GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)

1

Inno delle nazioni

12:46

(Hymn of the Nations)

Cantica

Composed for the International Exhibition in London, 1862 for tenor solo, four-part mixed chorus, and orchestra

Allegro sostenuto -

Francesco Meli tenor

2

Libera me, Domine

12:58

from collaborative Messa per Rossini for soprano solo, four-part mixed chorus, and orchestra

'Libera me, Domine'. Moderato -

Barbara Frittoli soprano

Quattro pezzi sacri

41:19

(Four Sacred Pieces)

3

1

Ave Maria ('Scala enigmatica' harmonised for four-part mixed chorus a cappella)

5:40

Moderato

4

2

Stabat Mater (for four-part mixed chorus and orchestra)

13:24

5

3

Laudi alla Vergine Maria (Dante: 'Paradiso', XXXIII) (for four-part women's chorus a cappella)

6:08

6

4

Te Deum (for double chorus and orchestra)

16:01

Barbara Frittoli soprano

7

La vergine degli angeli

3:30

Concluding chorus, with Leonora, from La forza del destino, Act II

Barbara Frittoli soprano

Gianandrea Noseda

15-17 July 2010