Rossini: Overtures / Andante e tema con variazioni
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GIACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Overtures / Andante e tema con variazioni
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
[ Warner Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 20 October 2014
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Antonio Pappano, the world's greatest active opera conductor, together with Italy's premier symphony orchestra, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, bring us this astounding collection of the very best of Rossini's opera overtures, recorded in concert and the studio at their home venue, the Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome.
"Since I started conducting the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia I have never ceased to be amazed by the 'direct line' it seems to have to Rossini's music. The articulation, humour, drama and verve they display gives me such joy that I am thrilled that this album has become a reality after our other more 'serious' Rossini outings for CD. A special thank you to our wind soloists for showing us another side of Rossini's glittering instrumental genius." Antonio Pappano
"There is a lot of fun to be had on this disc and often more than that...Under Pappano, the Santa Cecilians have already shown how well they can play Rossini's music and they repeatedly show that again on this disc. There is a beautiful lightness to the strings in La Scala di Seta, as they scamper all over both the introduction and the main theme." (MusicWeb)
"The one rarity here is the overture to Le siège de Corinthe...Pappano's performance is vivid but a good deal more humane [than Toscanini's]." (Gramophone)
"The famous crescendos that are a firm fingerprint of these overtures bristle with anticipation of a radiant climax, which duly arrives, but there is also finesse and musical discretion aplenty in the way Pappano shapes the lines and animates the textures. A lovely disc." (Daily Telegraph)
Tracks:
La scala di seta Overture
Il Signor Bruschino Overture
Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture
La Cenerentola Overture
Semiramide Overture
Le Siège de Corinthe Overture
Guillaume Tell Overture
Andante, e Tema con Variazioni per quattro strumenti a fiato
