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Composer of the Week: Rossini

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Donald Macleod and Robert Lloyd discuss Rossini's early opera seria and how the composer wrote to order. Tancredi (excerpts)
Eva Mei (soprano), Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo), Melinda Paulsen (contralto), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Roberto Abbado
Otello (excerpts)
Frederica von Stade (soprano),
Jose Carreras (tenor), Philharmonia, conductor Jesus Lopez Cobos
Sinfonia; 0 Mattutini Albori (La Donna del Lago) Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Maurizio Pollini
Tanti Affetti in Tal Momento (La Donna del Lago) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo),
Venice La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, conductor Ion Marin

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Robert Lloyd
Soprano:
Eva Mei
Soprano:
Vesselina Kasarova
Contralto:
Melinda Paulsen
Tenor:
Ramon Vargas
Conductor:
Roberto Abbado
Soprano:
Frederica von Stade
Tenor:
Jose Carreras
Conductor:
Jesus Lopez Cobos
Unknown:
Mattutini Albori
Soprano:
Katia Ricciarelli
Conductor:
Maurizio Pollini
Conductor:
Tanti Affetti
Unknown:
Cecilia Bartoli
Conductor:
Ion Marin
Source: Radio Times

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