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Composer of the Week: Rossini

BBC Radio 3
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3/5. Vienna, Venice and Brighton
From 1822 Rossini began to spread his wings beyond Italy and he was greeted as one of the major celebrities of the day wherever he travelled. Donald Macleod looks at the works associated with his first trips abroad.
Ah! One Whole Day Has Passed! (Zelmira) (sung in English) Alistair Miles (bass), Philharmonia, conductor David Parry
Zelmira, Act 2 (end) Soloists, Ambrosian Singers, I Solisti Veneti , conductor Claudio Scimone Semiramide (opening) Soloists, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO, conductor Ion Marin Overture: La Gazza Ladra
Milan La Scala PO, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Bass:
Alistair Miles
Conductor:
David Parry
Conductor:
Solisti Veneti
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Source: Radio Times

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