Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Rossini (composer)
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Rossini: Semiramide RecommendedAlbina Shagimuratova (Semiramide), Daniela Barcellona (Arsace), Mirco Palazzi (Assur), Barry Banks (Idreno), Gianluca Buratto (Oroe), Susana Gaspar (Azema), David Butt Philip (Mitrane), James Platt (L’ombra di Nino)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
Semiramide has more than its share of grandness, and in the trumpet-crowned procession as the Queen of Babylon prepares to announce her choice of king you can't help but hear a pre-echo of Verdi's... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th September 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 6th October 2018, Recording of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Opera, January 2019, Disc of the Month
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Winner - Complete Opera Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Opera (19th century)
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Opera
4 CDs
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Rossini: Sigismondo Hera Hyesang Park, Marianna Pizzolato, Rachel Kelly, Kenneth Tarver, Gavan Ring, Guido Loconsolo, Il Hong, Olga Watts
Keri-Lynn Wilson
The drive and authority of [Wilson's] conducting work wonders for the piece. I like the way she rescues the Overture (reused by Rossini in revised form for Otello in Naples in 1816) from buffo... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Park/Pizzolato)
2 CDs
Original price ($33.75) Reduced price $25.25Downloads
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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
3 CDs
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Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra Serena Farnocchia, Patrick Kabongo, Mert Süngü, Luis Aguilar, Mara Gaudenzi, Veronica Marini
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, Cracow Philharmonic Chorus, Antonino Fogliani
2 CDs
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Rossini: La donna del lago Joyce DiDonato (Elena), Juan Diego Florez (Giacomo V), John Osborn (Roderigo), Daniela Barcellona (Malcolm), Oren Gradus (Douglas)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michele Mariotti, Paul Curran (dir.)
Florez is his usual exuberant self, throwing off top notes casually and deserving his Niagaras of applause...DiDonato as the much sought-after heroine is, as always, in tremendous form, not... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Opera Choice
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Opera, March 2016, Recording of the Month
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Offer, Gioachino Rossini: L´Italiana in Algeri Milos Bulajic, Hannah Ludwig, Eroica Berlin, Laura Murphy, Jakob Lehmann, Manuel Walser, Polly Ott, David Oštrek, Adam Kutny, Neuer Männerchor Berlin
2 CDs
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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)
2 CDs
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
If this was, indeed, Bartoli’s first Isabella, it was worth the wait…Nowadays she’s a consummate comedienne whose work looks especially well on film. As for her singing, one would be hard-pressed... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
If this was, indeed, Bartoli’s first Isabella, it was worth the wait…Nowadays she’s a consummate comedienne whose work looks especially well on film. As for her singing, one would be hard-pressed... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Rossini: La Scala Di Seta (The Silken Ladder) Claudia Urru, Meagan Sill, Michele Angelini, Remy Burnens, Emmanuel Franco, Eugenio Di Lieto, Gianluca Ascheri, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
There’s elegant singing here from a youthful cast – notably the tenor Michele Angelini as Dorvil sounding like a young Bruce Ford. — More…
2 CDs
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