Verdi: Requiem
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LPO–0048
© 2010 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
℗ 2010 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
Recorded live by BBC Radio 3 at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall,
London on 24 April 1983
Total playing time: 82:35
ADD Stereo
Released September 2010
CD: Verdi: Requiem
Verdi Requiem
CD1
1. Requiem Aeternam
2-10. Dies Irae
CD2
1-2. Offertorium
3. Sanctus
4. Agnus Dei
5. Lux Aeterna
6-9. Libera Me
Jesús López-Cobos conductor
Margaret Price soprano
Livia Budai mezzo soprano
Giuseppe Giacomini tenor
Robert Lloyd bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
The dramatic intensity of Verdi’s Requiem reflects the composer’s operatic expertise, and expresses the powerful emotions of the sacred texts. His inspiration for the work was his high regard for two fellow Italian artists, composer Gioachino Rossini and patriotic author Alessandro Manzoni, and it became an overnight sensation at its premiere in Milan. This recording comes from a concert recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in 1983, during López-Cobos’s tenure as Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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