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Riccardo Chailly

Verdi Choruses, Coro E Orch. del Teatro Alla Scala

Decca Classics
Release Date: February 17, 2023

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Maestro Riccardo Chailly speaks with Norman Lebrecht
1 al_Gli arredi festivi  
2 al_Va, pensiero (Pt. 1)  
3 al_Va, pensiero (Pt. 2)  
4 Gerusalem  
5 al_O Signore, dal tetto nati`o  
6 Preludio  
7 al_Si ridesti il leon di Castiglia  
8 al_Spuntato ecco il di` d'esultanza  
9 al_Che faceste Dite su!  
10 al_Coro di Streghe S'allontanarono  
11 al_Patria oppressa! Il dolce nome  
12 al_Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie  
13 al_Nella guerra, e` la follia  
14 al_Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside  
15 al_Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside Triumphal March  
16 al_Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside Vieni, o guerriero vindice  
17 al_Viva Simon  
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As part of Riccardo Chailly’s seventieth birthday celebrations in February 2023, Decca is delighted to announce a new album of Verdi choruses conducted by the Maestro with the orchestral and choral forces of La Scala, where he is Music Director. The album also marks two other remarkable milestones: it will be forty-five years since Chailly’s debut at La Scala, and also since he first signed an exclusive contract with Decca.

The repertoire spans much of Verdi’s output, and includes choruses both familiar and less well-known. Among the former are ‘Gloria all’Egitto’ (the Triumphal Scene) from Aida, ‘Va, pensiero’ (the chorus of the Hebrew slaves) from Nabucco, the Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth, and the Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore. The pieces cover a vast array of situations and moods, from serious to sparkling, from sacred to secular, and from blacksmithery to sorcery. The recording draws on the deep connection which the musicians have with these scores, stemming from Verdi’s own relationship with La Scala. The composer’s first four operas, and his final two, received their world premieres here, and the theatre owns important busts and paintings of the composer, which are proudly displayed.

As Chailly reaches his seventieth birthday, audiences can celebrate the conductor’s own equally important relationship with La Scala. It began in 1978 when a 25 year-old Chailly (whose father had previously been artistic director of La Scala) made his debut stepping in for the conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni, who had become indisposed at the last moment: the opera in question was I masnadieri by Verdi. The occasion was a triumph, and Chailly has often subsequently returned to work at La Scala, frequently in works by Verdi. He was appointed music director in 2017.

  • 'There's more to opera than just the typical aria, trio or quartet.' NPR: Fresh Air reviews Riccardo Chailly - Verdi Choruses
    Posted At: August 25, 2023 12:00 AM
    As part of Riccardo Chailly’s seventieth birthday celebrations in February 2023, Decca released a new album of Verdi choruses conducted by the Maestro with the orchestral and choral forces of La Scala, where he is Music Director. The album also marks two other remarkable milestones: it will be forty-five years since Chailly’s debut at La Scala, and also since he first signed an exclusive contract with Decca...
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  • 'Verdi Choruses' celebrates Riccardo Chailly's 70th birthday with extracts from from nine major works / BBC Music Magazine
    Posted At: March 22, 2023 12:00 AM
    As part of Riccardo Chailly’s seventieth birthday celebrations in February 2023, Decca is delighted to announce a new album of Verdi choruses conducted by the Maestro with the orchestral and choral forces of La Scala, where he is Music Director. The album also marks two other remarkable milestones: it will be forty-five years since Chailly’s debut at La Scala, and also since he first signed an exclusive con...
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  • Riccardo Chailly - Verdi Choruses w/ La Scala Chorus & Orchestra is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: February 23, 2023 12:00 AM
    As part of Riccardo Chailly’s seventieth birthday celebrations in February 2023, Decca is delighted to announce a new album of Verdi choruses conducted by the Maestro with the orchestral and choral forces of La Scala, where he is Music Director. The album also marks two other remarkable milestones: it will be forty-five years since Chailly’s debut at La Scala, and also since he first signed an exclusive con...
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  • Riccardo Chailly wTeatro Alla Scala - Messa per Rossini is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: February 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    2018 marked 150 years since Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868. Messa per Rossini was composed in his memory by Verdi and 12 other notable Italian composers. Verdi himself composed the concluding Libera me, which he later used in his own Messa da Requiem. Conducted by Riccardo Chailly, this rare performance represents the work's triumphant return to the spiritual home of Verdi and Rossini: the Teatro alla...
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  • There was something essentially festive about Filarmonica della Scala at EIF - Usher Hall / Herald Scotland
    Posted At: August 29, 2017 12:00 AM

