Viva Verdi - Some essential Verdi recordings on CD

The list author says:
	"Arguably Verdi's best mid-period opera. This recording is very hard-driven, as was Solti's way with Verdi, but it is a thrilling sound. The cast has no weak links."

The list author says:
	"Verdi, Karajan and Callas all at their best, and all for little over a tenner. The mono sound is a little boxy, but very immediate."

The list author says:
	"Most people prefer Domingo in the lead role, but I prefer Pavarotti's admittedly less subtle interpretation; it's thrilling, as is Solti's conducting."

The list author says:
	"Quite remarkable sound quality for a 1959 recording. Karajan's reading is exciting, Bergonzi and Tebaldi first-rate in their lead roles."

The list author says:
	"High-octane reading from Kleiber. Cotrubas is a characterful and thrilling Violetta; Domingo was always superb in Verdi during this period. The 1977 recording is of demonstration quality."

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	"It's a close-run thing between this and Abbado's recording, but Muti's reading is a little more exciting, and Fiorenza Cossotto a better Lady Macbeth than Shirley Verrett."

The list author says:
	"You couldn't get a Verdi cast like this these days, and Giulini excels himself too."

The list author says:
	"Raw and very energetic live recording of this early Verdi opera. Exceptional singing, especially from Domingo."

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	"A dark and sombre opera, in a 1977 recording which has rightly become something of a modern classic."

The list author says:
	"Tito Gobbi is exceptional in the lead role, Karajan is at his very best, the 1956 stereo recording has polished-up very well indeed. Flawless."

The list author says:
	"Classic 1970s Verdi cast perform an interesting opera in the Verdi canon."

The list author says:
	"Something of a forgotten opera in many respects, this recording is a persuasive account of it."

The list author says:
	"Other recordings (Muti, Karajan, Votto) have their merits, but this one has the least weak links."

The list author says:
	"A revelatory recording. Verdi on 'period instruments' doesn't sound like a good idea - until you hear this CD."