Rossini: Overtures & Andante e tema con variazioni

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The Orchestra dell’Accademia at their most concentrated, every eye fixed on the conductor, every muscle tensed. — Financial Times, 31st October 2014 More…

Release Date: 27th Oct 2014
Catalogue No: 2564624344
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 69 minutes

Rossini: La scala di seta Overture

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino Overture

Work length4:57

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

Work length7:15

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: La Cenerentola Overture

Work length8:18

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: Semiramide Overture

Work length12:08

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: Le Siège de Corinthe Overture

Work length9:08

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture

Work length11:34

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Gabriele Gemignani (cello)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Rossini: Andante e tema con variazioni in E-Flat Major

Work length10:07

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Carlo Tamponi (flute), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Francesco Bossone (bassoon), Alessio Allegrini (horn)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

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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

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31st October 2014

The Orchestra dell’Accademia at their most concentrated, every eye fixed on the conductor, every muscle tensed.

November 2014

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].

4th December 2014

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.

16th November 2014

Pappano pays special tribute to the witty wind soloists Rossini favours so lavishly in the famous intros to The Silken Ladder, The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola.

27th October 2014

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.

Rossini: Overtures & Andante e tema con variazioni

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