Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born on 10 October 1813 near Busseto, Italy, and died in Milan on 27 January 1901 aged 87 years. In 2013 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Verdi - the Romantic maestro who wrote musical history with his operas. To commemorate this anniversary, the Civica Filarmonica di Lugano under the direction of Franco Cesarini has reissued a CD with overtures and ballet music of the maestro aptly entitled Viva Verdi. Cesarini himself has adapted ...

• Nabucco
• Preludio all' atto I
• Coro dei Gitani
• Coro degli Armigeri
• I Vespri Siciliani
• Aroldo
• Preludio all' atto II
• La Forza del Destino
• Gran Finale - Atto II