[ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 25 March 2006
"Fricsay is an easy recommendation for those not minding fast overall speeds. The orchestral playing is well up to the chosen tempi, the recording is first-rate and the whole effect exhilarating." [Rossini Overtures]
Penguin Guide, 1966
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868):
La scala di seta
Semiramide
Il Signor Bruschino
L'italiana in Algeri
Tancredi
La gazza ladra
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Il viaggio a Reims
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875):
Carmen Suite No.1
Act IV: Ballet Music