A pair of Verdi podcasts are available for your listening pleasure. They are:
Giuseppe Verdi was to opera in the Italian tradition what Beethoven was to the symphony. When he arrived on the scene some had suggested that effective opera after Rossini was not possible. Verdi, however, took the form to new heights of drama and musical expression. Partisans see him as at least the equal of Wagner, even though his style and musical persona were of an entirely different cast. In the end, both Verdi's popular vein—as heard in the operas Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and La traviata—and his deeper side—found in Aida, Otello, and Falstaff—demonstrate his mastery and far-reaching development of Italian opera.
Read my original post - http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/10/viva-verdi.html
Active Podcast - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/i...06_00_01-08_00
Archive Page - https://archive.org/details/pcast168
While the Verdi Requiem has its unmistakably operatic moments, it is a work of far-reaching spiritual and emotional magnitude that at once pushed the religious music envelope and gave new meaning to the phrase “to each his own,” as evidenced by its cross-denominational/cross-cultural longevity and popularity.
Read my original post - http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/04...a-requiem.html
Active Podcast - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/i...06_00_00-08_00
Archive Page - https://archive.org/details/pcast151
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