Artist
Riccardo Muti
Personb. 1941 · Napoli, Italy, Italy
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Bio
Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor born in Naples in 1941. He studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella before winning the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition in 1967. Muti served as music director of the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and La Scala, and has been music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2010. He is renowned for his interpretations of Verdi, Mozart, and the Italian operatic repertoire, and has recorded extensively for EMI and Warner Classics. Muti founded the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy and the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini to nurture young musicians. He has received numerous honors including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and multiple Grammy Awards.
Popular tracks
- 12:50
The Godfather: V. Love Theme
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- 212:38
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
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- 31:26
Verdi: Aida, Act 2: Marcia trionfale
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- 410:01
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto -
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- 51:28
The Godfather: VI. A New Carpet (From "The Godfather, Pt. II")
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- 63:59
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter. Sturm. Allegro -
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- 73:11
Pagliacci / Act 1: "Vesti la giubba" - Live
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- 810:23
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto
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- 93:40
Verdi: Aida: Preludio
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- 103:03
Verdi: Aida, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Coro)
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- 112:31
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
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- 123:23
Verdi: Aida, Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (Radamès)
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Albums
Verdi: Aida
Album · 1974
Nino Rota - Musica E Sogno
Album · 1997
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" & Leonore Overture No. 3
Album · 1988
Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025
Album · 2025
Beethoven: Violin Concerto op.61; Violin Sonata op.47 'Kreutzer'
Album · 2007
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Album · 1987
Verdi: Macbeth
Album · 1976
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Album · 1993
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 Version)
Album · 1982
New Year's Concert 2018 / Neujahrskonzert 2018 / Concert du Nouvel An 2018
Album · 2018
Neujahrskonzert 2021 / New Year's Concert 2021 / Concert du Nouvel An 2021
Album · 2021
Rota: Music for Film
Album · 1997