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Gioachino Rossini, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Rossini: Overtures
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
2. Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
3. Overture to La cenerentola (Cinderella)
4. Overture to L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)
5. Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
6. Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
7. Overture to Semiramide
8. Overture to Il signor Bruschino
9. Overture to Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy)

No Description Available. Genre: Classical Music Media Format: Compact Disk Rating: Release Date: 10-AUG-2004

CD Details

All Artists: Gioachino Rossini, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Title: Rossini: Overtures
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 8/10/2004
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947621454

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No Description Available.
Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 10-AUG-2004

CD Reviews

Rossini Overtures with a light touch

moviemusicbuff | Walnut, CA United States | 11/22/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I really like Neville Marriner and the AMF -- they are excellent for Mozart, esp. "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" or for Handel's Water Music. Marriner and AMF apply a lighter and sprightly touch on these famous Rossini overtures. The AMF certainly sounds graceful. However, I prefer a fuller orchestra sound and more rousing rendition for pieces such as "William Tell Overture" (especially the finale) and "The Thieving Magpie", which are two of my favorite overtures. The sound quality is not as spacious and resonant as other versions of Rossini that I own. I have to turn up the volume a bit in order to listen to the orchestra in full. If you like a bigger orchestra sound and a more exciting rendition of these pieces (esp. William Tell), I would recommend Fritz Reiner, Riccardo Chailly, Leonard Bernstein, and/or Herbert von Karajan.

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