Fortepiano > Decca Import

Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-08-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Kraemer, Nicholas
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

BBC Music Magazine
Francisco Araiza's Almaviva is graceful, Agnes Baltsa's Rosina conscientious and Thomas Allen's Figaro ebullient.
...continue...
Recording information: Watford Town Hall (06/1982)....continue...

Joseph Haydn: Symphoines 94 "Surprise" & 96 "Miracle"

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 96 in D major, H 1 no 96 "Miracle"; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"
Performers: Hogwood, Christopher
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher

Rossini: Matilde di Shabran / Frizza, Massis, Flórez, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 2006-08-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Matilde (di) Shabran, opera
Performers: Bonfatti, Gregory; Chialli, Chiara; Cucchi, Rosetta; Florez, Juan Diego; Halevy, Hadar; Lepore, Carlo; Massis, Annick; Moravec, Lubomir; Simone, Bruno de; Taddia, Bruno; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Galicia Symphony Orchestra

The Times
...driving the Pesaro audience bananas with his pinging high notes and thrilling volleys of coloratura
...continue...

The Compact Opera Collection - Rossini: Il Barbiere/Marriner

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-08-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Burgess, Sally; Kraemer, Nicholas; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Noble, John; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Bari...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

"...[Marriner's] characteristic polish and refinement - beautifully caught in the clear, finely balanced recording - never get in the way of urgent spontaneity, the sparkle...continue...

Emma Kirkby sings Handel, Arne, Haydn & Mozart / Hogwood

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-07-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro Severo, pasticcio, A13; Hornpipe for orchestra in D major, HWV 356; Ariodante; Alcina; March for orchestra in D major, HWV 345; Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; L'Allegr...
Performers: Hirons, Christopher; Kirkby, Emma; Lubin, Steven
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Chailly, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-04-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bullo, Massimiliano; Corbelli, Alessandro; De Candia, Roberto; Pertusi, Michele; Piccoli, Francesco; Polverelli, Laura; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"...Chailly's tempos here are just enough faster than his earlier one to give most of the opera an effervescence that makes it sail by. Cecilia...continue...