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Cecilia Bartoli, Ion Marin, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice - Rossini Heroines (1992)

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Cecilia Bartoli, Ion Marin, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice - Rossini Heroines (1992)

Cecilia Bartoli, Ion Marin, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice - Rossini Heroines (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 260 Mb | Total time: 59:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 436 075-2 | Recorded: 1991

The subtitle of this fine recital disc by Cecilia Bartoli is ''arias composed for Isabella Colbran: Rossini's primissima donna''. Colbran was around 30 years old when Rossini first wrote for her in Naples in 1815. (The opera was Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra.) But it is tempting to wonder whether even then she had a voice to match that of Signorina Bartoli, our newest and most lustrous Rossinian primissima donna. As a Rossini mezzo, Bartoli has most things one could wish for: tone of burnt umber, a brilliant top and rock-solid bottom with well-matched registers in between, and a temperament that can be fiery and affecting by turns. Much of this is on display in the recital's opening number, the closing scene from Zelmira (Naples, 1822) which the ageing Colbran almost certainly didn't sing as expertly as Bartoli does here.

Ion Marin, English Chamber Orchestra - Gioacchino Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (2007)

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Ion Marin, English Chamber Orchestra - Gioacchino Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (2007)

Ion Marin, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, Samuel Ramey - Gioacchino Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 76:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 5668 | Recorded: 1991

In 1813, a month before his 21st birthday and three years before his Barber of Seville, Rossini had his one-act farsa Il Signor Bruschino premiered at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice. It was not well received, although its overture, with the second violins tapping their music-stands with their bows, has become popular. The cast is strong, with Samuel Ramey providing the most potent performance as the duped guardian Gaudenzio. Claudio Desderi weaves through the absurd plot as the ridiculous figure of the elder Bruschino with a great deal of character, although the sound is somewhat threadbare at times. Frank Lopardo as the lovelorn Florville, pretending to be the young Bruschino, has a splendid, mellifluous tenor.

Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra - Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide (1994)

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Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra - Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide (1994)

Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra - Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 837 Mb | Total time: 59:45+74:48+72:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 437 797-2 | Recorded: 1993

Semiramide is Rossini's last opera seria. The title role was written for his wife, Isabella Colbran. The extremely florid vocal style is often a vehicle for spectacular vocal display rather than an intrinsic part of the score. The ensemble-scenes (particularly the duos between Arsace and Semiramide) and choruses are also of a high order, as is the orchestral writing, which makes full use of a large pit. The work starts with a well-known overture, and throughout it calls for outstanding singers in the leading soprano and contralto roles. Semiramide is occasionally performed but is not part of the standard operatic repertoire.

David Garrett, Ion Marin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Legacy: Beethoven, Kreisler (2011)

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David Garrett, Ion Marin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Legacy: Beethoven, Kreisler (2011)

David Garrett, Ion Marin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Legacy: Beethoven, Kreisler (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 345 Mb | Total time: 74:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 4764425 | Recorded: 2011

He moves between two musical worlds … and it seems as if two hearts beating in his chest: David Garrett in the world of classical music celebrated his international breakthrough. But that was not enough. He has finally re-invented, with its crossover albums conquered the rest of the world and sparked enthusiasm everywhere. After his spectacular success in the pop-rock world around David Garrett now with the new album "Legacy" to his roots, to mark the foundation of his skills and also the beginning of his extraordinary journey. "It's not what life is about, it is easy to make, but to do something right," said David Garrett's drive, the diversity of its projects more complex and challenging, rather than simply to repeat.

Cecilia Bartoli ‎– A Portrait: Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Pergolesi, Caccini, Giordani (1995)

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Cecilia Bartoli ‎– A Portrait: Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Pergolesi, Caccini, Giordani (1995)

Cecilia Bartoli ‎– A Portrait: Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Pergolesi, Caccini, Giordani (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 76:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | 448 300-2 | Recorded: 1989-1993

This radiant and nostalgic portrait at the same time constitutes a precious testimony on the art of a great lady of the song on the dawn of a career which one guesses already prestigious.