The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi (2003)

Track Listing

1. Aida, opera: Grand March and Triumphal Chorus
2. La Traviata, opera: Brindisi. Libiamo ne' lieti calici
3. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Early Manhood, civil strife, and the start of a career
4. Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio, opera: Overture
5. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Tragedy, creation, and the birth of a true professional

1. Aida, opera: Grand March and Triumphal Chorus
2. La Traviata, opera: Brindisi. Libiamo ne' lieti calici
3. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Early Manhood, civil strife, and the start of a career
4. Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio, opera: Overture
5. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Tragedy, creation, and the birth of a true professional
6. Un Giorno di regno, opera (Il finto Stanislao): Overture
7. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Failure, despair, and rescue: the genesis of Nabucco
8. Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), opera: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves. Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate
9. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: A sensation reported and recalled
10. Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), opera: Overture
11. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Into the galleys: fame, frustration, and a major surprise
12. Macbeth, opera: Chorus of the Scottish Exiles. Patria oppressa!
13. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: The revolution of Macbeth and a return to safer ground
14. I Masnadieri, opera: Overture
15. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Paris and a love affair
16. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: The revolutions of 1848
17. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Overture
18. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Composition and censorship: the strife-torn birth of Rigoletto
19. Rigoletto, opera: La donna è mobile
20. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Verdi the unsurpassed psychologist
21. Rigoletto, opera: Bella figlia dell'amore
22. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Strepponi, Busseto, and the rift with Barezzi
23. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Escape: Verdi and Strepponi at Sant' Agata
24. Il Trovatore, opera: Soldier's Chorus. Or co'dadi, ma fra poco'
25. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: "The Bear of Busseto" emerges: the darker side of Verdi
26. Il Trovatore, opera: Di tale amor che dirsi
27. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Verdi's "divorce" from his parents; his mother's death, and a theatrical fiasco
28. La Traviata, opera: Dite alla giovine
29. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Verdi and Women: Strepponi and the "Dark Lady"
30. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: La Travailata: Verdi's trials at the Paris Opéra
31. I Vespri siciliani (Les vêpres siciliennes), opera: Quando al mio sen per te parlava
32. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Verdi in rehearsal - and a review from Berlioz
33. I Vespri siciliani (Les vêpres siciliennes), opera: Overture
34. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Yet more trouble with the censors
35. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Ma se m'è forza perderti
36. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: A passionate patriot, a reluctant politician
37. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: A semi-official retirement, nursed by disenchantment
38. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Verdi welcomes war
39. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: He travels to Paris for Don Carlos
40. Don Carlo, opera: Tu che la vanità
41. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Stupendous triumph
42. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: Verdi shaken by deaths of his father, Barezzi, and Rossini
43. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: He meets Manzoni
44. The Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Narration with Musical Excerpts: An unusual opera
45. La fo