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Special offer. Rossini: Semiramide

Alex Penda (Semiramide), Marianna Pizzolato (Arsace), Lorenzo Regazzo (Assur), Andrea Mastroni (Oroe), John Osborn (Idreno), Marija Jokovic (Azema), Vassilis Kavayas (Mitrane), Raffaele Facciola (Ghost of Nino),

Poznan Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani

Rossini: Semiramide
Osborn's Idreno sits well alongside the other principals in this powerfully cast set. In terms of technique and dramatic presence, Marianna Pizzolato yields nothing to Marilyn Horne...[Penda]...

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013

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Special offer. Rossini: Semiramide

Alex Penda (Semiramide), Marianna Pizzolato (Arsace), Lorenzo Regazzo (Assur), Andrea Mastroni (Oroe), John Osborn (Idreno), Marija Jokovic (Azema), Vassilis Kavayas (Mitrane), Raffaele Facciola (Ghost of Nino),

Poznan Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani

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Osborn's Idreno sits well alongside the other principals in this powerfully cast set. In terms of technique and dramatic presence, Marianna Pizzolato yields nothing to Marilyn Horne...[Penda]...

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013

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Following his triumphant visit to Vienna in 1822, when several of his operas were extremely well received, international success beckoned for Rossini. First performed at La Fenice, Venice in 1823, Semiramide was Rossini’s last Italian opera, written at the height of his creative powers. Its subject is Greek tragedy for which librettist Gaetano Rossi drew on an adaptation by Voltaire. Instrumentally sophisticated and classically structured, the opera remains one of the most remarkable examples of Rossini’s cultivation of bel canto.

  • Release date: 1st Jul 2013
  • Label: Naxos
  • Catalogue number: 8660340-42
  • Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Rossini: Semiramide
Work length3:41:09
Sinfonia
Track length11:34
Act I Scene 1: Si… Gran Nume… t'intesi (Oroe)
Track length2:33
Act I Scene 2: Belo si celebri (Chorus)
Track length3:18
Act I Scene 2: La dal Gange (Idreno, Assur, Oroe, Chorus)
Track length6:19
Act I Scene 3: Di plausi qual clamor (Chorus)
Track length2:00
Act I Scene 3: Di tanti regi e popoli (Oroe, Idreno, Assur, Semiramide)
Track length3:27
Act I Scene 3: Regina, all'ara (Assur, Semiramide, Idreno, Oroe, Chorus)
Track length4:41
Act I Scene 3: Oh tu de' magi (Semiramide, Oroe, Idreno, Assur) - Scene 4: Gli Dei son giusti (Oroe)
Track length3:49
Act I Scene 5: Eccomi alfine in Babilonia (Arsace)
Track length5:12
Act I Scene 5: Ah! quel giorno (Arsace)
Track length5:52
Act I Scene 5: Ministri, al gran Pontefice annunziate (Arsace) - Scene 6: Io t'attendeva (Oroe, Arsace)
Track length4:33
Act I Scene 7: Bella immago degli Dei (Arsace, Assur)
Track length3:29
Act I Scene 7: D'un tenero amore (Arsace, Assur)
Track length2:45
Act I Scene 7: Io tremar? (Arsace, Assur)
Track length4:26
Act I Scene 8: Oh me felice (Azema, Idreno)
Track length1:54
Act I Scene 8: Ah dov'e, dov'e il cimento? (Idreno)
Track length7:38
Act I Scene 8: Se non avesse e meritasse Arsace (Azema)
Track length0:29
Act I Scene 9: Serena i vaghi rai - Bel raggio lusinghier (Chorus, Semiramide)
Track length6:24
Act I Scene 9: Dolce pensiero (Semiramide, Chorus)
Track length3:00
Act I Scene 9: Ne viene ancor (Semiramide) - Scene 10: Da Menfi il sacro messo (Mitrane, Semiramide) - Scene 11: Al tuo comando (Arsace, Semiramide)
Track length4:12
Act I Scene 11: Serbami ognor si fido (Semiramide, Arsace)
Track length4:16
Act I Scene 11: Alle piu care immagini (Semiramide, Arsace)
Track length3:50
Act I Scene 12: Oroe dal tempio nella reggia? (Assur, Oroe)
Track length3:05
Act I Scene 13: Ergi omai la fronte altera (Chorus, Oroe)
Track length4:48
Act I Scene 13: I vostri voti omai (Semiramide, Arsace, Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Chorus)
Track length6:02
Act I Scene 13: L'alto eroe (Semiramide, Idreno, Assur, Arsace, Oroe, Azema, Chorus)
Track length4:02
Act I Scene 13: Qual mesto gemito (Semiramide, Idreno, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Chorus)
Track length5:27
Act I Scene 13: D'un Semidio (Semiramide, Assur, Idreno, L'ombra di Nino, Arsace, Oroe)
Track length7:17
Act II Scene 1: Alla reggia d'intorno (Mitrane) - Scene 2: Ebben, Mitrane (Semiramide, Mitrane) - Scene 3: Assur, i cenni miei (Semiramide, Assur)
Track length4:17
Act II Scene 3: Se la vita ancor t'e cara (Semiramide, Assur)
Track length4:05
Act II Scene 3: Quella ricordati (Semiramide, Assur)
Track length4:12
Act II Scene 3: Senti! (Semiramide, Assur)
Track length5:03
Act II Scene 4: In questo augusto soggiorno arcano (Chorus, Oroe)
Track length4:25
Act II Scene 4: Ebben, compiasi omai (Arsace, Oroe)
Track length2:52
Act II Scene 4: In si barbara sciagura (Arsace, Oroe, Chorus)
Track length5:20
Act II Scene 4: Al gran cimento (Oroe, Chorus, Arsace)
Track length3:29
Act II Scene 5: Calmati, principessa (Mitrane, Azema) - Scene 6: Arsace! Giusto ciel (Idreno, Azema)
Track length2:11
Act II Scene 6: La speranza piu soave (Idreno, Chorus)
Track length7:21
Act II Scene 7: No, non ti lascio (Semiramide, Arsace)
Track length3:21
Act II Scene 7: Ebbene… a te: ferisci (Semiramide, Arsace)
Track length4:56
Act II Scene 7: Giorno d'orror (Semiramide, Arsace)
Track length8:01
Act II Scene 8: Il di gia cade (Assur, Chorus) - Scene 9: Eccomi… Ebbene (Assur)
Track length4:33
Act II Scene 9: Ah! La sorte ci tradi (Chorus, Assur)
Track length6:31
Act II Scene 9: Ah! signore!… Assur!… (Chorus, Assur)
Track length4:31
Act II Scene 10: Oh nero eccesso! (Mitrane)
Track length1:01
Act II Scene 11: Un traditor, con empio ardir (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Semiramide)
Track length6:56
Act II Scene 11: Al mio pregar t'arrendi - L'usato ardir (Semiramide, Arsace, Assur, Oroe)
Track length5:30
Act II Scene 11: Ninia!… (Assur, Arsace, Semiramide, Oroe, Chorus)
Track length6:12

