Rossini: Operas
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Enzo Dara (Bartolo), Paolo Montarsolo (Don Basilio), Stefania Malagù (Berta), Renato Cesari (Fiorello), Luigi Roni (Un Ufficiale), Teresa Berganza (Cenerentola), Margherita Guglielmi (Clorinda), Laura Zannini (Tisbe), Luigi Alva...
Rossini: Operas
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Enzo Dara (Bartolo), Paolo Montarsolo (Don Basilio), Stefania Malagù (Berta), Renato Cesari (Fiorello), Luigi Roni (Un Ufficiale), Teresa Berganza (Cenerentola), Margherita Guglielmi (Clorinda), Laura Zannini (Tisbe), Luigi Alva...
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About
Here – in a single box-set for the first time – are Claudio Abbado’s celebrated recordings of four great Rossini comic operas, featuring fine singers and first-rate orchestras and choruses. The booklet includes full synopses in English, German and French. Barbiere: “a very musical, considered, and satisfying performance” (Gramophone); Cenerentola: “a triumph for Abbado and the LSO” (Gramophone); L’italiana: “the most captivating of all recordings of the opera” (The Penguin Guide); Viaggio: “One of the most sparkling and totally successful live opera recordings available” (The Penguin Guide; Gramophone Record of the Year 1986). PLUS a sparkling disc of Rossini overtures with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Artists
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Enzo Dara (Bartolo), Paolo Montarsolo (Don Basilio), Stefania Malagù (Berta), Renato Cesari (Fiorello), Luigi Roni (Un Ufficiale), Teresa Berganza (Cenerentola), Margherita Guglielmi (Clorinda), Laura Zannini (Tisbe), Luigi Alva (Don Ramiro), Renato Capecchi (Dandini), Paolo Montarsolo (Don Magnifico), Ugo Trama (Alidoro), Agnes Baltsa (Isabella), Frank Lopardo (Lindoro), Ruggero Raimondi (Mustafà), Enzo Dara (Taddeo), Patrizia Pace (Elvira), Anna Gonda (Zulma), Alessandro Corbelli (Haly), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Baron di Trombonok), Leo Nucci (Don Alvaro)
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Scottish Opera Chorus, Orchestra & Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Claudio Abbado
Contents and tracklist
- Patrizia Pace (soprano), Anna Gonda (soprano), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Frank Lopardo (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Enzo Dara (baritone), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1987-10
- Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
- Luigi Alva (tenor), Renato Cesari (bass), John McCarthy (chorus master), Theodor Guschlbauer (cembalo), Barna Kováts (guitar), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Enzo Dara (baritone), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Stefania Malagù (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Roni (bass)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1971-09-11
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
- Margherita Guglielmi (soprano), Laura Zannini (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Ugo Trama (bass), Arthur Oldham, Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Luigi Alva (tenor), Renato Capecchi (bass)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera Chorus
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1971-08-24
- Recording Venue: George Watson's College, Edinburgh
- Raquel Pierotti (mezzo-soprano), Lubomir Matl, Giorgio Surjan (bass), Luigi De Corato (baritone), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Lella Cuberli (soprano), Bernadette Manca Di Nissa (mezzo-soprano), Oslavio, di Credico (tenor), Enzo Dara (baritone), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Leo Nucci (baritone), Lucia Valentini Terrani (mezzo-soprano), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Cecilia Gasdia (soprano), Charlotte Sprenkels (harp), Samuel Ramey (bass), Wissam Boustany (flute), Antonella Bandelli (mezzo-soprano), Edoardo Gimenez (tenor), Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor), William Matteuzzi (tenor)
- Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1984-08-14
- Recording Venue: Conversatorio Rossini, Pesaro
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-04
- Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-12
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-04
- Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-12-13
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-12
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-04
- Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1989-12
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin