Building a Library, Rossini (composer)
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Luigi Alva, Ian Wallace, Carlo Cava
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui
Perhaps it's a shade misleading to refer to this classic EMI recording as a 'Glyndebourne' set. It has all the ingredients of a Glyndebourne production: notably the cast, the orchestra and chorus,... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2017, Also Recommended
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Rosina), Leo Nucci (Figaro), William Matteuzzi (Almaviva), Enrico Fissore (Bartolo), Paata Burchuladze (Basilio)
Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè
Cecilia Bartoli's rich, vibrant voice copes brilliantly with the technical demands. Like the conductor, Bartoli is wonderful at bringing out the fun. So is Leo Nucci and he gives a beautifully... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2001, First Choice
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Recommendedde Grandis, Ganassi, Romero, Servile, Vargas
Hungarian Radio Choir, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Willi Humburg
Not everyone will approve, but there are ways in which this super-budget set of Il barbiere diSiviglia puts to shame just about every other version of the opera there has been. Those it may... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2001, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, February 2017, First Choice
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Rossini: La Cenerentola
RecommendedRuxandra Donose (Cenerentola), Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro), Simone Alberghini (Dandini), Luciano di Pasquale (Don Magnifico), Raquela Sheeran (Clorinda), Lucia Cirillo (Tisbe), Nathan Berg (Alidoro)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, stage direction by...
Some found Peter Hall's staging… too dark and serious, but for me it was an invigorating evening. …Vladimir Jurowski… draws highly polished and brilliant playing from the LPO of one of Rossini's... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice (DVD)
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, DVD of the Month
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri RecommendedTeresa Berganza, Fernando Corena, Rolando Panerai, Giuliana Travolaccini, Miti Truccata Pace, Paolo Montarsolo & Luigi Alva
Orchestra a Coro del Maggio & Musicale Fiorentino, Silvio Varviso
This recording of L'italiana in Algeri was made in the Teatro de la Pergola, Florence in the summer of 1963...Rolando Panerai is his usual incomparably humorous self. The recording is typical... — More…
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Building a Library, October 1999, Second Choice
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Rossini: La Cenerentola
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Cenerentola), Jose Manuel Zapata (Don Ramiro), Paolo Bordogna (Dandini), Bruno Pratico (Don Magnifico), Patrizia Cigna (Clorinda), Martina Borst (Tisbe), Luca Pisaroni (Alidoro)
Prague Chamber Choir & SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern, Alberto Zedda
Alberto Zedda leads with plenty of sparkle and rhythmic verve. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First choice (CD)
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedMaria Callas (Rosina), Tito Gobbi (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Fritz Ollendorf (Bartolo), Nicola Zaccaria (Basilio), Gabriella Carturan (Berta), Mario Carlin (Fiorello)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Alceo Galliera
Callas remains supreme as a minx-like Rosina, summing up the character superbly in Una Voce poco fa. The sound comes up very acceptably in this fine new transfer, clarified, fuller and more... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2017, Also Recommended
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedHermann Prey (Figaro), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Enzo Dara (Bartolo), Paolo Montarsolo (Basilio), Stefania Malagù (Berta), Renato Cesari (Fiorello), Luigi Roni (Un Ufficiale)
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Abbado's 1971 Barber is undoubtedly my favourite recording of [Barber] - not least for Teresa Berganza's tangy Rosina (spirited but never arch) and Luigi Alva's stylish, nimble Lindoro. Abbado's... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2001, Mid-Price Choice
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Jussi Björling: The Swedish Caruso
RecommendedJussi Bjorling (tenor), Hjödis Schymberg (Mimi), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Lucine Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Victoria de...
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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