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...
ROSSINI Il Turco in Italia
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 1hr 52:57
Fiorilla - Maria Callas
Selim - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Narciso - Nicolai Gedda
Geronio - Franco Calabrese
Zaida - Jolanda Gardino
Albazar - Piero de Palma
Il poeta - Mariano Stabile
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Chorus Master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 'Great' [mvts 1-3]
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 'Italian'
ROSSINI Overture to Semiramide
Live recordings, 1950/51
Total duration: 76:02
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
Music by:
Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Rossini, Flotow, Maillart, J Strauss II, Verdi, Puccini, Smetana, Dvořák, Fibich, Weinberger
Studio recordings, 1927-1934
Total duration: 1hr 54:03
Various Soloists
Various Orchestras
conducted by Alexander von Zemlinsky
ROSSINI Overture from La Cenerentola
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Recorded live in 1954, New York City
Total duration: 49:04
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Guido Cantelli
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
ROSSINI The Barber of Seville - Overture
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture
J. STRAUSS II Artist’s Life - Waltz
WEBER Euryanthe - Overture
plus piano solos by Chopin, Jensen, Liszt and Mendelssohn
Studio recordings, 1923-1930
Total duration: 79:01
Rudolph Ganz, conductor and piano
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Shorter works by Bizet, Massenet, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius
Recorded 1943
Total duration: 74:32
Seattle Symphony
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
Stereo studio recording, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 21:14
Figaro – Sesto Bruscantini
Rosina – Victoria de los Angeles
Il conte d’Almaviva – Luigi Alva
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Vittorio Gui
