Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Born: 29th February 1792, Pesaro
Died: 13th November 1868, Paris
Nationality: Italian
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.
Born in Pesaro to parents who were both musicians (his father a trumpeter, his mother a singer), Rossini began to compose by the age of twelve and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old.
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In The Shadows with Michael Spyres
1st Mar 2024
The American singer teams up with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset to explore some of the operas which influenced Wagner - including works by Méhul, Beethoven, Meyerbeer and Spontini.
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Anna Bonitatibus on Monologues
22nd Jun 2023
The Italian mezzo discusses her new album of works which 'occupy a middle-ground between opera and art-song', including music by Zingarelli, Rossini, Donizetti, Viardot-García and Wagner - and her plans to shine a new light on the latter composer's Wesendonck Lieder...
Popular Genres: Rossini
Popular Works: Rossini
- Andante con Variazioni (20)
- Assisa a' piè d'un salice (from Otello) (16)
- Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) (41)
- Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'Italiana in Algeri) (19)
- Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic Duet for Two Cats) (17)
- Ecco, ridente in cielo (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) (19)
- Guillaume Tell Overture (198)
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (63)
- Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture (177)
- Il Signor Bruschino Overture (53)
- Il Turco in Italia (21)
- Il Turco in Italia Overture (20)
- Introduction, Theme and Variations (21)
- L'Italiana in Algeri (24)
- L'Italiana in Algeri Overture (83)
- La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) (31)
- La cambiale di matrimonio Overture (16)
- La Cenerentola (18)
- La Cenerentola Overture (54)
- La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno (50)
- La gazza ladra Overture (112)
- La promessa (21)
- La regata veneziana (25)
- La scala di seta Overture (80)
- Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) (83)
- Le Siège de Corinthe Overture (16)
- Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 1 'Album italiano' (18)
- Petite Messe solennelle (53)
- Semiramide Overture (94)
- Soirées Musicales (79)
- Soirées musicales: La Danza (68)
- Sonata a quattro No. 1 in G major (36)
- Sonata a quattro No. 2 in A Major (22)
- Sonata a quattro No. 3 in C major (34)
- Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B flat major (27)
- Sonata a quattro No. 5 in E flat major (24)
- Sonata a quattro No. 6 in D major 'La tempesta' (29)
- Stabat Mater (32)
- Tancredi Overture (33)
- Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) (125)
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Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
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Special offer. The Art of the Prima Donna
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Coming soon. Beethoven & the Italians | Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontini
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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
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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)
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Klein Cain High School Chorale, Nathan Lange (accompaniment), Austin Dean
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William Bennett (flute), Kurt Moll (bass), Catherine Latham (recorder), Iona Brown (violin), John Constable (harpsichord), Philip Pickett (recorder), Barry Tuckwell (french horn), Lucia Popp (soprano), Maurice André (trumpet), Bernard Soustrot (trumpet), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), John Harle (saxophone), Alan Civil (french horn), Jorma Hynninen (bass), Rodney Slatford (double bass), Helen Donath (soprano), Mitchell Dalton (guitar), Hans Kalafusz (violin), Hansjürgen Scholze (organ), David Pyatt (french horn), Cécile Ousset (piano), Denis Vigay (cello), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Christian Zacharias (piano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Bruno Giuranna (viola), Till Fellner (piano), Ann Murray (soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ambrosian Singers, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Northern Sinfonia, Minnesota Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Choir, Staatskapelle Dresden, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner
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Coming soon. Beethoven & the Italians | Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontini
Munich Chamber Orchestra, Enrico Onofri
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Dmitry Smirnov, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Victor Jacob
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