Opera Highlights For Orchestra - Verdi: Puccini / Inspiration / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner / Warner Classics Audio CD 2014 

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Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming to the late-Baroque era. Though his early work was firmly rooted in traditional late-19th-century Romantic Italian opera he later developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.

His most renowned works are La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (1924), all of which are among the most frequently performed and recorded of all operas.

Tracklist:

1.  Verdi: AIDA / Celeste Aida   6:26

2.  Puccini: MADAMA BUTTERFLY / Sharpless & Butterfly   5:02

3.  Verdi: RIGOLETTO / La donna e mobile   3:16

4.  Puccini: TOSCA / E lucevan le stelle - Exekution & Finale   6:09

5.  Verdi: IL TROVATORE / Zigeunerchor / Anvil Chorus   6:32

6.  Puccini: TURANDOT / Nessun dorma   5:21

7.  Puccini: LA BOHEME / A Fantasy for Orchestra   12:25

8.  Verdi: LA TRAVIATA / Di provenza il mar   4:52

9.  Puccini: MADAMA BUTTERFLY / Un bel di vedremo    3:52

10. Puccini: TOSCA / E lucevan le stelle   3:52