Rossini
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was an Italian composer and one of the great masters of opera. Born in Pesaro, he achieved astonishing success while still young and dominated Italian opera before retiring from the stage at an unexpectedly early age.
His operas include Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, Semiramide, Guillaume Tell and many others. He also wrote sacred music, songs and piano pieces...
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
SMETANA The Moldau
WAGNER Good Friday Spell
ROSSINI La Cenerentola Overture
EMMETT Dixie
Live recordings, 1950
Total duration: 1hr 45:23
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
DUKAS L’apprenti sorcier
Overtures and excerpts:
GLUCK Orfeo ed Eurydice
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
ROSSINI L’Italiana in Algeri
ROSSINI Semiramide
VERDI La traviata
Studio and Live recordings, 1926-36
Total duration: 2hr 24:19
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
Stereo studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 9:58
Rosina - Maria Callas
Il conte d'Almaviva - Luigi Alva
Figaro - Tito Gobbi
Bartolo - Fritz Ollendorff
Basilio - Nicola Zaccaria
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alceo Galliera
ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 1
WAGNER Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Recorded 1954
Total duration: 74:52
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
(The Barber of Seville)
Studio recording 1929
Total duration: 2hr 5:49
Riccardo Stracciari - Figaro
Mercedes Capsir - Rosina
Dino Borgioli - Il Conte d'Almaviva
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Lorenzo Molajoli
HAYDN Symphony No. 94, "Surprise"
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, "Little Russian"
ROSSINI L'italiana in Algeri - Overture
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Live stereo broadcast recordings, 1962
Total duration: 1hr 52:52
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
OFFENBACH Tales of Hoffman
STRAVINSKY The Firebird - Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
and many more
Studio recordings, 1910-1918
Total duration: 2hr 32:36 (CD) or 2hr 39:21 (download)
Beecham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
