Life and Works: VERDI (Siepmann)

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Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Freddie Jones, narrator


1.   Aida:Grand March and Triumphal Chorus - 7:28
2.   La Traviata : Brindisi ' Libiam ne' lieti calici" - 2:54
3.   Early manhood, civil strife, and the start of a career - 5:07
4.   Overture to 'Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio' - 3:17
5.   Tragedy, creation, and the birth of a true professional - 2:19
6.   Overture to 'Un giorno di regno' - 1:55
7.   Failure, despair, and rescue : the genesis o Nabucco - 4:38
8.   Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves 'Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate' - 4:38
9.   A sensation reported and recalled - 1:12
10.   Overture to 'Nabucco' - 2:38
11.   Into the galleys: fame. frustration, and a major surprise - 7:38
12.   Macbeth : Chorus of the Scottish Exiles 'Patria oppressa!" - 3:53
13.   The revolution of Macbeth and a return to safer ground - 4:32
14.   Overture to 'I masnadieri' - 4:30
15.   Paris and a love affair - 3:30
16.   The revolutions of 1848 - 8:38
17.   Overture to 'La battaglia di Legnano' - 3:58

Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Freddie Jones, narrator


1.   Composition and censorship: the strife-torn birth of Rigoletto - 5:01
2.   Rigoletto : 'La donna e mobile' - 2:16
3.   Verdi the unsurpassed psychologist - 0:52
4.   Rigoletto: 'Bella figlia dell'amore' - 4:12
5.   Strepponi, Busseto, and the rift with Barezzi - 6:22
6.   Escape : Verdi and Strepponi at Sant' Agata - 3:50
7.   Il Trovatore : Soldiers' Chorus 'Or co'dadi, ma fra poco' - 4:04
8.   'The Bear of Busseto' emerges : the darker side of Verdi - 5:18
9.   Il Trovatore : 'Di tale amor che dirsi' - 2:25
10.   Verdi's divorce' from his parents;his mother's death, and a theatrical fiasco - 8:56
11.   La Traviata: 'Dite alla giovine' - 4:04
12.   Verdi and Women: Strepponi and the 'Dark Lady' - 3:57
13.   'La Travailata': Verdi's trials at the Paris Opera - 3:01
14.   I vespri siciliani : ' Quando al mio sen per te parlava' - 10:49
15.   Verdi in rehearsal - and a review from Berlioz - 5:05
16.   Overture to 'I vespri siciliani' - 6:02

Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Freddie Jones, narrator


1.   Yet more trouble with the censors - 2:01
2.   Un ballo in maschera: 'Ma se m'e forza perderti' - 5:01
3.   A passionate patriot, a reluctant politician - 5:45
4.   A semi-official retirement, nursed by disenchantment - 2:59
5.   Verdi welcomes war - 2:20
6.   He travels to Paris for Don Carols - 0:42
7.   Don Carols: 'Tu che la vanita' - 11:43
8.   Stupendous triumph - 0:49
9.   Verdi shaken by deaths of his father, Barezzi, and Rossini - 4:23
10.   He meets Manzoni - 2:23
11.   An unusual opera - 1:31
12.   La forza del destino:'Solenne in quest'ora' - 3:28
13.   Enter Teresa Stolz, exit Mariani - 6:48
14.   La forza del destino: 'Pace, pace' - 5:25
15.   Strepponi struggles with jealousy as Verdi writes Aida - 5:33
16.   Aida: Act III, Nile Scene - 11:27

Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Freddie Jones, narrator


1.   Verdi bemoans the corruption of the operatic world - 3:55
2.   Manzoni's death begets a masterpiece - 1:13
3.   Requiem: 'Rex tremendae' - 3:49
4.   The return to Shakespeare - 2:08
5.   Otello: 'Canzone del salce - Ave Maria' - 6:58
6.   Verdi the Wagner of Italy - 2:34
7.   Otello: 'Desdemona rea, si, per ciel' - 5:11
8.   A Shakespearian swansong - 6:55
9.   Falstaff : Finale 'Ogni sorta di gente; Facciamo il parentado' - 7:11
10.   Old age and the death of Strepponi - 4:06
11.   Verdi the widower - 3:05
12.   Stolz and the aged Verdi; a visit from Toscanini - 3:12
13.   Te Deum - 2:15
14.   The old man dies and the world pays homage - 7:57
15.   Requiem, Part VII: Dies irae; Requiem aeternam; Libera me - 11:24

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