Browse: Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... — International Classical Music Awards, 2022 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…

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…

This award-winning set of Vivaldi's most popular orchestral works is as colourful as its cover-art would suggest – the seasons are presented in gloriously vivid tones by Rinaldo Alessandrini... — David Smith, Presto Music, 2nd 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…

all musically exceptional — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 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…