Gioachino Rossini Edition (50 CD set)
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Gioachino Rossini Edition (50 CD set)
Gabriel Bacquier, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Rockwell Blake, Beverly Sills, Thomas Hampson, etc
[ Warner Classics / 50 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 25 October 2018
2018 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini on 13 November.
The Rossini Edition is the most comprehensive edition devoted to Rossini ever produced.
It includes
• 13 complete operas including well-known as well as absolute rarities
• The Rossini Gala, the legendary "all stars" concert which was given at the Lincoln Center, New York, for the bi-centenary of Rossini in 1992
• 5 complete recitals, including the recent recording Joyce DiDonato or the 2 rare but very sought after recitals by Rockwell Blake.
• A very nice collection of overtures and opera arias
• 3 sacred works
• Clarinet, chamber and piano works among other rarities
A dazzling cast list of the best artists in this repertoire throughout record history
• Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Beverly Sills, Montserrat Caballé, Anna Netrebko, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, etc
• Nicolai Gedda, Ruggero Raimondi, Gabriel Bacquier, Rockwell Blake, Thomas Hampson, Chris Merritt, etc
• Conductors include Antonio Pappano, Claudio Scimone, & Carlo Maria Giulini
"Gardelli is a tasteful, alert conductor who raises the roof impressively in some of the more climactic moments and he maintains drive and interest throughout Tell's vast canvas...Gedda is an immensely musical Arnold and he sails over most of the extreme demands of the part without sacrificing line or a sense of style...the rest of the cast is admirable." International Record Review on 'William Tell'
"DiDonato is proving herself one of the most delightful artists of our time. She sings with a rare purity of tone, ease on the high Bs, an impressive degree of technical skill and lively powers of characterisation. She is invigoratingly precise in her placement, fluent in scale work and well furnished with staccati and trills. ...the difficult repertoire is sung with charm and mastery, and from all we read, their original exponent, to whom the recital is dedicated, is worthily honoured. Choral and orchestral work are equally stylish, and the short tenor solos by Lawrence Brownlee are a treat." Gramophone Awards 2010 Winner - Recital on 'Colbran The Muse'
"If Zelmira is to succeed as entertainment, it needs a fine Zelmira and a fine Emma, Zelmira's confidant and accomplice. On these records, we have both. Cecilia Gasdia is at once brilliant and sympathetic, as is Bernarda Fink who fully merits the inclusion here of the big Act 2 scene added by Rossini for Fanny Eckerlin in Vienna.... this is a highly successful set that perceives Zelmira to be entertainment-albeit entertainment with moments of originality, tension and sensibility-rather than music-drama and realizes it as such with verve and sensitivity." Gramophone on Zelmira
"A precondition for success here is the assembling of a matched quartet of technically accomplished singers blessed with a sense of the Rossini style. Pappano has this absolutely. The pairing of Anna Netrebko and Joyce DiDonato is a match made in heaven...This is one of the great choral recordings." Gramophone Magazine January 2011 Disc of the Month on 'Stabat Mater'
Tracks:
Includes:
L'inganno felice
Tancredi
La scala di seta
L'Italiana in Algeri
Il Turco in Italia
La Cenerentola
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Ermione
Semiramide
Zelmira
Bianca e Falliero
Le Comte Ory
Guillaume Tell
Edipo a Colono
L'assedio di Corinto
Rossini Gala 1992 (2 CDs)
Colbran, the Muse
The rossini Tenor
Melodies & Songs
Orchestral Music
Overtures
Stabat Mater
Petite Messe Solennelle
Messa di Gloria
Sonatas for Strings
Wind Quartets
Variations for Clarinet & Orchestra (with Sabine Meyer)
