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Verdi: Requiem, Quattro Pezzi Sacri / Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
Release Date: 10/10/2006
Label: Decca Catalog #: 475 7735 Spars Code: ADD
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela, Marilyn Horne, ...
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, ...
Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 2 Hours 3 Mins.
EAN: 0028947577355
Works on This Recording
1. Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Martti Talvela (Bass),
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/1967
Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Length: 84 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: Latin
2. Quattro pezzi sacri by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Jo Ann Pickens (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Written: pub 1898
Date of Recording: 10/1967
Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Length: 38 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes and Editorial Reviews
VERDI Requiem. 1 4 pezzi sacri 2 • Georg Solti, cond; Joan Sutherland (sop); 1 Marilyn Horne (mez); 1 Luciano Pavarotti (ten); 1 Martti Talvela (bs); 1 Vienna PO; 1 Vienna St Op Ch; 1 Read more 2 • DECCA 475 7735 (2 CDs: 122:46)
The Requiem was recorded in 1967 and was considered a sonic blockbuster when first released nearly four decades ago. Hearing it in this superb transfer dims none of that original impact, the sound still proving uncommonly arresting. So, too, the performance, which in many respects reflects Toscanini's whom Solti worked with in Vienna in 1937. If the soloists are not uniformly impressive, they nonetheless do not detract from what is essentially one of Solti's more impressive studio ventures. The Quattro pezzi sacri , recorded in 1977, provide a welcome filler for the second of these two discs. Composed in 1898, they comprise Verdi's last published works. Among them, the “Te Deum” is probably best known, in part because of Toscanini's 1954 broadcast performance, which is still available from RCA. Here, the Toscanini influence is less evident, as Solti's reading lacks some of the sustained breadth and intensity that the Maestro brought to the work. Still, it is impressive on its own terms, as is the chorus trained by Margaret Hillis. In short, these are welcome reissues.
-- FANFARE: Mortimer H. Frank
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Review by James Leonard [-]
Well, that was loud, dramatic, intense, and emotional, or was it deafening, histrionic, and sentimental? It all depends on how you like your Verdi Requiems. In this 1967 recording, Georg Solti leads the Wiener Philharmoniker and Staatsopernchor plus an all-star cast of soloists in a performance that takes the volume of the Reiner recording, the drama of the Giulini recording, the intensity of the Toscanini recording, and the emotionality of the Serafin recording and turns every dial all the way into the red. And although there's no debating the quality of the individual performers -- how could one beat a team of soloists consisting of soprano Joan Sutherland, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and bass Martti Talvela, much less an orchestra and chorus like Vienna's? -- there is room to debate the quantity of the performance. Should the Dies Irae really have an attack like a Panzer division? Should the Rex tremendae really have the spectacle of the Circus maximus? Should the Lacrimosa really have the force of a punch by Cassius Clay? And should the closing Libra me really have the emotive power of Joan Crawford? While the Solti performance may be the ultimate in Verdi Requiems for some listeners, for others, it will simply be too much, particularly as captured in Decca's bludgeoning stereo sound. On the other hand, the inclusion of Margaret Hillis and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' lovingly sung, beautifully balanced, and passionately dedicated performances of Verdi's Quattro pezzi sacri will be balm to anyone who loves Verdi at his most restrained and least bombastic.
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