Rossini, Gioachino

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...

Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

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: The Barber of Seville / Bartoli, Kuebler, Quilico, Feller. Stuttgart RSO, Ferro [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bruch, Klaus; Feller, Carlos; Kappeler, Paul; Kertesz-Gabry, Edith; Kuebler, David; Lloyd, Robert; Quilico, Gino
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rossini was 24 when he wrote his 17th and most famous opera Barber of Seville in an astonishing three weeks. Hampe's humorous direction of his...continue...
Run Time: 157 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
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Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna / Barcellona, Pratt, Mihai, Uliveri, Fischer. Jurowski [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Fischer, Jeannette; Mihai, Bogdan; Pratt, Jessica; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Jurowski, Dmitri
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Among the showier flowers of Rossini's operatic catalogue languish a few rare blooms - masterpieces like Adelaide de Borgogna that have seen relatively few revivals....continue...
Run Time: 154 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna / Barcellona, Pratt, Mihai, Uliveri, Fischer. Jurowski [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Fischer, Jeannette; Mihai, Bogdan; Pratt, Jessica; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Jurowski, Dmitri
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Among the showier flowers of Rossini's operatic catalogue languish a few rare blooms - masterpieces like Adelaide de Borgogna that have seen relatively few revivals....continue...
Run Time: 154 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese...continue...

Pictures / The 12 Pianists; Karlsruher Percussion Ensemble

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2013-02-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Alexander Iosifov: Toccata, for 2 pianos, 16 hands; Daniel Schnyder: Shourouk, overture for orchestra; Georges Bizet: Carmen-Fantasie; Thomas Turek: Kein...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Die 12 Pianisten

On this SACD other 'pictures' from Switzerland, Spain, Bulgaria and the Arab world were added to Mussorgsky's exhibition without being afraid of even crossing the...continue...
Recording information: Kurhaus Bad Herrenalb (05/17/2012-05/20/2012)....continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Antonino Siragusa, Sonia Ganassi, Marco Vinco. Renato Palumba [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Ganassi, Sonia; Siragusa, Antonino; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Palumbo, Ranato
Ensemble: Teatro Carlo Felice

Arthaus presents Rossini's popular retelling of the Cinderella fairytale in an unusual staging by Paul Curran. The work - often oversimplified as a comic romp...continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: DVD 9, NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, It...continue...

Rossini: Mose in Egitto / Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi. Roberto Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Esposito, Alex; Ganassi, Sonia; Korchak, Dmitry; Zanellato, Riccardo

A modern-day interpretation of Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" sets the scene at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado, the transposition of...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Rossini: Mose in Egitto / Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi. Roberto Abbado [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Esposito, Alex; Ganassi, Sonia; Korchak, Dmitry; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus; Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra

A modern-day interpretation of Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" sets the scene at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado, the transposition of...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Hymn to the Dawn - works for female choir by Holst, Prokofiev, Beach, Rheinberger, Mendelssohn & Rossini / Etherea Vocal Ens.

1 CD / Delos / 2013-01-29

Works: Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, H99, Op. 26/3; Eastern Pictures (2), for female chorus & harp, H. 112; Sergey Prokofiev: Prelude in C major for piano (or harp), Op. 12/7; Amy Beach: Sha...
Performers: Cloutier, Grace [Harp]; Gomez, Esteli [Soprano vocal]; Greten-Harrison, Derek; Murchie, Alan; Petrus, Jessica; Sidebottom, Amanda
Conductors: ; Horn, Noah
Ensemble: ; Etherea Vocal Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...With only eight singers, and several of the works sung by a portion of that number, each...continue...

