Verdi: Aida

CD1

1. Verdi : Aïda : Prelude to Act 1
2. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Sì, corre voce che l'Etiope ardisca" (Ramfis)
3. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Se quel guerrier io fossi!" (Radamès)
4. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Celeste Aïda" (Radamès)
5. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Quale insolita gioia" (Amneris)
6. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Dessa!" (Radamès)
7. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Alta cagion v'aduna" (Il Re)
8. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Su! del Nilo al sacro lido" (Il Re)
9. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Ritorna vincitor!" (Aida)
10. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Possente, possente Fthà" (Sacerdotessa)
11. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse
12. Verdi : Aïda : Act 1 "Mortal, diletto ai numi" (Ramfis)

CD2

1. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi" (Chorus)
2. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 Danza degli schiavi mori
3. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Fu la sorte dell'armi a'tuoi funesta" (Amneris)
4. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Ebben, qual nuovo fremito" (Amneris)
5. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Su! del Nilo al sacro lido" (Chorus)
6. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Chorus)  - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
7. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 Triumphal March  - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
8. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 Ballabile
9. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Vieni, o guerriero vindice" (Chorus)
10. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Salvator della patria, io ti saluto" (Il Re)
11. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Che veggo!...Egli?...Mio padre!" (Aïda)
12. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "Ma tu, Re, tu signore possente" (Aïda)
13. Verdi : Aïda : Act 2 "O Re, pei sacri Numi" (Radamès)

CD3

1. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "O tu che sei d'Osiride" (Chorus)
2. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Qui Radamès verrà! Che vorrà dirmi?" (Aïda)
3. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Ciel! Mio padre!" (Aïda)
4. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Rivedrò le foreste inbalsamate" (Aïda)
5. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Radamès sa che qui attendi" (Amonasro)
6. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Padre, a costoro schiava non sono" (Aïda)
7. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aïda..." (Radamès)
8. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Nel fiero anelito" (Radamès)
9. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti" (Aïda)
10. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Aïda!" (Radamès)
11. Verdi : Aïda : Act 3 "Ma, dimmi" (Aïda)
12. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia..." (Amneris)
13. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Io l'amo" (Amneris)
14. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Già i sacerdoti adunansi" (Amneris)
15. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Ah, tu dêi vivere" (Amneris)
16. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Ohimè!...morir mi sento!" (Amneris)
17. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Spirto del nume" (Ramfis, Chorus)
18. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Traditor!" (Ramfis, Chorus)
19. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse" (Radamès)
20. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Vedi? Di morte l'angelo" (Aïda)
21. Verdi : Aïda : Act 4 "Tutto è finito" (Aida)

Gloriously sumptuous, Aida is often termed Verdi’s grandest opera, but crucial for Nikolaus Harnoncourt was its essence as “a deeply profound work – subtle, transparent, at times almost like chamber music.” Reflecting his insights is a performance that never sacrifices lyricism and nuance to the epic drama, ritual pomp and mighty passions. Cristina Gallardo-Domâs and Vincenzo La Scola bring touching beauty and expressivity to Aida and Radamès, Thomas Hampson makes an Amonasro of consummate cunning, and Olga Borodina, proud, sensual and fiery, is the embodiment of Princess Amneris.