4 Pezzi Sacri: II. Stabat MaterCoro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
Inno delle nazioni: III. Andante mossoFreddie De Tommaso, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMVerdi: Inno delle nazioni & Quattro Pezzi SacriFreddie De Tommaso, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
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ALBUMVerdi: Inno delle nazioni & Quattro Pezzi SacriFreddie De Tommaso, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 2Riccardo Chailly & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 9Riccardo Chailly & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
ALBUMVerdi ChorusesCoro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMBach - Christmas OratorioRiccardo Chailly
ALBUMMusa ItalianaOrchestra Filarmonica della Scala & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMAmata dalle tenebre (Visual Album)Anna Netrebko, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMAmata dalle tenebreAnna Netrebko, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMRespighiOrchestra Filarmonica della Scala & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMCherubini DiscoveriesOrchestra Filarmonica della Scala & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMRota: The Fellini AlbumOrchestra Filarmonica della Scala & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMessa per RossiniRiccardo Chailly, María José Siri, Veronica Simeoni, Giorgio Berrugi, Simone Piazzola, Riccardo Zanellato, Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
ALBUMStravinsky: Le sacre du printemps - Chant funèbreRiccardo Chailly & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
ALBUMMascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Leoncavallo: PagliacciJessye Norman, Giuseppe Giacomini, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Semyon Bychkov, Barbara Frittoli, José Cura, Carlos Alvarez & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMBach, J.S. : St. Matthew PassionSt Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig, Tölzer Knabenchor, Gewandhausorchester & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMJoseph Calleja: Tenor AriasJoseph Calleja, Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMLuciano Berio: Orchestral TranscriptionsRiccardo Chailly & Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
ALBUMPuccini: Integrale Per Quartetto D'archiOrchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Quartetto Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMahler: Das klagende Lied, Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenBrigitte Fassbaender, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMendelssohn: Sinfonie No. 2 "Lobgesang" (Eloquence)Dame Margaret Price, Sally Burgess, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMRossini: Cantatas Vol. 2Cecilia Bartoli, Coro Filarmonico della Scala, Elisabetta Scano, Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Paul Austin Kelly & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 4 / Berg: Seven Early SongsRiccardo Chailly, Barbara Bonney & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
ALBUMAngela Gheorghiu: Verdi HeroinesAngela Gheorghiu, Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMLeoncavallo: I PagliacciBarbara Frittoli, Carlos Alvarez, José Cura, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, National Kinderkoor, Netherlands Radio Chorus & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 6 / Wolf: Four Goethe SongsRiccardo Chailly, Matthias Goerne & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
ALBUMPuccini: La BohèmeAngela Gheorghiu, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Roberto Alagna, Riccardo Chailly, Simon Keenlyside & Roberto de Candia
ALBUMRossini: Cantatas Vol. 1 - La Morte di Didone; Cantata per Pio IXRiccardo Chailly, Coro Filarmonico della Scala, Mariella Devia, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Paul Austin Kelly, Michele Pertusi & Francesco Piccoli
ALBUMRossini: Il Turco in ItaliaCecilia Bartoli, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Michele Pertusi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Ramón Vargas & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMRossini: 10 OverturesOrchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMShostakovich: The Dance AlbumThe Philadelphia Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 7 - Diepenbrock: Im großen SchweigenRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMAlphons Diepenbrock: Symphonic Suite Elektra - Hymne an die Nacht 'Gehoben ist der Stein' - Overture 'De Vogels'Arleen Auger, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMConcerto for String Orchestra / Musique Pour L'esprit En DeuilRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMartin: Ballades; Concerto For WindsRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMRossini: String SonatasOrchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMMahler: Das klagende LiedRiccardo Chailly, Susan Dunn, Stadtischer Musikverein, Dusseldorf, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Brigitte Fassbaender, Werner Hollweg, Andreas Schmidt & Markus Baur
ALBUMStravinsky: The Soldier's Tale; Divertimento, etcLondon Sinfonietta & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMSchoenberg: GurreliederRiccardo Chailly, Susan Dunn, Siegfried Jerusalem, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage, Hans Hotter, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Stadtischer Musikverein, Dusseldorf & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
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About Riccardo Chailly
Artist Biography
Something of a mould-breaker ever since his early decision to focus on symphonic rather than operatic repertoire, the Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly has distinguished himself with glowing yet visceral accounts of formerly neglected works by Zemlinsky, as well as making distinguished and wide-ranging recordings of works by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Rossini—the one opera composer he has recorded extensively. Born to a musical family in Milan in 1953, Chailly began his career as Claudio Abbado’s conducting assistant at La Scala, and enjoyed success in opera, including a recording of Andrea Chénier with Luciano Pavarotti (1979). However, wishing to spend more time on symphonic repertoire, in 1982 he became principal conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. As well as performing and recording neglected repertoire, he has thoroughly overhauled the tradition of performing well-established repertoire by composers such as Brahms, Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss. Chailly’s insistence that venerable orchestras should jettison their distinct but all-purpose sound and discover the colours and playing style appropriate to individual works initially caused controversy, but paved the way for conductors such as Simon Rattle and Roger Norrington to carry out similar work with other orchestras. Having successfully invigorated the playing style of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (of which he was music director 1988-2004) and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (2005-16), Chailly became music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2016, then—while continuing to hold that post—came full circle by becoming music director of La Scala in 2017.
Hometown
Milan, Italy
Genre
Classical
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