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Special offer. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Beverly Sills (Rosina), Nicolai Gedda (Il Conte Almaviva), Sherrill Milnes (Figaro), Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo), Ruggero Raimondi (Dr. Bartolo), Fedora Barbieri (Berta) & Joseph Galiano (Fiorello)

John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Levine's 1975 Barber offers a coloratura soprano Rosina instead of the mezzo Rossini intended. Sills is on the brittle side, Milnes's Figaro is crass and Gedda's off form.

BBC Music Magazine, February 20083 out of 5 stars

Special offer. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Beverly Sills (Rosina), Nicolai Gedda (Il Conte Almaviva), Sherrill Milnes (Figaro), Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo), Ruggero Raimondi (Dr. Bartolo), Fedora Barbieri (Berta) & Joseph Galiano (Fiorello)

John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine

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Levine's 1975 Barber offers a coloratura soprano Rosina instead of the mezzo Rossini intended. Sills is on the brittle side, Milnes's Figaro is crass and Gedda's off form.

BBC Music Magazine, February 20083 out of 5 stars

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Work length2:30:50
This work is only available as an album download.
Overture
Track length7:26
Act I Scene 1 - Piano, pianissimo, senzar parlar (Fiorello, Musicians, Count)
Track length2:57
Ecce ridente in cielo (Count)
Track length4:55
Ehi, Fiorello (Count, Fiorello, Musicians)
Track length1:06
Mille grazie, mio signore (Musicians, Count, Fiorello)
Track length1:48
Gente indiscreta! (Count, Fiorello, Figaro)
Track length1:12
La ran la re la...Largo al factotum (Figaro, Count)
Track length4:33
Ah, che bella vita! (Figaro, Count)
Track length2:17
Non è venuto ancore (Rosina, Count, Bartolo, Figaro)
Track length1:54
Le vostre assidue premure (Figaro, Count, Bartolo)
Track length2:34
Se il mio nome saper voi bramte (Count, Rosina, Figaro)
Track length2:21
Oh cielo! (Count, Figaro)
Track length1:02
All'idea di quel metallo (Count, Figaro)
Track length9:07
Scene 2 - Una voce poco fa (Rosina)
Track length5:44
SI, sI, la vincerò (Rosina, Figaro)
Track length1:20
Ah, disgraziato Figaro! (Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Ambrogio)
Track length1:49
Ah! Barbiere d'inferno (Bartolo, Basilio)
Track length1:50
La calunnia è venticello (Basilio)
Track length4:54
Ah! Che ne dite? (Bartolo, Basilio)
Track length0:36
Ma bravi! Ma benone! (Figaro, Rosina)
Track length2:25
Dunque io son (Rosina, Figaro)
Track length4:57
Ora mi sento meglio (Rosina, Bartolo)
Track length1:53
A un dottor della mia sorte (Bartolo)
Track length6:06
Act I Scene 2 (contd) - Finore in questa camera (Berta, Count)
Track length0:40
Ehi, di casa, buona gente (Count, Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Basilio)
Track length8:21
Che cosa accadde, signori miei (Count, Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Basilio, Figaro etc)
Track length3:44
Fredda ed immobile (Rossina, Count, Barolo, Figaro, Basilio, Berta)
Track length3:20
Ma signor (Bartolo, Soldiers, Townspeople, Rosina, Basilio, Berta, Count, Figaro)
Track length4:46
Act II - Ma vedi il mio destino! (Bartolo)
Track length0:52
Pace e gioia sia con voi! (Count, Bartolo)
Track length2:49
Insomma, mio signore, chi è lei? (Bartolo, Count)
Track length2:22
Venite, signorina (Bartolo, Count)
Track length1:04
Contro un cor che accende amore (Rosina, Count)
Track length7:32
Bella voce! Bravissima! (Count, Rosina, Bartolo)
Track length0:37
Quando mi sei vicina (Bartolo)
Track length1:01
Bravo, signor barbiere, ma bravo! (Bartolo, Figaro, Rosina, Count)
Track length2:52
Don Basilio! Cosa veggo! (Rosina, Count, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio)
Track length11:06
This track is only available as an album download.
Che vecchio sospettoso! (Berta)
Track length0:30
Il vecchiotto cerca moglie (Berta)
Track length3:27
Dunque voi Don Alonso (Bartolo, Basilio, Rosina)
Track length3:44
Thunderstorm (orchestra)
Track length2:58
Alfine eccoci qua (Figaro, Count, Rosina)
Track length1:36
Ah, qual colpo inaspettato! (Rosina, Figaro, Count)
Track length6:18
Ah, disgraziati noi! (Figaro, Count, Rosina, Basilio, Bartolo, Official)
Track length2:23
Insomma io ho tutti i torti (Bartoli, Figaro, Count, Rosina)
Track length1:46
Di sì felice innesto (Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio, Berta, Chorus, Rosina, Count)
Track length2:16

Awards and reviews

February 2008

Levine's 1975 Barber offers a coloratura soprano Rosina instead of the mezzo Rossini intended. Sills is on the brittle side, Milnes's Figaro is crass and Gedda's off form.
3 out of 5 stars
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