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Awards and reviews

Awards Issue 2013

Osborn's Idreno sits well alongside the other principals in this powerfully cast set. In terms of technique and dramatic presence, Marianna Pizzolato yields nothing to Marilyn Horne...[Penda] is a formidable Semiramide, in general presence if not at all points of vocal technique...an indispensable addition to any representative collection of serious Rossini

September 2013

[Penda] combines a blazing, wide-open top with the juicy lower-middle range that is particularly vital...Pizzolato's exceptional evenness of tone proves as great a joy to the ear as her sincerity and expressive directness...[Osborn] sails through the music with splendid coloratura...the four leading singers in Naxos's performance deserve the attention of anyone who loves Rossini.

2nd September 2013

Alex Penda is a very impressive Semiramide. Unusually for this role, her rich, lustrous vocal tone is more suited to the middle and bottom of the part...
Lorenzo Ragazzo is excellent as Assur. He is always lyrical and inherently musical, but he keeps just the right amount of darkness to his voice to remind us of the character’s villainy.

14th July 2013

this new Semiramide rivals Pesaro standards thanks to Fogliani’s ever-alert and lively conducting. His cast includes singers who challenge this long and wonderful opera’s most famous interpreters on disc...this is an unmissable bargain.

8th August 2013

there is the Bulgarian soprano Alex Penda's staggering Semiramide – thrillingly sung, and the most complex characterisation of the role on disc. Lorenzo Regazzo is formidable as Assur, while John Osborn, in his finest performance on disc to date, is immensely touching as Arsace's love-rival Idreno. Imperfect yet wonderful and highly recommended.
4 out of 5 stars
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