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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Composer of the Week: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868): Episode 2: Genius in All Its Naivete

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Episode 2: Genius in All Its Naivete

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Genius in All Its Naivete

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Genius in All Its Naivete

Donald Macleod on the operas that made Rossini's name.

Donald Macleod focuses on the operas that first made Rossini world famous, including Tancredi and Elizabetta Regina d'Inghilterra.

Rossini was never coy about re-using his own material. He was a practical man of the theatre, and where he thought an audience wouldn't have heard something before, he had no sense of shame about bringing it into play in a different context. This self-plagiarism was partly due to the sheer number of commissions he took on and the speed with which he turned them around. He once remarked: "The time and money allowed me for composing were so small that I scarcely had time to read the libretti I had to set." In this programme Donald Macleod focuses on the operas that first made Rossini world famous, including Tancredi and Elizabetta Regina d'Inghilterra.

Rossini: Sinfonia in D, 'Al Conventello'
Prague Philharmonic Choir & Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, conducted by Christian Benda

Rossini: Tancredi ("Oh patria..." & "Di tanti palpiti..."
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano (Tancredi)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro la Fenice, conducted by Ralf Weikert

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (Act 1, finale)
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass (Mustafa); Marianna Pizzolato, mezzo-soprano (Isabella); Ruth Gonzalez, soprano (Elvira); Elsa Giannoulidou, mezzo-soprano (Zulma); Lawrence Brownlee, tenor (Lindoro); Bruno de Simone, baritone (Taddeo)
Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alberto Zedda

Rossini: Elizabetta Regina d'Inghilterra (Act 1, Sc 2)
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano (Elisabetta); Bruce Ford, tenor (Leicester); Antonino Siragusa, tenor (Norfolk); Majella Cullagh, soprano (Matilde)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Giuliano Carella

Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Overture
The King's Singers.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Gioachino Rossini

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Gioachino Rossini, most successful composer of the early 19th century,

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