José Carreras: Live Comeback Concerts - arias, songs, zarzuela arias by Grieg, Tosti, Toldra, Catala, Mompou, Vives, Puccini et al. / José Carreras, tenor

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Spoken Word: Jose Carreras welcomes his audience; Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Eduardo Toldrá: Canticel for voice & or...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Scalera, Vincenzo; Schneider, Ronald

Jose Carreras was known as part of the "big three" tenors of the twentieth century, among Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. This new disc presents...continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Rossini: Semiramide, overture; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia concertante K.364 / Sviatoslav Richter, piano. Muti, Vienna PO

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540
Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart; Richter, Sviatoslav; Streng, Rudolf
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

Over and above all its virtuoso challenges, Richter and Muti give an account of Schumann's Piano Concerto triumphant in its formal cohesion and sculpt it...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (07/27/1974); Kleines Festspielhaus (07/27/1974); Groáes Festspielhaus (08/17/1972); Kleines Festspielhaus (08/17/1972)....continue...

Rossini: Complete Chamber Music with Piano / Sollini - Barbatano Piano Duo; Manara, Stagni, Polidori, Meloni

1 CD / Concerto / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Un mot à Paganini, elegy for violin & piano in D major (Péchés de vieillesse, book 9); Thème, for piano in E flat major; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume ...
Performers: Manara, Francesco; Meloni, Fabrizio; Polidori, Massimo; Sollini, Marco; Stagni, Danilo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Sollini & Barbatano (Piano Duo)

This CD is dedicated to Rossini's rare chamber music with piano in an accomplished performance, featuring the special guest appearance of the first parts of...continue...
Recording information: Bartók Studio, Bernareggio, Milan, Italy (10/10/2011-10/11/2011)....continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


Works:

Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Introduction To Pavarotti / Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet, Tosti

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Luisa Miller; Requiem; Il Trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Purtani; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di La...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Although famous for his starring roles in the most familiar operas of Verdi and Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti had a wide range of repertoire outside opera....continue...

Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918)

1 CD / Archeophone / 2013-01-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Jules Levy: German Air (Du Du), for cornet; Grand Russian Fantasia; John Hartmann: Arbucklenian Polka; Facilita for corn...
Performers: Haines, Leroy [Trombone]; Kryl, Bohumir

Recording information: 1901-1918....continue...

Greatest Hollywood Western Soundtracks

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; Alfred Newman: How The West Was Won; James Griffith: Bullwhip; Louis Silvers: Jesse James; Richard Hageman: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon; Stagecoach; Fort Apache; ...
Performers: Ives, Burl; Laine, Frankie; London, Julie; Martin, Dean; Monroe, Marilyn; Nelson, Rick; Newman, Alfred [Composer/Conductor]; Richard Hageman; Ritter, Tex; Robert Mitchum; Russell, Jane [Actress]
Conductors: Bernstein, Elmer

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...

Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio / Maria Jose Moreno, Victoria Zaytseva, Yijie Shi. Orch. Sinfonica G. Rossini, Corrado Rovaris [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio, opera
Performers: Moreno, Maria José; Shi, Yijie; Zaytseva, Victoria
Conductors: Rovaris, Corrado
Ensemble: Orchestre Sinfonica Giovanni Rossini

"What a pleasure to listen to Demetrio e Polibio", wrote major Italian daily La Stampa after the premiere of Rossini's very first opera at the...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
Subtitles: German, English, Ital...continue...

Arturo Toscanini conducts Rossini, Verdi & Waldteufel / NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2012-11-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; La Gazza ladra; William Tell; Il Signor Bruschino; Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's W...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra

The recordings of these overtures were made in June, 1945 and January, 1953. These recordings were made long before scholars edited the Rossini operas and...continue...

Muisc Under the Stars / West Point Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Fillmore: The Circus Bee; Steven Reineke: Celebration Fanfare, for band; William Paris Chambers: Chicago Tribune March, for band; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah; John Philip Sousa...
Performers: Messenger, MaryKay
Conductors: Holtan, Timothy J.; Ancelet, Treg
Ensemble: ; West Point Band

West Point Band's Music Under the Stars is full of sweeping, beautiful orchestration from the US Military Academy Concert Band. West Point has created a...continue...
Recording information: Sugar Loaf, NY (02/19/2008-02/22/2008)....continue...

