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Verdi, Gershwin, Castelnuovo-Tedesco

A specially curated mixtape for Opera Passion Day including a Paraphrase on Rossini by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, the Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni and Gabriela Montero's Improvisation on Ombra Mai Fu.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 19 Oct 2017 19:00

Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Brindisi (La traviata)

    Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Singer: Anna Netrebko. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 2.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Miles Davis. Ensemble: Ensemble. Conductor: Gil Evans.
    • Columbia.
  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Paraphrase on Largo al factotum from Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Philip Glass

    Window of Appearances (Akhnaten)

    Singer: Paul Esswood. Singer: Milagro Vargas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Stuttgart State Opera. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen (Seguidillas)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo 猫 questo (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on Handel: Largo ("Ombra Mai Fu", 'Xerxes')

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys鈥 Choir. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Turandot Highlights.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

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  • Thu 19 Oct 2017 19:00

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