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Essential Rossini 23 of his greatest masterpieces.
Title:
Essential Rossini 23 of his greatest masterpieces.
Publication Information:
London : Decca, p2002.
Physical Description:
2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Sung in Italian and Latin.

Consists of previously released material.
Contents:
disc 1. William Tell. Overture (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Riccardo Chailly) ; Passo a sei (National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly) ; Resta immobile (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Philharmonia Orchestra; Ion Marin) -- Semiramide. Overture (London Symphony Orchestra; Piero Gamba) ; Bel raggio lusinghier (Dame Joan Sutherland, soprano; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli) -- The barber of Seville. Overture (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner) ; Ecco ridente in cielo (Francisco Araiza, tenor; Matthew Best, vocalist; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner) ; Largo al factotum della citta (Sherrill Milnes, bass-baritone; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Silvio Varviso) ; Una voce poco fa (Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Alexander Gibson) ; La calunnia e un venticello (Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass-baritone; Orchestra Rossini di Napoli; Silvio Varviso) -- La scala di seta. Overture (Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati) -- La danza : from Les soirees musicales (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Orchestra of the Comunale Theater of Bologna; Richard Bonynge) --

disc 2 ; La gazza ladra. Overture (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Riccardo Chailly) -- La donna del lago. Tanti affetti (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Henry Lewis) -- La Cenerentola. Overture (London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado) ; Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto-- Non piu mesta (Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Chorus and Orchestra of the Comunale Theater of Bologna; Riccardo Chailly) -- Stabat Mater. Inflammatus et accensus (Katia Ricciarelli, soprano; Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini) ; Cujus animam (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra; Istvn Kertesz) -- Il signor Bruschino. Overture (Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit) -- Allegro vivace : from String sonata no. 5 in E flat major (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner) -- The Italian girl in Algiers. Overture (London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado) ; Cruda sorte! (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Henry Lewis) -- Le siege de Corinthe. Overture (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner).
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