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Exciting and vibrant interpretations of Rossini’s overtures, but a collection of works with near identical structures means that the power of the individual pieces Is slightly lost. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Giulini brings out all the brio and variety of Rossini's curtain-openers in this set of 1970s recordings with the Philharmonia: La Scala di Seta dances, The Barber of Seville bustles and sparkles,... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, May 2014 More…

Twenty-four overtures, plus two sinfonias make a delightful package in such sparkling performances, which eruditely use original orchestrations. The well-known popular overtures stand competition... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

The appealingly voiced Sempey has sung Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia in major opera houses throughout Europe and beyond, and his immersion in the role is abundantly clear in the witty, wellcharacterised... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Philip Gossett calls this 'a Rossinian curio cabinet'.
'A banquet made with leftovers from the Rossini kitchen' would do as well. Whatever the analogy, the art is as much in the assembling of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

there's not quite enough spirit to make them special. But many of the pieces themselves are memorable — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…