Riccardo Muti conducts Italian Masterworks
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Label: CSO Resound
Cat No: CSOR9011801
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 7th December 2018
Contents
Works
MefistofeleArtists
Riccardo Zanellato (bass)Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Children’s Choir
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Riccardo MutiWorks
MefistofeleArtists
Riccardo Zanellato (bass)Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Children’s Choir
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Riccardo MutiAbout
“Italian Masterworks”, Muti’s ninth recording on CSO Resound, features multiple works by Verdi, including the overture and the opening chorus “Gli arredi festivi” from Nabucco, followed by the chorus “Patria oppressa” from Macbeth and the overture to I vespri siciliani.
The remaining works on this release point to Verdi’s musical influence on other important Italian opera composers of the era and include Puccini’s intermezzo from Manon Lescaut, Mascagni’s intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana, and Boito’s Prologue to Mefistofele. The concluding work by Arrigo Boito, better known as Verdi’s librettist for the composer’s final operas Otello and Falstaff, represents an important musical achievement. Its grand drama unfolds in one extended episode that opens with a chorus of angels, followed by the devil Mefistofele addressing God defiantly about his quest to win the soul of Faust. A combined chorus sings a song of praise to conclude the work.
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