The Othello Connection
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Othello and Desdemona, by Daniel Maclise (1859)
Shakespeare’s play is a tale of jealousy, betrayal and murder—yet not all the music it has inspired is dark and brooding.
In this hour, Othello, in music by Rossini, Liszt, Dvorak, Verdi, and more.
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FEATURED RECORDINGS
Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
Verdi Without Words |
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel |
Telarc 03642 |
089408036422 |
Rossini: Complete Overtures |
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
Philips 9500 886 |
028947396727 |
Liszt: Années De Pèlerinage |
Louis Lortie |
Chandos CHAN 10662(2) |
095115166222 |
Raff: Symphony No. 2; Four Shakespeare Preludes |
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi |
Chandos CHSA 5117 |
095115511725 |
Dance Of the Hours: Ballet Favourites From Opera [For Otello ballet music] |
Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Bolo, Riccardo Chailly |
Decca 289 458 229-2 |
028945822921 |
Dvorak - Symphonies |
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek |
Virgin Classics 5 61853 2 |
724356185326 |
Alwyn: Concerto Grossos, The Moor of Venice |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones |
Naxos 8.570145 |
747313014576 |
Goldenthal: ,Othello Symphony |
Aukso Orchestra, Marek Mos |
Zarathustra Music ZM 001 |
852726005001 |