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 |