GIUSEPPE VERDI: BALLET-MUSIC

GIUSEPPE VERDI: BALLET-MUSIC

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901)

Ballet-Music

BR-KLASSIK presents Giuseppe Verdi’s complete ballet music from the operas Jérusalem, Les vêpres siciliennes, Le trouvère, Macbeth, Don Carlos, Aida and Otello on two CDs in current studio recordings from 2022 to 2024 with the Munich Radio Orchestra under the direction of its chief conductor Ivan Repušić.

Munich Radio Orchestra
Ivan Repušić, Conductor

Setinhalt:2
Total playing time:117:20h
Title supplementVerdi – Complete Ballet Music
Release date:08.11.2024
EAN/UPC-Code:4035719003413
Medium:CD
Composer:Verdi, Giuseppe
Hersteller:BR-KLASSIK
Interpret:Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Repusic, Ivan

Review:

Verdi’s longest ballet is that for Les vêpres siciliennes. Often it has seemed to me to lack interest over its 29 minute duration but that is not the case here. Repušić energises his players to a high degree and yet he draws some languorously beautiful sounds from the solo oboe in the summer section. There is a similar skill in the highlighted section of juxtaposed plucked strings. He even brings a touch of humour to the charmingly lugubrious allegro section. Throughout this recording the engineers have given superbly detailed sound with a wonderful spatial bloom to the instruments. This recording is definitely the top choice for anyone wanting a survey of Verdi’s ballet music. It is a truly fine achievement. Ivan Repušić and BR Klassik have already recorded Luisa Miller, I Lombardi, Atilla and I Due Foscari . Hopefully they will add to this excellent series by making recordings of Il Corsaro, Stiffelio and La Battaglia di Legnano; new recordings of these are all definitely needed...

March 30, 2025Mike Parr