Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol.1 (2011/2012) [Blu-ray]

Rossini wrote some of music’s most masterful and lovable operas. His gift for comic and tragic forms was matched by a relish for characterisation, qualities that are always evident in his overtures. La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is perhaps the most famous, one of the world’s most popular concert openers. Guillaume Tell, with its overture in four movements, includes a scene for five solo cellos. La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) opens with an overture of charm and élan, and Le siège de Corinthe is dramatic and colourful. All of Rossini’s overtures display sparkling themes, rich lyricism and theatrical excitement.

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01. La gazza ladra: Overture 00:09:47
02. Semiramide: Overture 00:12:25
03. Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, Act I: Sinfonia 00:07:27
04. Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia, Act I: Sinfonia 00:08:32
05. Le siege de Corinthe: Overture 00:09:32
06. Sinfonia, "al Conventello" 00:04:01
07. Ermione, Act I: Sinfonia - Troia! qual fosti un di! 00:08:04
08. Guillaume Tell: Overture 00:11:34
09. Eduardo e Cristina: Overture 00:09:14
10. L'inganno felice: Overture 00:06:01
11. La scala di seta: Overture 00:06:00
12. Demetrio e Polibio: Overture 00:06:31
13. Il Signor Bruschino: Sinfonia 00:04:48
14. Sinfonia in D Major, "Bologna" 00:05:22
15. Sigismondo: Overture 00:08:28