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Composer of the Week:Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

on BBC Radio 3

1/5. The Barezzi Family
This week Donald Macleod looks at some of the personalities who were instrumental in helping Verdi achieve success, beginning with Antonio Barezzi , a distiller and grocer who sponsored
Verdi as a child. Barezzi's daughter Margherita, who was also a keen supporter of Verdi's ambitions, became the composer's first wife. Va, Pensiero, sull'ali Dorate (Nabucco) Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Sinfonia in C Milan Symphony Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Leonore's Cavatina (Oberto, Act 1)
Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Lamberto Gardelli
Quartet (Oberto, Act 2) Soloists, Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Lamberto Gardelli The Prophecy (Nabucco, Act 3) Soloists,
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
Producer Johannah Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: A classic recording of Verdi's opera It Trovatore (2 CDs), starring Jussi Bjorling and Zinka Milanov with the RCA Victor Orchestra conducted by Renato Cellini , is available for F9 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. Quote ref: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Antonio Barezzi
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Soprano:
Ghena Dimitrova
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Unknown:
Jussi Bjorling
Unknown:
Zinka Milanov
Conducted By:
Renato Cellini

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