The Rossini Edition
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 9029561115
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 50
Release Date: 26th October 2018
Contents
Works
Improvisations on Guillaume Tell (Rossini)Improvisations on La danza (Rossini)
Alle voci della gloria (Scena ed aria per basso)
Armida (highlights)
Aureliano in Palmira (excerpts)
Ave Maria
Bianca e Falliero
Duetto buffo di due gatti 'Cats' Duet'
Edipo a Colono
Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (excerpts)
Ermione
Giovanna d'Arco
Guillaume Tell
Il Signor Bruschino
Il turco in Italia
Il viaggio a Reims (The journey to Reims) (excerpts)
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra
L'Assedio di Corinto
L'inganno felice (The fortunate deception)
L'italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
L'ultimo ricordi
La Boutique fantasque (arr. Respighi)
La Cambiale di Matrimonio (highlights)
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
La Pietra del Paragone (excerpts)
La dichiarazione
La donna del lago (excerpts)
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) (excerpts)
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Le Comte Ory
Le Siege de Corinthe (excerpts)
Maometto Secondo (excerpts)
Matilde di Shabran (excerpts)
Messa di Gloria
Mi lagnero tacendo
Mose in Egitto (excerpts)
Nizza
O salutaris hostia
Otello (excerpts)
Peches de Vieillesse (selection)
Petite Messe solennelle
Ricciardo e Zoraide (excerpts)
Semiramide
Soirees musicales (12)
Sonata no.1 for wind quartet in F major
Sonata no.2 for strings in C major
Sonata no.3 for strings in C major
Sonata no.4 for strings in B flat major
Sonata no.4 for wind quartet in B flat major
Sonata no.5 for strings in E flat major
Sonata no.5 for wind quartet in D major
Sonata no.6 for strings in D major
Sonata no.6 for wind quartet in F major
Stabat Mater
Tancredi
Variations for clarinet and small orchestra in C major
Zelmira
Artists
Joyce DiDonatoMaria Callas
Christa Ludwig
Montserrat Caballe
Cecilia Bartoli
Beverly Sills
Anna Netrebko
Marilyn Horne
Nicolai Gedda
Ruggero Raimondi
Gabriel Bacquier
Rockwell Blake
Thomas Hampson
Chris Merritt
Conductors
Carlo Maria GiuliniAntonio Pappano
Claudio Scimone
Works
Improvisations on Guillaume Tell (Rossini)Improvisations on La danza (Rossini)
Alle voci della gloria (Scena ed aria per basso)
Armida (highlights)
Aureliano in Palmira (excerpts)
Ave Maria
Bianca e Falliero
Duetto buffo di due gatti 'Cats' Duet'
Edipo a Colono
Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (excerpts)
Ermione
Giovanna d'Arco
Guillaume Tell
Il Signor Bruschino
Il turco in Italia
Il viaggio a Reims (The journey to Reims) (excerpts)
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra
L'Assedio di Corinto
L'inganno felice (The fortunate deception)
L'italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
L'ultimo ricordi
La Boutique fantasque (arr. Respighi)
La Cambiale di Matrimonio (highlights)
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
La Pietra del Paragone (excerpts)
La dichiarazione
La donna del lago (excerpts)
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) (excerpts)
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Le Comte Ory
Le Siege de Corinthe (excerpts)
Maometto Secondo (excerpts)
Matilde di Shabran (excerpts)
Messa di Gloria
Mi lagnero tacendo
Mose in Egitto (excerpts)
Nizza
O salutaris hostia
Otello (excerpts)
Peches de Vieillesse (selection)
Petite Messe solennelle
Ricciardo e Zoraide (excerpts)
Semiramide
Soirees musicales (12)
Sonata no.1 for wind quartet in F major
Sonata no.2 for strings in C major
Sonata no.3 for strings in C major
Sonata no.4 for strings in B flat major
Sonata no.4 for wind quartet in B flat major
Sonata no.5 for strings in E flat major
Sonata no.5 for wind quartet in D major
Sonata no.6 for strings in D major
Sonata no.6 for wind quartet in F major
Stabat Mater
Tancredi
Variations for clarinet and small orchestra in C major
Zelmira
Artists
Joyce DiDonatoMaria Callas
Christa Ludwig
Montserrat Caballe
Cecilia Bartoli
Beverly Sills
Anna Netrebko
Marilyn Horne
Nicolai Gedda
Ruggero Raimondi
Gabriel Bacquier
Rockwell Blake
Thomas Hampson
Chris Merritt
Conductors
Carlo Maria GiuliniAntonio Pappano
Claudio Scimone
About
Born in 1792, Rossini was the most popular opera composer of his time. Although he retired from the opera scene in 1829, he continued to compose in other genres, including sacred music, piano and chamber works. He did gather his late works under the ironic title Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), which veils a true collection of masterworks.
