson (conductor) (in 1985-06)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Akt III, Nr. 7. Chor der Norvegischen Matrosen und Ensemble "Steuermann! Lass die Wacht!" (in 1985-06)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Akt III
Richard Wagner2:38
10Lohengrin: Treulich geführt
recorded in:
Germany (in 1962-07)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Chorus) (in 1962-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1962-07)
conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) (in 1962-07)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Szene I. „Treulich geführt ziehet dahin“ (Chor) (Lohengrin: Act III, Scene I. Bridal Chorus (Choir)) (in 1962-07)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner4:41
11Tannhäuser: Beglückt darf nun
recorded in:
Germany (in 1962-08)
baritone vocals:
Eberhard Wächter (baritone) (in 1962-08)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Chorus) (in 1962-08)
soprano vocals:
Anja Silja (soprano) (in 1962-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1962-08)
conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) (in 1962-08)
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1962-08)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene I. Pilgerchor: “Beglückt darf nun dich” (in 1962-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene I. “Wohl wusst’ ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden”
Richard Wagner4:32
12Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Da zu dir der Heiland kam
recorded in:
Germany (in 1974-08)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Chorus) (in 1974-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1974-08)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1974-08)
recording of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Akt I, Scene I. "Da zu dir der Heiland kam" (in 1974-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1863 until 1867)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (in 1862)
part of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:49
13Macbeth: Patria oppressa!
recorded in:
Germany (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°12 Coro “Patria oppressa! il dolce nome” (Profughi scozzesi) (Chorus of Scottish Exiles) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1847)
librettist:
Andrea Maffei (19th century poet, translator and librettist) and Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi7:28
14Aida: Gloria All Egitto
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Dresden State Orchestra (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi7:22
15Don Carlo: Spuntato ecco il di
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Dresden State Orchestra (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto II, scena 2. N°5 “Spuntato ecco il dì d’esultanza” (coro) (Autodafé scene) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1867)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto II (III)
Giuseppe Verdi4:55