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Verdi Requiem from La Scala

Riccardo Chailly conducts the orchestra and chorus of La Scala in Verdi's Requiem at Milan Cathedral in memory of those who died from Covid-19. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Fiona Talkington presents a recording of Verdi's Requiem made at Milan Cathedral in September in memory of those who have died from Covid-19.

Riccardo Chailly conducts the chorus and orchestra of La Scala, Milan in this most emotional of performances, in front of members of the emergency services, healthcare workers and dignitaries from the region to remember the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Verdi: Requiem

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano)
Elīna Garanča (mezzo soprano)
Francesco Meli (tenor)
René Pape (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Image: Brescia Amisano

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem

    Singer: Krassimira Stoyanova. Singer: Elīna Garanča. Singer: Francesco Meli. Singer: René Pape. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    L'Eraclito amoroso (Udite amanti)

    Singer: Susie LeBlanc. Ensemble: Ensemble Constantinople.
    • ANALEKTA.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Chaconne

    Performer: Sofya Gulyak.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    L'usignuolo [The Nightingale] Op.1 no.5

    Singer: Mariana Flores. Singer: Fabián Schofrin. Singer: Jaime Caicompai. Singer: Matteo Bellotto. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Director: Leonardo García Alarcón.
    • Ambronay.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Frozen River Flows

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Raimondas Sviackevičius. Performer: Donatas Bagurskas.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova - String Paths.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 005.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Dec 2020 19:30