It includes thirteen complete operas, the Rossini Gala – the legendary concert given at the Lincoln Center in 1992 – five complete recitals including the recent recording with Joyce DiDonato and the famous Rockwell Blake. It also includes a very nice collection of overtures and opera arias, three sacred works, plus clarinet, chamber and piano pieces among other rarities.
CD 1: L’inganno felice
- Duca Bertrando: Raúl Giménez
- Isabella: Annick Massis
- Ormondo: Lorenzo Regazzo
- Batone: Rodney Gilfry
- Tarabotto: Pietro Spagnoli
Le Concert des Tuileries / Mark Minkowski
CD 2-3: La scala di seta
- Dormont: Oslavio di Credico
- Giulia: Luciana Serra
- Lucilla: Cecilia Bartoli
- Dorvil: William Matteuzzi
- Blansac: Natale de Carolis
- Germano: Roberto Coviello
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna · Gabriele Ferro
CD 4-6: Tancredi
- Argirio: Werner Hollweg
- Tancredi: Fiorenza Cossotto
- Orbazzano: Nicola Ghiuselev
- Amenaide: Lella Cuberli
- Isaura: Helga Müller
- Roggiero: Lucia Rizzi
Chor des WDR, Köln
Cappella Coloniensis (WDR, Köln) / Gabriele Ferro
CD 7-8: L’italiana in Algeri
- Mustafà: Samuel Ramey
- Elvira: Kathleen Battle
- Zulma: Clara Foti
- Haly: Nicola Zaccaria
- Lindoro: Ernesto Palacio
- Isabella: Marilyn Horne
- Taddeo: Domenico Trimarchi
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Solisti Veneti / Claudio Scimone
CD 9-10: Il turco in Italia
- Fiorilla: Maria Callas
- Prosdocimo: Mariano Stabile
- Narciso: Nicolai Gedda
- Selim: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
- Zaida: Jolanda Gardino
- Geronio: Franco Calabrese
- Albazar: Piero De Palma
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Gianandrea Gavazzeni
CD 11-12: Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Rosina: Beverly Sills
- Il conte d’Almaviva: Nicolai Gedda
- Figaro: Sherrill Milnes
- Bartolo: Renato Capecchi
- Basilio: Ruggero Raimondi
- Berta: Fedora Barbieri
- Fiorello: Joseph Galiano
- Ambrogio, Un ufficiale: Michael Rippon
John Alldis Choir
London Symphony Orchestra / James Levine
CD 13-14: La Cenerentola
- Cenerentola (Angelina): Marina de Gabarain
- Don Ramiro: Juan Oncina
- Dandini: Sesto Bruscantini
- Don Magnifico: Ian Wallace
- Clorinda: Alda Noni
- Tisbe: Fernanda Cadoni
- Alidoro: Hervey Alan
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Vittorio Gui
CD15-16: Ermione
- Ermione: Cecilia Gasdia
- Andromaca: Margarita Zimmermann
- Pirro: Ernesto Palacio
- Oreste: Chris Merritt
- Pilade: William Matteuzzi
- Fenicio: Simone Alaimo
- Attalo: Mario Bolognesi
- Cleone, Cefisa: Elisabetta Tandura
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Claudio Scimone
CD 17-19: Bianca e Falliero
- Priuli: Ambrogio Riva
- Contareno: Chris Merritt
- Capellino: Giorgio Surjan
- Falliero: Marilyn Horne
- Bianca: Katia Ricciarelli
- Costanza: Patrizia Orciani
- Pisani: Ernesto Gavazzi
- Un Uffiziale, Un Usciere: Diego D’Auria
Coro Filarmonico di Praga
The London Sinfonietta Opera Orchestra / Donato Renzetti
CD 20-21: Zelmira (1822 version)
Performing edition by Claudio Scimone, including additional material composed by Rossini for Vienna
- Polidoro: José García
- Zelmira: Cecilia Gasdia
- Ilo: William Matteuzzi
- Antenore: Chris Merritt
- Emma: Bernarda Fink
- Leucippo: Boaz Senator
- Eacide: Vernon Midgley
- Gran Sacerdote di Giove: Leslie Fyson
Ambrosian Singers
I Solisti Veneti / Claudio Scimone
CD 22-24: Semiramide
- Semiramide: Iano Tamar
- Arsace: Gloria Scalchi
- Assur: Michele Pertusi
- Idreno: Gregory Kunde
- Azema: Monica Valenti
- Oroe: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
- Mitrane: Luigi Petroni
- L’ombra di Nino: Sergey Zadvorny
Coro Filarmonico di Praga
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Alberto Zedda
CD 25-27: L’assedio di Corinto
- Pamira: Beverly Sills
- Neocle: Shirley Verrett
- Maometto: Justino Diaz
- Cleomene: Harry Theyard
- Jero: Gwynne Howell
- Omar: Robert Lloyd
- Ismene: Delia Wallis
- Adrasto: Gaetano Scano
