VERDI: Don Carlos (Highlights)

This disc of highlights from Verdi’s epic opera Don Carlos is taken from the complete set (Naxos 8.660096–98), recorded live at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. When the complete recording was released in 2003 BBC Music Magazine commented, “It is masterfully driven by Alberto Hold-Garrido, whose full-blooded, immaculately detailed account of the score is its strongest suit. The Swedish Opera Orchestra is superlative. And there are some distinguished voices … best of all, Ingrid Tobiasson’s thrilling, bravura Eboli.”

Tracklist

Verdi, Giuseppe
Du Locle, Camille - Lyricist
Méry, François-Joseph - Lyricist
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Wallen, Martti (bass)
Tobiasson, Ingrid (mezzo-soprano)
Sörenson, Iwa (soprano)
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Hedlund, Klas (tenor)
Rundgren, Bengt (bass)
1 Act I: Introduction and Chorus: Su, cacciator! (Hunters) 00:59
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
2 Act I: Romance: Io la vidi e al suo sorriso (Don Carlos) 02:04
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
3 Act II: Prelude 01:58
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
4 Act II Scene 1: Duet: E lui! desso! l'infante … Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Rodrigo, Don Carlos, Old Monk, Monks) 08:08
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Wallen, Martti (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
5 Act II Scene 2: Veil Song: Nel giardin del bello (Eboli, Tebaldo, Ladies) 04:54
Tobiasson, Ingrid (mezzo-soprano)
Sörenson, Iwa (soprano)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
6 Act II Scene 2: Romance: Carlo, ch'e sol il nostro amore (Rodrigo, Elisabeth, Eboli) 02:56
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Tobiasson, Ingrid (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
7 Act II Scene 2: Perche accusar il cor (Elisabeth, Don Carlos) 03:44
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
8 Act II Scene 2: Romance: Non pianger, mia compagna (Elisabeth, Rodrigo, Philip, Ladies, Courtiers) 02:55
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
9 Act III Scene 1: Chorus: Quanti fior e quante stelle (Masks, Eboli) 02:46
Tobiasson, Ingrid (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
10 Act III Scene 2: Finale: Spuntato ecco il di (People) 02:11
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
11 Act IV Scene 1: Prelude 02:45
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
12 Act IV Scene 1: Scene: Ella giammai m'amo … Cantabile: Dormiro sol (Philip) 06:43
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
13 Act IV Scene 1: Scene: Il Grand' Inquisitor (Lerma, Grand Inquisitor, Philip) 03:16
Hedlund, Klas (tenor)
Rundgren, Bengt (bass)
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
14 Act IV Scene 1: Scene: Giustizia, o Sire (Elisabeth, Philip) 02:59
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
15 Act IV Scene 1: Quartet: Ah! sii maledetto … Che avvenne? O ciel (Philip, Eboli, Rodrigo, Elisabeth) 04:24
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Tobiasson, Ingrid (mezzo-soprano)
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
16 Act IV Scene 1: Aria: O don fatale (Eboli) 01:31
Tobiasson, Ingrid (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
17 Act IV Scene 2: Aria: Per me giunto - Scene: Che parli tu di morte? (Rodrigo, Don Carlos) 04:22
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
18 Act IV Scene 2: Aria: O Carlo, ascolta (Rodrigo) 03:27
Mattei, Peter (baritone)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
19 Act V: Aria: Tu, che le vanita … Francia, nobile suol (Elisabeth) 08:06
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
20 Act V: Ma lassu ci vedremo (Elisabeth, Don Carlos) 04:07
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)
21 Act V: Finale: Si, per sempre … Il duolo della terra (Philip, Grand Inquisitor, Elisabeth, Don Carlos, Monks, Old Monk as Charles V) 03:31
Ryhänen, Jaakko (bass)
Rundgren, Bengt (bass)
Martinpelto, Hillevi (soprano)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Wallen, Martti (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hold-Garrido, Alberto (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:17:46