Rossini: Complete Overtures / Benda, Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 13, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROSSINI, GIOACHINO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Benda
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 13, 2017
    • UPC
      747313404834
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8504048
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    2. Semiramide, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    3. Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra (Elizabeth, Queen of England): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    4. Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia, Act I: Sinfonia

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    5. Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    6. Sinfonia, "al Conventello"

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    7. Ermione, Act I: Sinfonia - Troia! qual fosti un di!

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    8. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    9. Eduardo e Cristina, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    10. L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    11. La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    12. Demetrio e Polibio (Demetrius and Polybius), Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    13. Il Signor Bruschino, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    14. Sinfonia in D Major, "Bologna"

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    15. Sigismondo, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    16. Maometto secondo, Act I: Sinfonia (1822 Venice version)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    17. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    18. La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    19. Grand'overtura obbligata a contrabbasso

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    20. Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    21. La cambiale di matrimonio: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    22. Tancredi, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    23. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    24. Il turco in Italia: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    25. Sinfonia in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    26. Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    27. Torvaldo e Dorliska, Act I: Sinfonia

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    28. Armida, Act I: Sinfonia

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    29. Le comte Ory: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    30. Bianca e Falliero, Act I: Sinfonia

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda


Rossini's musical wit and zest for comic characterisation have enriched the operatic repertoire immeasurably, and his overtures distil these qualities into works of colourful orchestration, bravura and charm. From his most popular, such as La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) and La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), to the rarity Matilde of Shabran, the full force of Rossini's dramatic power is revealed in these masterpieces of invention. Each of the four discs in this set has received outstanding international acclaim, with Volum 2 described as "an unalloyed winner" by ClassicsToday , and the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra's playing described as "stunning" by American Record Guide (Volume 3).