Description

Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri - Horne, Ramey, Palacio, Battle, Foti, Trimarchi, Zaccaria, Prague Philharmonic Choir, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone / The Erato Opera Collection / Erato 2x Audio CD 2010 / 2564 68335-9

UPC 825646833597

Product Details

Label: Erato – 2564 68335-9
Series: The Erato Opera Collection
Format: 2x CD, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 2010
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera

Overview

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri features a stellar cast under the baton of Claudio Scimone, offering an exciting performance of Rossini’s lively opera buffa. The album, part of The Erato Opera Collection, brings together renowned artists such as Marilyn Horne as Isabella, Samuel Ramey as Mustafà, and Kathleen Battle as Elvira, alongside the orchestral brilliance of I Solisti Veneti and the Coro Filarmonico di Praga. With a vibrant score full of humor, romantic entanglements, and musical fireworks, this recording is an essential addition to the collection of Rossini enthusiasts and opera lovers.

Track Listing

ACT I

Sinfonia – 8:02
Introduzione – 7:30
Recitativo (Mustafà, Zulma, Elvira) – 0:13
Recitativo (Mustafà, Haly) – 1:45
Cavatina (Lindoro) – 6:51
Recitativo (Mustafà, Lindoro) – 1:10
Duetto (Lindoro, Mustafà) – 4:37
Coro E Cavatina (Coro, Haly, Isabella) – 5:28
Recitativo (Isabella, Taddeo, Haly) – 1:17
Recitativo (Taddeo, Isabella) – 1:10
Duetto (Isabella, Taddeo) – 8:21
Recitativo (Mustafà, Lindoro) – 0:25
Recitativo (Elvira, Mustafà, Haly) – 1:12
Aria (Mustafà) – 4:05
Viva, Viva Il Flagel Delle Donne – 2:39
Isabella, Mustafà – 4:49
Taddeo, Haly, Mustafà, Isabella – 2:20
Tutti Col Coro – 9:40

ACT II

No. 8 (Coro, Elvira, Zulma, Haly) – 1:43
Recitativo (Mustafà, Zulma, Elvira, Haly) – 1:25
Recitativo (Isabella, Lindoro) – 1:27
Cavatina (Lindoro) – 2:17
Recitativo (Taddeo, Mustafà) – 0:52
Coro – 1:05
Recitativo (Taddeo, Mustafà) – 1:03
Aria (Taddeo, Coro) – 4:39
Recitativo (Isabella, Lindoro, Elvira, Zulma) – 2:07
Cavatina (Isabella, Mustafà, Taddeo, Lindoro) – 6:52
Recitativo (Mustafà, Lindoro, Taddeo) – 0:44
Quintetto (Mustafà, Isabella, Taddeo, Lindoro, Elvira) – 9:59
Recitativo (Haly) – 0:30
Aria (Haly) – 2:20
Recitativo (Taddeo, Lindoro) – 0:17
Recitativo (Mustafà, Lindoro, Taddeo) – 0:56
Terzetto (Mustafà, Lindoro, Taddeo) – 6:03
Recitativo (Taddeo, Lindoro) – 0:39
Coro, Recitativo, Rondo (Coro, Isabella) – 9:45
Recitativo (Mustafà, Taddeo) – 0:31
Finale II: (Lindoro, Coro, Taddeo, Mustafà) – 2:55
(Isabella, Mustafà, Coro, Lindoro, Taddeo) – 6:49
(Coro, Lindoro, Isabella, Taddeo, Mustafà) – 1:58
(Tutti Col Coro) – 2:28

Key Credits

Conductor: Claudio Scimone
Artists: Marilyn Horne (Isabella), Samuel Ramey (Mustafà), Kathleen Battle (Elvira), Ernesto Palacio (Lindoro), Domenico Trimarchi (Taddeo), Nicola Zaccaria (Haly), Clara Foti (Zulma)
Chorus Master: Josef Veselka
Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti
Chorus: Coro Filarmonico di Praga
Recording Engineer: Pierre Lavoix, Yolanta Skura
Editor: Azio Corghi
Libretto: Angelo Anelli
Art Direction: Kevin Jones