Wagner, Liszt, Rossini: Salon Harmonique et Chromatique / Silke Avenhaus: piano

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Sonata for Piano in A flat major (for M. Wesendonck), WWV 85; Franz Liszt: Isolde's "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan", S 447; Variations brillantes (7) sur un thème de Rossin...
Performers: Avenhaus, Silke

Recording information: Studio 2, BR München, Germany (11/2011)....continue...

Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio / Maria Jose Moreno, Victoria Zaytseva, Yijie Shi. Orch. Sinfonica G. Rossini, Corrado Rovaris [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio, opera
Performers: Moreno, Maria José; Shi, Yijie; Zaytseva, Victoria
Conductors: Rovaris, Corrado
Ensemble: Orchestre Sinfonica Giovanni Rossini

"What a pleasure to listen to Demetrio e Polibio ", wrote major Italian daily La Stampa after the premiere of Rossini's very first opera at...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Italian, Spanish
Cou...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: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Chernov, Gruberova, Florez, Serra, Ellero d'Artegna Weikert - Munich Radio SO

3 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Anderson, Brother James; Brembeck, Christian; Chernov, Vladimir; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Flórez, Juan Diego; Gruberova, Edita; Laghezza, Rosa; Serra, Eric
Conductors: Weikert, Ralf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Male Choir; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Juan Diego Florez and Vladimir Chernov are outstanding as Almaviva and Figaro. Enric Serra sounds appropriately like the old man looking for a young wife......continue...

A Suo Amico: Music from the Repertoire of Deomnico Dragonetti and Robert Lindley / Querelle des Boufonns

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-10-17

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas (12) for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5; Sonate da camera a tre, for 2 violins & violone (or harpsichord) in D minor, Op. 4/8; Trio Sonatas (12) for 2 Violins and Basso C...
Performers: Freiberg, Sarah; Stepner, Daniel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Querelle des Bouffons

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
It is quite fascinating to be introduced to this classic duo as it might have sounded from the years...continue...
Recording information: WBGH Fraser Recording Studios, Boston, MA (04/2010)....continue...

Gioachino Rossini: Chamber Music with Strings and Winds / Italian Classical Consort

1 CD / Gallo / 2012-10-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Notte, Temporale, Preghiera, Caccia, for 2 flutes, clarinet & string quartet; Fantasie for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major; Ouf! les petits pois, for piano in B major (Pé...
Performers: Columbro, Giovanni Battista; Dervishi, Daorsa [Flute]; Furini, Stefano; Magistrelli, Luigi; Nicora, Chiara
Conductors:
Ensemble: Italian Classical Consort

The Italian Classical Consort performs chamber music for strings and winds as well as arrangements for this configuration of arias from operas. They perform on...continue...
Recording information: Milano (2009-12-??&2010-01-??&2010-); Varese (2009-12-??&2010-01-??&2010-)....continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

The Oboe: 1903-1953 / Georges Gillet, Joseph Fonteyn, Georges Blanchard and Myrtile Morel

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Anonymous: Petite Mignon (attrib. Carmen); Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Samuel Huguenin: La nuit de Noël; Georges Guilhaud: First Concertino, for oboe & piano; Farandole, for oboe & piano,...
Performers: Addimando, Caesar [Oboe]; Blanchard, Georges [Oboe]; Bleuzet, Louis [Oboe]; Christiansen, Christian; De Busscher, Henri [Oboe]; Dyke, Spencer [Violin]; Eran, Thomas [Piano]; Felumb, Svend Christian; ...
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem; Gmeindl, Walter; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Kreisler, Fritz; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]

As a fascinating feature of this disc of oboe music, Goossens' mentor Henri de Busscher demonstrates the Brahms violin concerto solo in a 1940s educational...continue...

