Gioachino Rossini – Complete Overtures Vol. 1 & 2 – Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, Christian Benda (2013-14) [Blu-ray Audio to FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Сomposer: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Artist: Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, Christian Benda
Title: Rossini – Complete Overtures Vol. 1 & 2
Genre: Classical
Label: © Naxos NBD0028, NBD0035
Release Date: 2013-14
Quality: High-Fidelity FLAC Stereo 96kHz/24bit
Source: Blu-ray Audio Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
Duration: 03:48:19
Recorded: Kulturní dům Barikádníků, Prague, Czech Republic, on 5th and 6th September, 2011 (Vol. 1 #1-8, 10-14; Vol. 2 #2-3, 8), and at Produkční dům Vzlet, Prague, on May 30th and 31st, 2012 (Vol. 1 #9, 15; Vol. 2 #1, 4-7, 9-15)

Rossini wrote some of music’s most masterful and lovable operas. His gift for comic and tragic forms was matched by a relish for characterisation, qualities that are always evident in his overtures. La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is perhaps the most famous, one of the world’s most popular concert openers. Guillaume Tell, with its overture in four movements, includes a scene for five solo cellos. La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) opens with an overture of charm and élan, and Le siège de Corinthe is dramatic and colourful. All of Rossini’s overtures display sparkling themes, rich lyricism and theatrical excitement.
The enduring popularity of Rossini’s operas is a testament to their wit and inventiveness, every overture a superb portrait of each ensuing drama. Volume 2 includes rarities such as the lively student work, Grand’overtura ‘obbligata a contrabasso’, and Matilde of Shabran, set in medieval Spain, alongside perennial hits such as The Italian Girl in Algiers, La Cenerentola (Cinderella), and the farcical comedy of Il barbiere di Siviglia. Volume 1 of this two-disc edition of the complete overtures is available on NBD0028.

Tracklist:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Complete Overtures
Vol. 1
1. La gazza ladra: Overture 09:47
2. Semiramide: Overture 12:25
3. Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra, Act I: Sinfonia 07:27
4. Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia, Act I: Sinfonia 08:32
5. Le siege de Corinthe: Overture 09:32
6. Sinfonia, “al Conventello” 04:01
7. Ermione, Act I: Sinfonia – Troia! qual fosti un di!* 08:04
8. Guillaume Tell: Overture 11:34
9. Eduardo e Cristina: Overture 09:14
10. L’inganno felice: Overture 06:01
11. La scala di seta: Overture 06:00
12. Demetrio e Polibio: Overture 06:31
13. Il Signor Bruschino: Sinfonia 04:48
14. Sinfonia in D major, “Bologna” 05:2
15. Sigismondo: Overture 08:28
Vol. 2
1. Maometto secondo, Act I: Sinfonia (1822 Venice version) 11:13
2. L’Italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia 08:00
3. La Cenerentola: Overture 08:06
4. Grand’overtura obbligata a contrabbasso 07:12
5. Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro: Overture 09:26
6. La cambiale di matrimonio: Overture 05:25
7. Tancredi: Overture 06:01
8. Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture 07:24
9. Il turco in Italia: Overture 08:59
10. Sinfonia in E – Flat Major 05:21
11. Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act I: Overture 09:08
12. Torvaldo e Dorliska, Act I: Sinfonia 08:33
13. Armida, Act I: Sinfonia 06:07
14. Le comte Ory, Act I: Introduction 03:04
15. Bianca e Falliero: Sinfonia 06:37