G. Verdi - Falstaff - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

G. Verdi - Flastaff [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/30/2010

Sony Classical is proud to announce the of this year's Summer Night Concert 2020 with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev with tenor Jonas Kaufmann as soloist.The Summer Night Concert was performed this year on September 18th 2020. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The previous series was the InchConcert for EuropeInch, which took place from 2004 until 2007. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert. The illustrious conductors who have previously led the orchestra at this event are Georges Prêtre, Daniel Barenboim, Franz Welser-Möst, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Semyon Bychkov and Gustavo Dudamel.Thanks to it's UNESCO World Heritage setting in the Baroque park of Schönbrunn with the palace as a backdrop, the Summer Night Concert adds great visual charm to it's superb musical quality. This event is classical music at it's very best. Millions of viewers and listeners in more than 80 countries can follow the concert online, on TV and radio. The Vienna Philharmonic's 2020 Summer Night Concert took place in unusual circumstances. After the coronavirus pandemic resulted in the longest enforced break in the orchestra's history, the concert planned for May 2020 had to be postponed until September and took place for the first time with a reduced audience. The Vienna Philharmonic devoted this very special concert to the theme of love.This is the fourth time that Valery Gergiev has conducted one of these concerts he first appeared with the orchestra in 1997 and has conducted the Summer Night Concerts in 2007, 2011 and 2018. Valery Gergiev is a vivid representative of the St Petersburg conducting school. His debut at the Mariinsky (then Kirov) Theatre came in 1978 with Prokofiev's War and Peace. In 1988 Valery Gergiev was appointed Music Director of t

Album Tracks 1. Preludio 2. Act I Scene 1 Evviva! ? (All, Chorus) - Scene 2 Ernani Pensoso! (All) 3. Act I Scene 2 Merce, Diletti Amici (Ernani, Bandits) 4. Act I Scene 2 Dell'esiglio Nel Dolore (Ernani, Bandits) 5. Act I Scene 3 Surta E la Notte (Elvira) 6. Act I Scene 3 Ernani! ? (Elvira) - Scene 4 Quante D'lberia (Maids, Elvira) 7. Act I Scene 4 Tutto Sprezzo Che D'ernani (Elvira, Maids) 8. Act I Scene 5 Fa Che a Me Venga ? (Carlo, Giovanna) - Scene 6 Perche Elvira (Carlo) - Scene 7 Sire! ? (Elvira, Carlo) 9. Act I Scene 7 Da Quel Di Che T'ho Veduta (Carlo, Elvira) - Scene 8 Fra Quel Fidi (Ernani) 10. Act I Scene 8 Tu Se' Ernani! (Carlo, Ernani) 11. Act I Scene 9 Che Mai Vegg'io! (Silva) 12. Act I Scene 9 Infin Che Un Brando Vindice (Silva, Chorus, Ernani, Carlo) - Scene 10 Il Regale (Jago, Silva, Riccardo, Giovanna, Servants 13. Act I Scene 10 Vedi Come Il Buon Vegliardo (Carlo, Riccardo, Silva, Elvira, Ernani, Giovanna, Jago, Servants) 14. Act I Scene 10 Io Tuo Fido? (Ernani, Elvira, Carlo, Silva, Riccardo, Giovanna, Maids, Jago, Knights) 15. Act II Scene 1 Esultiamo! (All, Ladies, Knights) 16. Act II Scene 2 Jago, Qui Tosto (Silva, Ernani) - Scene 3 Vedi? (Silva, Ernani) 17. Act II Scene 3 Oro, Quant'oro Ogni Avido (Ernani, Elvira, Silva) 18. Act II Scene 4 Tu, Perfida ? (Ernani, Elvira) 19. Act II Scene 4 Ah, Morir (Elvria, Ernani) - Scene 5 Scellerati (Silva) - Scene 6 Alla Porta (Jago, Silva) - Scene 7 Morte Invoco (Ernani) 20. Act II Scene 7 No, Vendetta Piu Tremenda (Silva, Elvira, Ernani) 21. Act II Scene 8 Cugino, a Che Munito (Carlo, Silva) 22. Act II Scene 9 Lo Vedremo, Veglio Audace (Carlo, Silva) 23. Act II Scene 10 Fu Esplorata Del Castello (Chorus, Carlo) - Scene 11 Deh, Cessate ? (Elvira, Carlo) 24. Act II Scene 11 Io L'amo ? (Silva, Carlo, Chorus, Giovanna, Maid