MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Operas (Includes 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' & 'La Cenerentola') [9 CD set]

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Operas (Includes 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' & 'La Cenerentola') [9 CD set] cover $60.00 Low Stock add to cart

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Operas (Includes 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' & 'La Cenerentola') [9 CD set]
Hermann Prey, Luigi Alva, Teresa Berganza, Margherita Guglielmi, Agnes Baltsa, Frank Lopardo, Samuel Ramey, Claudio Abbado (cond)

[ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 9 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Wednesday 20 June 2012

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Here - in a single box-set for the first time - are Claudio Abbado's celebrated recordings of four great Rossini comic operas, featuring fine singers and first-rate orchestras and choruses. The booklet includes full synopses in English, German and French. Barbiere: "a very musical, considered, and satisfying performance" (Gramophone); Cenerentola: "a triumph for Abbado and the LSO" (Gramophone); L'italiana: "the most captivating of all recordings of the opera" (The Penguin Guide); Viaggio: "One of the most sparkling and totally successful live opera recordings available" (The Penguin Guide; Gramophone Record of the Year 1986). PLUS a sparkling disc of Rossini overtures with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

"Abbado's brilliant version was recorded in comnjunction with a new staging by the Vienna State Opera, with timing and pointing all geared for wit on stage to make this the most captivating of all recordings of the opera. Agnes Baltsa is a real fire-eater in the title-role, and Ruggero Raimondi with his massive sepulcharal bass gives weight to his part without undermining the comedy." (Rosette Penguin Guide for 'L'Italiana in Algeri')

"This DG set is one of the most sparkling and totally successful live opera recordings available, with Claudio Abbadoin particular freer and more spontaneous- sounding than he generally is on disc." (Rosette Penguin Guide for 'Il Viaggio a Reins")