Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Overture - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
2. "Gli arredi festivi giù cadano infranti" - Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
3. Sperate, o figli! - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
4. D'Egitto là sui lidi - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
5. Qual rumore? (Coro, Ismaele, Zaccaria) - Plácido Domingo, Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
6. Come notte a sol fulgente (Zaccaria,Coro) - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
7. Fenena! O mia diletta! (Ismaele, Fenena) - Plácido Domingo, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
8. Guerrieri, è preso il Tempio! ...Prode guerrier! (Abigaille, Fenena, Ismaele) - Ghena Dimitrova, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Plácido Domingo, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
9. Io t'amava! (Abigaille, Ismaele, Fenena) - Ghena Dimitrova, Plácido Domingo, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
10. Lo vedeste? (Anna, Coro, Zaccaria) - Lucia Popp, Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
11. Viva Nabucco! (Abigaille, Coro, Zaccaria, Ismaele, Nabucco) - Ghena Dimitrova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Plácido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
12. Si finga ...Tremin gl'isani del mio furore! (Nabucco, Fenena, Ismaele, Anna, Zaccaria, Coro Abigaille) - Piero Cappuccilli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Plácido Domingo, Lucia Popp, Evgeny Nesterenko, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
13. O vinti, il capo a terra! (Nabucco, Zaccaria, Ismaele, Abigaille, Anna, Fenena, Coro) - Piero Cappuccilli, Evgeny Nesterenko, Plácido Domingo, Ghena Dimitrova, Lucia Popp, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
14. Ben io t'invenni - Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
15. Anch'io dischuiso un giorno - Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
16. Chi s'avanza? Orrenda scena - Ghena Dimitrova, Kurt Rydl, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
17. Salgo già del trono aurato - Ghena Dimitrova, Kurt Rydl, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
18. (Introduzione) - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
19. Vieni, o Levita! - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
20. Tu sul labbro dei veggenti - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Disc 2:

1. "Che si vuol?"/"Il maledetto non ha fratelli" - Plácido Domingo, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
2. Deh, fratelli, perdonate - Lucia Popp, Evgeny Nesterenko, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Plácido Domingo, Volker Horn, Kurt Rydl, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
3. S'appresan gl'istanti - Piero Cappuccilli, Ghena Dimitrova, Plácido Domingo, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Evgeny Nesterenko, Lucia Popp, Volker Horn, Kurt Rydl, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
4. S'oda or me - Piero Cappuccilli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Kurt Rydl, Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
5. Chi mi toglie il regio scettro! - Piero Cappuccilli, Evgeny Nesterenko, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
6. E Assiria una regina - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
7. Eccelsa Donna - Kurt Rydl, Ghena Dimitrova, Piero Cappuccilli, Volker Horn, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
8. Donna, chi sei? - Piero Cappuccilli, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
9. Oh, di qual'onta aggravasi - Piero Cappuccilli, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
10. Ah, qual suon! - Piero Cappuccilli, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
11. Deh, perdona - Piero Cappuccilli, Ghena Dimitrova, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
12. (Introduzione) - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
13. Chorus: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
14. Oh, chi piange? ... Del futuro nel buoio discerno - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
15. (Introduzione) - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
16. Son pur queste mie membra - Piero Cappuccilli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
17. Dio di Giuda! - Piero Cappuccilli, Volker Horn, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
18. "Cadran, cadranno i perfidi .. O prodi miei, seguitemi" - Volker Horn, Piero Cappuccilli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
19. (Introduzione) "Va, la palma del martirio" - Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
20. Oh, dischiuso è il firmamento! - Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Lucia Popp, Plácido Domingo, Evgeny Nesterenko, Kurt Rydl, Piero Cappuccilli, Volker Horn, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
21. Ah, torna Israello - Piero Cappuccilli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
22. Immenso Jeovha - Lucia Popp, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Plácido Domingo, Volker Horn, Piero Cappuccilli, Evgeny Nesterenko, Kurt Rydl, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
23. Oh! chi vegg'io - Piero Cappuccilli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
24. Su me ... morente ...esanime - Ghena Dimitrova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23075 in Music
• Released on: 1983-12-30
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .64 pounds
• Running time: 124 minutes

Customer Reviews

Among the finest recordings available
I am afraid I cannot wholly agree with either of the previous reviewers. I accept A Customer's point that Shannon O'Hara has committed a glaring error in her dating of this recording (1960s rather than the actual date of 1986), but neither can I concur that Ms O'Hara's comments are a "drooling non-review".

Given that it effectively launched Verdi's career in 1843, this work seems ill served in the recording studio. Alongside this recording there is an older version by Lamberto Gardelli and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus with Gobbi in the title role and a 2004 recording that I have yet to audition.

Abigaille is a difficult role at the best of times. Since Giuseppina Strepponi (later to become the second Mrs. Verdi) premiered the role, there has been no definitive Abigaille. Dimitrova, who fulfils the role in this recording is workmanlike but hardly virtuoso, in contrast to Cappucilli's inspired Nabucco and the usual impeccable readings from Ghiaurov and Domingo.

During Sinopoli's principal conductorship (1984-1994) of the Philharmonia, this London based orchestra prospered and I understand that Sinopoli himself was considered as a successor to Sir Colin Davis at Covent Garden before Haitink captured that particular gem of an appointment. This is one of the several fine opera recordings Sinopoli and the Philharmonia gave us during his ten year tenure. It comfortably stands comparison with any other recording I have heard of a work that hugely influenced its composer's career and, through Strepponi, his personal life after the tragic two years that saw the deaths of both his children quickly followed by that of his first wife.

Sinopoli occasionally resorded to controversial tempi, but not here, he takes them straight down the line. "Boooooriiiing" might come the cry, but when was Verdi ever boring? Give me properly judged tempi any time. Sinopoli and the Philharmonia (remember its history - the legendary orchestra created by Klemperer) really get their teeth into this reading. Neither is there any lack of commitment amongst his soloists. Cappuccilli was all but incapable of giving a poor performance, and he is ably supported by Dimitrova, Ghiaurov and Domingo - by 1986 already one of the world's great tenors.

Altogether a very satisfying recording.

A little research, please
Without further comment on this bizarre and unsatisfying recording, it seems odd to me that the reviewer above makes such a point of its 1960's origins, when in fact it is clearly labeled as being released in 1983. Further, Dimitrova did not make her debut until 1966, and did not perform in any important venues outside Bulgaria until 1970. A bit more attention to fact would make this sort of drooling non-review a bit easier to take seriously.

This is almost certainly the best recording of Nabucco
Although this is a 60's recording, it has Domingo when he was coming to the height of his powers.

The orchestra is strong and well-balanced with the voices.

The ensembles are beautifully done with all the voices working and fighting together, with generosity from all the soloists.

As I write I am listening to the end of the second side of my scratchy vinyl...beautifully balanced forces.

Sinopoli manages to balance all of the considerable forces at his command brilliantly.

The production team deserve some kind of serious credit...though in those days (the '60's)...they were little thought of.