Peter Fox Smith explores with us some of the melodic gems, comedic
monologues, and masterly ensembles that are woven into the unbroken
stream of music that is Verdi’s final masterpiece, Falstaff.
Falstaff
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Playlist:
12:00 am
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:06 pm
- Falstaff: "Fruga nella mia borsa"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Renato Ercolani, tenor ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:18 pm
- Falstaff: "Quell'otre! quel tino!"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Anna Moffo, soprano ; Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:19 pm
- Falstaff: "E un ribalso"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Luigi Alva, tenor ; Rolando Panerai, baritone ; Tomaso Spataro, tenor ; Renato Ercolani, tenor ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:20 pm
- Falstaff: "Pst, pst, Nannetta"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Anna Moffo, soprano ; Luigi Alva, tenor
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:23 pm
- Falstaff: "Del tuo diagnostico"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Anna Moffo, soprano ; Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Luigi Alva, tenor ; Rolando Panerai, baritone
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:25 pm
- Falstaff: "Alice è mia!"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:27 pm
- Falstaff: "Sir John, m'infonde ardire"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Rolando Panerai, baritone
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:37 pm
- Falstaff: "È sogno? o realtà ?"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
- Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
- CD/Album: Lawrence Tibbett Gershwin - Rossini - Verdi - Bizet
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 7808
- Release Year: 1989
12:42 pm
- Falstaff: "Quand'ero paggio del Duca di Norfolk"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:45 pm
- Falstaff: "Versiamo un po' di vino"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957
12:49 pm
- Falstaff: Conclusion
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Luigi Alva, tenor ; Rolando Panerai, baritone ; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Anna Moffo, soprano ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
- Release Year: 1957