Vintage 1977 Verdi Requiem Solti Leontyne Price RCA ARL2-2476 2 LP Box Set M/M-
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Verdi Requiem Solti 1977 Price Baker Luchetti Van Dam ARL2-2476 Record 2 LP Box Set M/M-
Vinyl M, Box Cover M-, box solid, original sleeves M-, Booklet VG++ (notes in ink on one page)
Label: RCA Red Seal ?– ARL2-2476
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album Box Set with booklet
Country: US
Released: 1977
Composed By – Verdi
Conductor – Georg Solti
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Leontyne Price, soprano
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
Veriano Luchetti, tenor
Jose van Dam, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
REVIEW: Much credit for bringing four strong and distinctive artists into a unified performance, of distinctive character, clearly resides with Solti. He is fortunate in an outstanding choir and orchestra, and in a recording that encompasses all the vehemence of the ‘Dies irae’ and also the cool sound of the three flutes accompanying Dame Janet’s beautiful singing of the ‘Agnus Dei’, without any sense of a change of perspective. This is a fine performance, and one which can stand beside any which has been recorded.
The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired. The first performance was in Milan on May 22, 1874, and marked the first anniversary of Manzoni's death. The work was at one time referred to as the Manzoni Requiem. Considered too operatic to be performed in a liturgical setting, it is usually given in concert form of around 90 minutes in length.
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