    THERE was something wonderfully and essentially festive about this Sunday afternoon choral concert under the baton of superstar conductor Riccardo Chailly at the end of EIF 2017. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial; min-height: 11.0px} We have certainly enjoyed a feast of Verdi singing this Festival, with Teatr...
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  • Riccardo Chailly to celebrate 40 years at La Scala / Minneapolis Star Tribune
    Posted At: June 1, 2017 12:00 AM

    Riccardo Chailly celebrates 40 years at La Scala next season, which he will open by conducting the Italian opera "Andrea Chenier" starring soprano Anna Netrebko for the traditional Dec. 7 gala season premiere. The 2017-18 season of 15 operas, including eight new productions, presented on Wednesday highlights the Italian opera, in particular the genres of "verismo" and bel canto, part of the famed Milan o...
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  • Riccardo Chailly, Filarmoni Scala - Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi is WCRB: CD of the Week
    Posted At: April 17, 2017 12:00 AM

    Celebrated conductor Riccardo Chailly leads the Filarmonica della Scala in an assortment of gems from the world of Italian opera. Chailly stands out as one of the most versatile conductors in the classical world. Within his recording discography one can easily find a rich spectrum of works, ranging from the elegance of early baroque to the swirling tides of late modernism. The heart of Chailly's extensiv...
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  • Riccardo Chailly & La Scala: Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: April 15, 2017 12:00 AM

    After almost 40 years on Decca, Riccardo Chailly begins a new series of recordings as Music Director of Teatro alla Scala in Milan – the world's most iconic opera house. His first release is a new album of Overtures, Preludes and Intermezzi with the Filarmonica Della Scala, and a new DVD of Puccini's Turandot. Chailly, the world's longest-standing exclusive conductor reco...
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  • Riccardo Chailly | Gewandhaus Orchestra - Brahms: Serenades / WFMT: New Release Of the Week
    Posted At: June 14, 2015 12:00 AM

    Following the ‘Gramophone Record of the Year' award-winning set of the Brahms Symphonies, Riccardo Chailly turns his "rare talent for transforming music ripe for rediscovery" to Brahms's Serenades. This recording renews these unjustly neglected works and marks their first Decca recording since 1968. Part of a wider Brahms project by Chailly and his Leipzig orchestra, these works emerge not just as ...
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  • Riccardo Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus - Mendelssohn / WFMT 'New Release Of the Week'
    Posted At: June 29, 2014 12:00 AM

    The name of Felix Mendelssohn is inextricably linked with Leipzig and with the Gewandhaus. He was appointed Kapellmeister of the orchestra in 1835 and held the position until his death in 1847. The cornerstone of this album is one of Mendelssohn's best known works, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The two Piano Concertos are played by Saleem Ashkar, who has performed the Concerto No 1 several times with Riccar...
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  • Riccardo Chailly - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Sinfini Music review
    Posted At: June 27, 2014 12:00 AM

    Under Riccardo Chailly, the Leipzigers have truly reclaimed a composer whose statue was once disgracefully removed – no need to guess by whom - from outside the Gewandhaus. All is joy and vitality in this significant miscellany. I've long wanted to hear what this team would make of the most irresistible overture/tone poem in the repertoire – and certainly the greatest large-scale work eve...
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