Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Il trovatore (1986)
Cover Front Album
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Conductor Richard Bonynge
Orchestra / Ensemble I National Philharmonic Orchestra
Length 137:49
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I London Opera Chorus
Chorus Master Terry Edwards
Index 581
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Pavarotti; Sutherland; Wixell; Horne; Ghiaurov; Clark; Burrowes; Knapp; Evans
Credits
Producer Christopher Raeburn
Label Decca
Track List
Il trovatore 72:54
01 Act I (The Duel): "All'erta!" 03:54
02 Act I (The Duel): "Di due figli vivea" 08:25
03 Act I (The Duel): "Che piu t'arresti" 02:20
04 Act I (The Duel): "Tacea la notte placida" 04:30
05 Act I (The Duel): "Di tale amor, che dirsi" 03:04
06 Act I (The Duel): "Tace la notte!" 02:06
07 Act I (The Duel): "Deserto sulla terra" 02:04
08 Act I (The Duel): "Infida!" 04:20
09 Act II (The Gipsy): "Vedi! Le fosche" 02:50
10 Act II (The Gipsy): "Stride la vampa!" 05:15
11 Act II (The Gipsy): "Soli or siamo" 06:16
12 Act II (The Gipsy): "Non son tuo figlio" 02:30
13 Act II (The Gipsy): "Mal reggendo" 04:32
14 Act II (The Gipsy): "Perigliarti ancor" 02:30
15 Act II (The Gipsy): "Tutto e deserto" 01:43
16 Act II (The Gipsy): "Il balen del suo sorriso" 06:47
17 Act II (The Gipsy): "Ah! se l'error" 05:01
18 Act II (The Gipsy): "E deggio e posso" 04:47
Il trovatore 64:55
01 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "Or co'dadi, ma fra poco" 02:09
02 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "Squilli, echeggila tromba guerriera" 02:00
03 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "In braccio al mio rival!" 02:53
04 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "Giorni poveri vivea" 04:58
05 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "Quale d'armi fragor" 02:09
06 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "Ah si, ben mio" 03:00
07 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "L'onda de'suoni mistici" 01:54
08 Act III (The Gipsy's Son): "Di quella pira" 03:30
09 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Siam giunti: ecco la torre" 03:09
10 Act IV (The Ordeal): "D'amor sull'ali rosee" 03:48
11 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Miserere d'un'alma gia vicina" 05:16
12 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Tu vendrai che amore in terra" 03:50
13 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Udiste? come albeggi" 00:57
14 Act IV (The Ordeal): "A te davanti" 00:55
15 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Mira di acerbe lagime" 03:37
16 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Vivra!... Contende il giubilo" 02:07
17 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Madre, non dormi?" 05:32
18 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Si: la stanchezza m'opprime, o figlio" 03:35
19 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Che!... non m'inganna quel fioco lume?" 01:17
20 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Parlar non vuo!" 03:14
21 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Ti, scosta! non respingermil" 01:13
22 Act IV (The Ordeal): "Prima che d'altri vivere" 03:52
Personal
Purchase Date 4/4/2000
Value $36.50
Store Borders, St. Petersburg
Condition 100%
Librettist Salvatore Cammarano
Nationality Italian
Details
Studio Kingsway Hall, London
Catalog Number 417 137-2
Live No
Recording Date 9/1/1976
Spars ADD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Manrico: Luciano Pavarotti
Il Conte di Luna: Ingvar Wixell
Leonora: Joan Sutherland
Ferrando: Nicolai Ghiarov
Azucena: Marilyn Horne
Ruiz: Graham Clark
Ines: Norma Burrowes
Un vecchio zingaro: Peter Knapp
Un messo: Wynford Evans

Notes, illustrations, text and translations

Essay: "Il trovatore: A Grim Richness" by William Weaver