Giuseppe Verdi
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Edition: Coviello Classics
Booklet: de / en
Media: 2x SACD / HD Download
COV 91925
A coproduction with:
Sung Kyu Park ∙ tenor ⋅ ERNANI
Marian Pop ∙ baritone ⋅ DON CARLO
Pavel Kudinov ∙ bass ⋅ DON RUY GÓMEZ DE SILVA
Leah Gordon ∙ soprano ⋅ ELVIRA
Stephanie Henke ∙ Sopran ⋅ GIOVANNA
Christoph Wittmann ∙ tenor ⋅ DON RICCARDO
Lancelot Nomura ∙ bass ⋅ JAGO
Verdi wanted to put a “grandiose and yet passionate libretto” into music. His first setting to a drama by Victor Hugo (Hernani ou l’honneur castillan), was composed in 1843, fascinated by the close integration of the formerly individual “numbers” into a structural unit and the further perfected depth of the figure drawing – including its relentless destruction at the end. However, Ernani is not one of the really big hits like Nabucco or La Traviata – like the other three early Verdi operas published by Marcus Bosch and the Cappella Aquileia in recent years. There is a method behind it: Bosch shows that even the supposedly somewhat weaker works by the great opera genius have their own special charms. In the case of Ernani, this is again extremely convincing: Marcus Bosch, the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno and the Cappella Aquileia, together with a handpicked ensemble of singers, turn the first large piece of world-famous music by Verdi’s pen into an intense music-drama experience with proven precision.
| Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Ernani Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave |
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| CD 1 | ||
| 1. | Preludio | 2:36 |
| 2. | Introduzione (Choir) | 3:34 |
| 3. | Recitativo e Cavatina Ernani | 5:31 |
| 4. | Cavatina Elvira | 7:45 |
| 5. | Scena, Duetto, indi Terzetto (Carlo/Giovanna, Carlo/Elvira, Carlo/Elvira/Ernani) |
9:09 |
| 6. | Finale I | 11:25 |
| 7. | Introduzione (Choir) | 2:42 |
| 8. | Recitativo e Terzetto (Siva/Ernani, Silva/Ernani/Elvira) |
11:28 |
| 9. | Scena ed Aria Carlo (later with Choir) | 9:52 |
| 10. | Duetto Ernani e Silva (later with Choir) | 5:55 |
| Total time CD 1: | 1:09:57 | |
| CD 2 | ||
| 1. | Scena Carlo | 7:54 |
| 2. | Congiura (Choir) | 7:18 |
| 3. | Finale III | 7:12 |
| 4. | Festa da Ballo (Choir) | 3:14 |
| 5. | Scena e Terzetto Finale (Ernani/Elvira, Ernani/Elvira/Silva) |
14:59 |
| Total time CD 2: | 40:37 | |
| Total time CD 1+2: | 1:50:34 | |
