Rossini, Gioachino > Naxos (USA)

Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 2 - Silken Ladder; Il Signor Bruschino; William Tell / Prague Sinfonia Orch., Benda

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Eduardo e Cristina; L' Inganno felice; La Scala di seta; Demetrio e Polibio; Il Signor Bruschino; Sinfonia (Overture) in D major (di Bologna), QR vii/1; Sigismondo
Conductors: Benda, Christian
Ensemble: ; Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

Rossini's ceaseless wit and invention are best exemplified in his series of operas. His colorful orchestration and command of both comic and tragic elements can...continue...

Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja with music by Rossini, Weber, Bellini et a.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta; Otello; Mosè in Egitto (Naples version); La Donna del lago; Maometto II; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: R...
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Colonna, Monica; Ganassi, Sonia; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni; Mahieux, Ugo; Mironov, Maxim; Podles, Ewa; Pratt, Jessica; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Th...
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher; Fogliani, Antonino; Koch, Martin; Zedda, Alberto; Amberger, Martin; Morandi, Pier G.; Walter, Alfred; Mercurio, Steven; Rota, Marcello; Benini, Maurizio

Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless mogul was at the very heart of the...continue...

Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 1 - Thieving Magpie; Semiramide; Otello / Christian Benda

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra; Semiramide; Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra; Otello; Le siège de Corinthe; Overture al conventello, for orchestra in D major; Ermione
Conductors: Benda, Christian
Ensemble: ; Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

Rossini wrote some of music's most masterful and lovable ones. His gift for comic and tragic forms was matched by a relish for characterization, qualities...continue...
Recording information: Kulturní Dum Barikádnídu, Prague, Czech Republic (09/05/2011-09/06/2011)....continue...

Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro / Martirosyan, Antonelou, Ruggeri, Utzeri, Garoar Thor Cortes, Ribalta

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro, opera
Performers: Manasi, Matthias [Harpsichord]
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino
Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

Composed by the young Gioachino Rossini in eleven days to comply with a contractual commitment, L'occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity Makes A Thief) is a...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2005-07-14&2005-07-17&2005-)....continue...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Rossini: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4 "Sins of Old Age" / Alessandro Marangoni, piano

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 9; Péchés de vieillesse
Performers: Marangoni, Alessandro

During his last decade, Rossini wrote a series of 13 volumes he called Sins of Old Age, of which volume 8 is subtitled Album de...continue...
Recording information: Baroque Hall of the Seminario Arcivescovile, Ivrea, Tur (2010-03-18_2010-03-19&2010-)....continue...

Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
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My First Classical Music Album / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Spring; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchest...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Nishizaki, Takako; Schuster, Jurgen; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Tichy, Georg
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Alsop, Marin; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Drahos, Béla; Rondin, Mats; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Bogár, István; Lenárd, Ondrej; Jean, Kenne...

'Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH': listen to track 7 and see if you recognize that music! It's one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever written....continue...

Rossini: La Cambiale Di Matrimonio / Franklin, Priante, Samsonova, Zanfardino, Mastrototaro

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio
Performers: Tanzini, Massimiliano
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher
Ensemble: Württenberg Philharmonic Orchestra

The plot of La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage), which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old, revolves around the farcical...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2006-07-08&2006-07-14&2006-)....continue...

Rossini: La Gazzetta

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazzetta, opera
Performers: Mahieux, Ugo
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher

Composed between 'The Barber of Seville' (NXS 8660027) and 'Cinderella' (NXS 8660191), Rossini's only Neapolitan comic opera 'La gazzetta' (The Newspaper) was based on a...continue...
Recording information: Kurhaus Bad Wildbad, Germany (2007-07-14&2007-07-19&2007-)....continue...

Classical Chill, Vol. 2: Romantic

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Chanson triste; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Bramall, Anthony; Krcek, Jaroslav; Bátiz, Enrique; ; Wildner, Johannes; Nazareth, Daniel; Sankovsky, Robert; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Clark, Keith; Words...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Rossini Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana

Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Fabbrini, Gianni
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

Using the critical edition by Azio Corghi, this recording of L'Italiana in Algeri was made at a jubilee performance of the XXth Rossini in Wildbad...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2008-07-02_2008-07-03&2008-)....continue...

Rossini: Otello / Fogliani

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Otello
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino

First staged in Naples in 1816, seventy years before Verdi's very different treatment of the same subject, Rossini's 'Otello', based on Berio di Salsa's play...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2008-07-12&2008-07-17&2008-)....continue...

Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 - Rossini

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Book 5 (Album pour les enfants adolescents)
Performers: Marangoni, Alessandro

Italian pianist Alessandro Marangoni, praised by the media for his ‘beautiful legato touch and a keen sense of phrasing', here presents the third in his...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di Mortara, Pavia, Italy (06/30/2008-07/01/2008)....continue...

Baritone Arias - Verdi, Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti / Lado Ataneli

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492; Don Giovanni, K. 527; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di ...
Performers: Ataneli, Lado
Conductors: Zocche, Lodovico

For his Naxos debut recording, the internationally acclaimed Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli has selected operatic arias by Bizet, Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Massenet, Mozart and Rossini,...continue...
Recording information: Studio of the Württembergische Philharmonie, Reutlingen (07/09/2007-07/12/2007)....continue...

Opera's Greatest Moments

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Aida, opera; La traviata; Rigoletto; Alfredo Catalani:...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Borowska, Joanna; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Ferrarini, Alida; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Ionata, Maria Pia; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kwon, Hellen; Lamberti, Giorgio;...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier G.

All the opera you'll ever need! This 2-CD set compiles the world's most famous arias and choruses from the greatest operas of all time....continue...

Rossini: Complete Piano Music Vol 2 / Marangoni

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 6 "Album pour les enfants dégourdis"
Performers: Marangoni, Alessandro

Rossini spent his final years in Paris where he wrote numerous short piano pieces arranged in 13 volumes, which he jokingly called 'Peches de vieillesse'...continue...

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Marco Vinco, Alessandra Marianelli, Andrea Concetti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Belfiore, Elena; Concetti, Andrea; Marianelli, Alessandra; Taddia, Bruno; Vinco, Marco; Zanfardion, Daniele
Conductors: Allemandi, Antonello
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Prague Chamber Chorus

Filmed live in 2007 at the prestigious Rossini Opera Festival in the composer's birthplace, Pesaro, 'Il Turco in Italia' is a mad cap ensemble opera...continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Surround 5.0
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Toon Time - Classical Music from Classic Cartoons

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Comedian Galop; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleepin...

The 'Toon Time' collection includes well-known melodies from everyone's favorite animated shows. From "Flight of the Bumble-Bee" to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," 'Toon Time' brings the...continue...

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...continue...

Rossini: L'inganno felice / Zedda, Tarver, Mologni, Regazzo, Vinco, Bailey, Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'inganno felice, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Fabbrini, Gianni; Mologni, Corinna; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Tarver, Kenneth; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

Rossini’s 'rescue opera' 'L'inganno felice' (The Happy Deception) won immediate contemporary popularity after its first performance in 1812. One of the composer's most inventive and...continue...

Rossini - Complete Piano Music Vol 1 / Alessandro Marangoni

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Book 7 (Album de chaumière); Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 (Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor)
Performers: Marangoni, Alessandro

When Rossini drew a line under his own hugely successful operatic career at the age of 37, he spent his final years in Paris where...continue...

Rossini: La Cambiale di matrimonio / B. Michelangeli/Orch. Haydn di Bolzano e Trento [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio
Performers: Bordogna, Paolo; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Marabelli, Enrico; PIrgu, Saimir; Rancatore, Desiree
Conductors: Michelangeli, Uberto B.
Ensemble: Bolzano Haydn Orchestra; Trento Haydn Orchestra

The plot of 'La cambiale di matrimonio' which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old, revolves around the farcical attempts of Tobia Mill,...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Rossini: La donna del Lago / Zedda, Ganasi, Mironov, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Performers: Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Cifolelli, Stefan; Ganassi, Sonia; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Mironov, Maxim; Peretyatko, Olga; Pizzolato, Marianna
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Chorus

First staged in Naples in 1819, Rossini's opera 'La donna del lago' is based on Walter Scott's romantic poem 'The Lady of the Lake', setting...continue...

Rossini: Mosè Egitto / Fogliani, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-12-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Bevacqua, Rossella; Fedeli, Giuseppe; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Trucco, Giorgio
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

Rossini’s 'Mose in Egitto', described as an 'azione tragico-sacra', combines the biblical narrative of the release of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt, and a...continue...

Rossini: Le comte Ory / Cohen, Rhys-Evans, Montanari, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-05-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory
Performers: Gerrard, Linda; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Islam-Ali-Zade, Luisa; Montanari, Gloria; Rhys-Evans, Huw; Salsi, Luca; Soloviy, Sofia
Conductors: Cohen, Brad
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno

Set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, Le Comte Ory, Rossini's last comic opera, is based on the story of a real-life...continue...