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Schippers
CD 28-29: Le Comte Ory
- Raimbaud: Michel Roux
- Alice: Jeannette Sinclair
- Le Comte Ory: Juan Oncina
- Ragonde: Monica Sinclair
- Le Gouverneur: Ian Wallace
- Isolier: Cora Canne-Meijer
- La Comtesse: Adèle Sari Barabas
- Un jeune noble: Dermot Troy
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Vittorio Gui
CD 30-33: Guillaume Tell
- Mathilde Montserrat Caballé
- Jemmy Mady Mesplé
- Hedwige Jocelyne Taillon
- Tell Gabriel Bacquier
- Arnold Nicolai Gedda
- Gessler Louis Hendrikx
- Melchthal Gwynne Howell
- Walter Kolos Kovacs
- Fisherman Charles Burles
- Rodolphe Ricardo Cassinelli
- Leuthold Nicolas Christou
- Huntsman Leslie Fyson
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
CD 34: Edipo a Colono
- Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
Ambrosian Singers
Philharmonia Orchestra / Claudio Scimone
CD 35-36: Rossini Gala
Live recording at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 29.II & 2.III.1992 for Rossini’s 200th anniversary
Overture, Operas Arias from: La gazza ladra, La donna del lago, Stabat Mater: Inflammatus, La Cenerentola, Zelmira, Bianca e Falliero, Guillaume Tell, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Petite Messe Solennelle, L’italiana in Algeri, Le Siège de Corinthe, Il viaggio a Reims
- Maria Fortuna (soprano), Deborah Voigt (soprano)
- Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Kathleen Kuhlmann (mezzo-soprano), Mimi Lerner (mezzo-soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
- Rockwell Blake (tenor), Craig Estep (tenor), Chris Merritt (tenor)
- Thomas Hampson (baritone), Jan Opalach (bass-baritone), Henry Runey (bass-baritone)
- George Hogan (bass), Samuel Ramey (bass)
Concert Chorale of New York
Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Roger Norrington
CD 37: Colbran, the Muse (complete album)
Armida · La donna del lago · Maometto II · Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra · Semiramide · Otello
- Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
- with Roberta De Nicola (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Corrado Amici (tenor), Carlo Putelli (tenor)
Banda Musicale della Guardia di Finanza
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma / Edoardo Müller
CD3 8: The Rossini Tenor (complete album)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia · Le Comte Ory · L’Italiana in Algeri · Elisabetta, regina d’inghilterra · Il Turco in Italia · La donna del lago
- Rockwell Blake (tenor)
Ambrosian Singers
London Symphony Orchestra and / John McCarthy
CD 39: Encore: Rossini (complete album)
Zelmira · Ermione · Semiramide · Otello · La Gazza Ladra · Semiramide · Ricciardo e Zoraide · Armida
- Rockwell Blake (tenor)
- with Peter Bronder (tenor), Peter Jeffes (tenor)
Ambrosian Singers
London Symphony Orchestra / Maximiano Valdes
CD 40: Rossini Songs (complete album)
Soirées musicales: nos. 1–4, 7 & 8
Mi lagnerò tacendo (3–5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17)
Sorzico (Mi lagnerò tacendo)
Péchés de vieillesse:
- Vol.1 “Album italiano”, nos. 2 & 11
- Vol.2 “Album français”, nos. 2, 7 & 8
- Vol.3 “Morceaux réservés”, nos. 2, 8, 9 & 11
Duetto buffo di due gatti (Duo des chats)*
La dichiarazione
Nizza
- Rockwell Blake (tenor)
- *Gérard Lesne (alto)
- Antonio Pappano (piano)
CD 41: Giovanna d’Arco e Ariette rare (complete album)
Semiramide · Il barbiere di Siviglia · Tancredi (excerpts)
- Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
- Martin Katz (piano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai / Alberto Zedda
CD 42:
Arias from La gazza ladra · Zelmira · Tancredi · Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
Coro maschile di Torino della Rai
Orchestra sinfonica di Torino della Rai / Alberto Zedda
Arias from Matilde di Shabran
- Lella Cuberli soprano
- with Aldo Bertòlo & Francesco Ruta
Orchestra sinfonica e Coro di Milano della Rai / Bruno Bartoletti
Arias from La cambiale di matrimonio
