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Best-Loved Italian Opera Choruses
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Checked: Label: Seraphim Catalog Number: 7243 5 69589 2 0 Series: Best-Loved Number of Media(s): 1 Media Type: CD Digital Process: ADD Channels: Stereo Release Date: 1997
Recording Notes Short notes about the role of the chorus in opera and about the composers by Edward Kershaw, 1997Compilation (P) 1990 by EMI Records Ltd.Digital remastering by EMI Records Ltd.Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di RomaWith Thomas Schippers, Tullio Serafin, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Gabriele Santini, Sir John Barbirolli CH
1. Vedi le fosche (Anvil Chorus) Verdi - Il trovatore, Act II 2: 50 2. Squilli, echeggi Verdi - Il trovatore, Act III 2: 20 3. Noi siamo zingarelle Verdi - La traviata, Act II 2: 55 4. Di Madride noi siam matadori Verdi - La traviata, Act II 2: 52 5. Zitti zitti Verdi - Rigoletto, Act I 1: 30 6. Scorrendo uniti Verdi - Rigoletto, Act II 1: 46 7. Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) Verdi - Nabucco, Act 3 4: 31 8. Il santo nome di Dio Verdi - La forza del destino, Act II - Paulo Monarsolo, bass 4: 47 9. La vergine degli angeli Verdi - La forza del destino, Act II - Floriana Cavalli, soprano 3: 09 10. Rataplan Verdi - La forza del destino, Act II - Gabriella Carturan, mezzo-soprano 2: 59 11. Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal Scene) Verdi - Aida, Act II 7: 05 12. Son Io! Son Io la vita! (Hymn to the Sun) Mascagni - Iris, Act I Inno del sole (Iris) 10: 35 13. Ah! gli aranci Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana Cavalleria rusticana 5: 28 14. Regina coeli (Easter Hymn) Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana Cavalleria rusticana 5: 42 15. Humming Chorus Puccini - Madama Butterfly, Act II 3: 22 16. Perchè tarda la luna Puccini - Turandot, Act I 4: 29 17. Ai tuoi piedi ci prostriam Puccini - Turandot, Act II 2: 07 69: 32

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