Oboe Divas! Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner / Emily Pailthorpe & Elaine Douvas, oboes

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C major on "La ci daremla mano", WoO 28; Fidelio, Op. 72; George...
Performers: Baker, Michelle; Brown, Douglas [Photography]; Douvas, Elaine; Flammineis, Andrea; Gemeinhardt, Brad; Höskuldsson, Stefán; Landsman, Julie; Martin, James [Organ]; Martyn, Elizabeth; McGil...
Conductors: Gould, Mark [Trumpet]

This is a CD for lovers of opera and oboe alike, portraying some of the great oboe moments in opera as well as songs that...continue...

Opera Arias from Norma, Aida, Otello et al. / Veronica Ferraro, soprano

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I Vespri siciliani; La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciul...
Performers: Ferraro, Pier Miranda

Rossini: Aureliano In Palmira / Sagripanti, Mihai, Aleida, Fagioli, Orchestra Internazionale DÆitalia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira
Performers: Aleida, Maria; Fagioli, Franco; Mihai, Bogdan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra Internazionale DÆitalia

Arias for Marietta Marcolini, Rossini's first muse / Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Fabio Biondi

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: Simon Mayr: Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia; Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante; L'Italiana in Algeri; Ciro in Babilonia; Joseph Weigl: L'imboscata; Ferdinando Paër: L'eroismo in amore; Giuseppe...
Performers: Akselberg, Fredrik; Almroth, Sofie; Christensen, Birgitte; Christensen, Marius Roth; Hallenberg, Ann; Melien, Halvor F.; Thornhill, Siri Karoline; Weisser, Johannes
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: ; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Born around 1780, Marietta Marcolini was a celebrated Italian contralto. She was so renowned for both her voice and her acting ability that Rossini wrote...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway (08/2011)....continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Rossini: Zelmira / Juan Diego Florez, Kate Aldrich, Gregory Kunde, Alex Esposito - Roberto Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Zelmira
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Esposito, Alex; Florez, Juan Diego; Kunde, Gregory
Conductors: Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: Abbado, Roberto

Juan Diego Florez stars in the only available DVD/Blu-Ray Version of Zelmira, filmed at the celebrated Rossini Festival in the composer's home town of Pesaro...continue...

Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus; Teatro Comunale di Bologna Symphony Orchestra

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Lyric and Coloratura Arias - by Boito, Catalani, Cherubini, Cilea, Spontini, Giordan, Meyerbeer at al. / Maria Callas, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; La Scala Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Duo, Trio, Quartet - Haydn: Piano Trio no 20; Rossini: Duo; Schubert: Death & the Maiden / Weithaas, Tetzlaff, Roberts, Posch

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B flat major, H 15 no 20; Gioachino Rossini: Duo for cello and double bass in D major; Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D ...
Performers: Eberle, Veronika; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Helmchen, Martin; Posch, Alois; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from Europe's most interesting chamber music festival, made in 2011, feature a mixture of well-known and upcoming artists of the highest quality....continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany (Wasserkraftwerk, Hydroelectric plant (06/2011)....continue...

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

The Art of Gruberova: Opera arias from Semiramide; Rigoletto; Mignon, Lakme; Die Fledermaus et al. / Haider / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Léo D...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

A breathtaking program of virtuoso soprano and coloratura arias performed by Edita Gruberova, recorded in Tokyo with her frequent artistic collaborator Friedrich Haider on the...continue...

Liederabend 1968 - Soprano Martina Arroyo sings lieder and spirituals / Leonard Hokanson, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-08-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; Les soirées musicales; La Danza; Franz Schubert: Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Die junge Nonne, D 828/Op. 43 no 1;...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Hokanson, Leonard

The great soprano Martina Arroyo enjoyed on an unparalleled career on the international stages of opera houses that lasted from the 1960s to the 1980s....continue...
Recording information: Schwetzinger Schloss (05/25/1968)....continue...