Return to Sorrento - Italian Songs arranged for Trombone

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-03-27

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Eduardo di Capua: Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Paolo Tosti: A Marechiare; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&e...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Allen, Barbara; Jones, Warren
Conductors: ; Allen, Virginia; Pilafian, Sam [Tuba]
Ensemble: Alessi Street Band; Joe's Jersey Jazz Jesters Big Band; Juilliard School Trombone Choir

"Most of the pieces on this disc are arrangements of Italian opera arias, rendered in Alessi's beautiful legato tone. The accompaniments are nicely varied, ranging...continue...

Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia / Fogliani, Württemberg PO, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia, opera
Performers: Bellavia, Giovanni; Botta, Riccardo; Fogliani, Antonino; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Islam-Ali-Zade, Luisa; Soulis, Maria; Trucco, Giorgio
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

"It's hardly a masterpiece, but there is plenty to admire and enjoy: two lovely arias for Amira (mezzo-soprano); a duet for Amira and Baldassare (tenor);...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska / de Marchi, Cigna, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska, opera
Performers: Bellavia, Giovanni; Bianchini, Michele; Cigna, Paola; Gemmabella, Anna Rita; Rhys-Evans, Huw; Utzeri, Mauto
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Rossini's semi-serious opera 'Torvaldo e Dorliska' belongs, like Beethoven's 'Fidelio', to the genre of 'rescue' opera. The hero and heroine of the title both succumb...continue...

Cinema Classics 2006

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Quartet f...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Charlston, Terence; La Scola, Vincenzo; Meshcheriakova, Marina
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Hurst, George; ; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Feodorov, Victor; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic O...

Personnel: Kym Amps (soprano); Terence Charlston (harpsichord)....continue...

Operatic Arias / Hao Jiang Tian

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I vespri siciliani; Jérusalem; Macbeth; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bel...
Performers: Tian, Hao Jiang
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

A veteran of the world's most prominent opera stages, Hao Jiang Tian has established a particularly close relationship with New York's Metropolitan Opera, where he...continue...

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Conti, De Carolis

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-12-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Carolis, Natale de; Fabbrini, Gianni; Gagliardo, Massimiliano; Guarnera, Piero; Moretti, Amadeo; Papatanasiu, Myrto; Pinti, Damiana; Zanfardino, Daniele
Conductors: Conti, Marzio
Ensemble: Marrucino di Chieti Theater Orchestra

Rossini's brilliant satirical opera is as notable for its considerable use of ensemble as for its many memorable tunes. The plot revolves around the tangled...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Zedda, DiDonato, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Bellei, Marco; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Cigna, Patrizia; DiDonato, Joyce; Pisaroni, Luca; Pratico, Bruno; Zapata, Jose Manuel
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern

Alternating between opera seria and opera buffa, Rossini's tenth opera, 'La Cenerentola', treats the story of Cinderella with a degree of modified realism and occasional...continue...

Cinema Classics 2005 - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan ...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Borowska, Joanna; Eder, Gyorgy; Istropolitana, Capella; Jand?, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Mikulas, Peter [Bass Vocals]; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Ramiro, Yordy; Rubs...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Wildner, Johannes; Selmeczi, György; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Drahos, Béla
Ensemble: Camerata Transylvania; Capella Istropolitana; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Failoni Orchestra Budapest; Kodály Quartet ; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Naxos is pleased to present Cinema Classics 2005, which contains classical music made famous in films. This collection features classical music which was used in...continue...
Personnel: Norbert Kraft (guitar); Idil Biret, Francois-Joël Thiollier , Jenö Jandó (piano); Wolfgang Rubsam (organ)....continue...

Discover - Music of the Romantic Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Frédéric Ch...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Banowetz, Joseph; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Hill, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Orgonasova, Luba; Podles, Ewa; Russell, L...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Talmi, Yoav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Bramall, Anthony; ; Morandi, Pier G.; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Wildner, Johannes; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wit, Antoni; Kosler, Zden...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Kodál...

The 'Discover Series' opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the...continue...

Rossini: Maometto II / Cohen, Secov, Gemmabella, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Maometto II
Performers: Barbolini, Massimiliano; Gobbi, Antonio de; Islam-Ali-Zade, Luisa; Ruta, Cesare; Sedov, Denis
Conductors: Cohen, Brad
Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Choir

'Earth Cry' for didgeridoo and orchestra is a straightforward and melodious work whose four parts comprise quick, ritualistic music framed by slower music of a...continue...

Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino / Desderi, Codeluppi, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino
Performers: Barbolini, Massimiliano; Codeluppi, Alessandro; Giangaspero, Clara; Giorgelè, Dario; Leoni, Maurizio; Marani, Antonio; Martino, Vito; Rossi, Elena
Conductors: Desderi, Claudio
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani

"More important, in addition to the delightful overture, there is a parade of tuneful arias and ensembles that sparkle and delight from beginning to end....continue...

Cinema Classics 2004 - Master and Commander, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Bolshoi Opera Chorus; Consort, Royal Academy; Halasz, Michael [Conductor]; Istropolitana, Capella; Jando, Jeno; Judd, James [Conductor]; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kopelman, Jozef; Kuchar...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Sebotka, Wolfgang; Summerly, Jeremy; Rahbari, Alexander; Kopelman, Jozef; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Judd, James; McGlinn, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Royal Academy Consort

Since the dawn of the Hollywood era, popular film has served as an introduction to classical music for myriad newcomers to the genre. The collection...continue...
Personnel: Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Rossini: La Pietra del Paragone / Marchi, Bienkowska, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La pietra del paragone
Performers: Bienkowska, Agata; Codeluppi, Alessandro; Costantini, Raffaele; Gemmabella, Anna Rita; Herrmann, Anke; Machej, Dariusz; Marchi, Alessandro de; Yoshihara, Teru; Zarrelli, Gioacchino
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

'La Pietra del Paragone' is unique in the sense that no other opera of Rossini's has been so highly praised in the literature on the...continue...

Tenor Arias - Il Trovatore, Carmen, etc / Marcello Giordani

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Torna vezzosa Fillide, for soprano & piano; Giovanni Pacini: La fidanz...
Performers: Arghiracopulos, Maria; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra

The Pearl Fishers and other Famous Operatic Duets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-08-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Do...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Gauci, Miriam; Kaludov, Kaludi; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Lamberti, Giorgio; Lotric, Janez; Miricioiu, Nelly; Morozov, Igor; Orgonasova, Luba; Previati, Fabio; Ramiro, Yor...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Chorus; Jaak Gregoor Chorus; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

This recording brings together some of the best-loved and most popular duets in the French and Italian operatic repertoire. The selection takes in music by...continue...

Amore, sublime amore - Tenor Arias / Lotric, Wildner, Tansky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Adolphe A...
Performers: Lotric, Janez; Poberezhina, Yaroslava; Tansky, Ruslan
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: Kiev Chamber Chorus; Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra

Following this earlier recording of arias and duets with baritone Igor Morozov, Janez Lotric presents his first solo recital for the label. Born in Slovenia,...continue...

Music of His Time - Manet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Waltz for piano no 11 in G flat major, Op. 70/1, CT. ...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Colombara, Carlo; Pace, Patrizia; Rabol, Georges; Scalchi, Gloria; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.; Hayman, Richard; Johanos, Donald; Wildner, Johannes; Lockhart, James

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Imagination

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Hector Berlioz: Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; Johann Strauss II: Perpetuu...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Müller, Dario; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich, Michael; Edlinger, Richard; Leaper, Adrian; Carpenter, Gary; Mogrelia, Andrew; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anth...
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak Sta...

The music of 'Playtime Imagination' was chosen specifically to stimulate the imaginations with melodies and harmonies that are as free and boundless as the world...continue...

Opera Classics - Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante / Zedda

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante, opera
Performers: Felice, Marco Di; Minarelli, Monica; Santamaría, Eduardo; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists

"Naxos's less-than-ideal recording has enough positive elements to be considered a welcome addition to the Rossini catalog." - Mark, ARG...continue...

Italian Harp Music - Clementi, Rossini, et al / Antonelli

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Muzio Clementi: Andante and Variations, for harp in B flat major (arr. of 3rd movt. of Piano Sonata, Op. 12/1); Giovanni Battista Viotti: Sonata for harp in B flat major; Francesco Pollini: Capriccio...
Performers: Ambrosini, Alberto; Antonelli, Claudia

This unique collection of harp music focuses on the works of Italian composers around the turn of the century. It opens with music of Clementi,...continue...

Classical Moments - Classical Music for the Home

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra; Guglielmo Tell; Frederick Delius: Florida Suite; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Emile ...

Klassisk Musik att Vakna Till

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Trumpet in D major, TV 51 no D 7; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Divertimento for String Quartet in D ...