Verdi choruses

"La Scala has enjoyed a special relationship with Verdi ever since his first opera ... This release celebrating the conductor's 70th birthday offers extracts from nine works ... Chorus and orchestra are both on their mettle here: the orchestral playing is clean and brilliant, the choral tone full and healthy. The range of tone and dynamics available is well displayed in the famous 'Va pensiero' from Nabucco, where Verdi's markings, and especially his frequent sotto voce instructions, are carefully observed".