GERSHWIN (THE BEST OF)

Naxos best of Schumann features the fantastic Piano Quintet in E flat. The Scherzo-Trio is included here on this CD. Also on this CD is the Manfred Overture, selections from two of his Symphonies, solo piano music, and of course part of his famous Piano Concerto in A minor.

I Could Have Danced All Night

Rossini's brilliant satirical opera, Il Turco in Italia, is as notable for it's considerable use of ensemble set pieces as for it's many memorable tunes. The plot revolves around the tangled romance of the Turkish nobleman, Selim, on a visit to Naples to experience Italian life at first hand, and of his former mistress, Zaida, with whom he is finally reunited. Among the many highlights is the masterful duet of Geronio and Selim, in which the Turk tries to persuade the ageing husband to sell him his wife, the capricious Fiorilla.

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Comprising four separate operas, Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen took 25 years to complete.

Set just before World War I, Sinclair Lewis�s incendiary novel Elmer Gantry tells a story of old-time religion, illicit romance and revenge. Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein�s operatic adaptation is a �marvelous amalgam of toe-tapping accessibility� (Opera News) full of hymns, gospel songs, marches and dance, evoking the period in a score which echoes Gershwin and Copland. This all-American production combines a first-rate cast of singers and a world-class orchestra for an intoxicating experience.

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Comprising four separate operas, Wagner' visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen took 25 years to complete. Centered around a ring of power and the attempts of various people to acquire it, the Ring cycle explores the relationship bet.

Alexandre Dumas pere' light-hearted tale of dubious paternity and political intrigue set in the Austrian Tyrol forms the basis for American composer Louis Karchin' comic opera Romulus. Full of surprises and delights, well-rounded characters.

From it's triumphant, star-studded premiere in 1931 until 1985, Peter Ibbetson was the most-performed American opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS 25