- Luciana Serra (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra sinfonica di Milano della Rai / Alberto Zedda
Duetto buffo di due gatti · La pesca (Les Soirées musicales, no.10)
- Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sopranos)
- Gerald Moore (piano)
La regata veneziana (Les Soirées musicales, no.9)
- Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
- Gerald Moore (piano)
CD 43:
Il viaggio a Reims: Overture
Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Malcolm Sargent
Aria from Il viaggio a Reims · Alle voci della gloria
- Samuel Ramey (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Gabriele Ferro
Arietta all’antica dedotta dal “O salutaris hostia”
- Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
- Martin Katz (piano)
Arias from Aureliano in Palmira · La donna del lago
- Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Orchestre de Chambre de Genève / Michael Hofstetter
Arias from La gazza ladra · La pietra del paragone
- Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
- with Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Julien Veronèse (bass), Pascal Scheuir (horn)
Chœur de l’Opéra national et Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie / Enrique Mazzola
Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra in C major
- Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet)
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn / Jörg Faerber
CD 44:
Il signor Bruschino: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
La cambiale di matrimonio: Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
Maometto II: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra / Claudio Scimone
Arias from Maometto II · Matilde di Shabran · La pietra del paragone
- Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
London Voices
English Chamber Orchestra / Giuliano Carella
Aria from Mosè in Egitto
- Pauline Tinsley (soprano)
- Elizabeth Shelley (mezzo-soprano)
- David Hugues (tenor)
- Robert Lloyd (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Lamberto Gardelli
Otello: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra / Claudio Scimone
Ave Maria · L’ultimo ricordo
- Thomas Hampson (baritone)
- Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
CD 45-46:
Stabat Mater
- Anna Netrebko (soprano)
- Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
- Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
- Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass)
Coro & Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma / Antonio Pappano
Petite Messe solennelle
- Marina Rebeka (soprano)
- Sara Mingardo (contralto)
- Francesco Meli (tenor)
- Alex Esposito (bass)
Coro & Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma / Antonio Pappano
CD 47:
Messa di Gloria
- Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
- Bernadette Manca Di Nissa (mezzo-soprano)
- Francisco Araiza (tenor)
- Robert Gambill (tenor)
- Pietro Spagnoli (bass)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Salvatore Accardo
Georges Cziffra (1921–1994)
Improvisations et transcriptions: La danza (Rossini)
Improvisation sur des thèmes de « Guillaume Tell » (Rossini)
- Georges Cziffra (piano)
CD 48: Six Sonatas for Strings
I Solisti Veneti / Claudio Scimone
CD 49:
La Boutique fantasque
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens
5 Péchés de vieillesse
- Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
CD 50:
Spécimen de l’ancien régime (from Péchés de vieillesse)
- Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
Quartets for Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, nos. 1, 4, 5 & 6
- Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
- Jacques Lancelot (clarinet)
- Gilbert Coursier (horn)
- Paul Hongne (bassoon)
Introduction, Thema and Variations in E flat major
- Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Orchester der Oper Zürich / Franz Welser-Möst
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