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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 1: The Freshness of the Morning of Life

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Episode 1: The Freshness of the Morning of Life

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

The Freshness of the Morning of Life

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), The Freshness of the Morning of Life

Donald Macleod focuses on the early operas of Rossini.

Donald Macleod focuses on Rossini's early operas, including William Tell, Cambiale di matrimonio, L'Inganno felice, La morte de Didone and La pietra del paragone.

It's difficult to imagine now that for an entire century, until halfway through the last one, Gioachino Rossini's operas virtually disappeared from the world's stages. In his own time, he was hugely popular and prolific; he was without doubt the most successful composer of the early 19th century, who gave the public what they wanted and made a fortune. Donald Macleod tells the story of Rossini's first compositions for the stage, works that Rossini's biographer Stendhal believed "breathed with the freshness of the morning of life."

Rossini: William Tell, Overture (finale)
Daniel Perez Castaneda and Orchestra

Rossini: Cambiale di Matrimonio, Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

Rossini: L'Inganno Felice ("Tacita notte amica...")
Annick Massis, soprano (Isabella)
Le Concert des Tuileries, conducted by Marc Minkowski

Rossini: La Mort di Didone
Mariella Devia, soprano (Didone)
Filarmonica della Scala, conducted by Riccardo Chailly

Rossini: La Pietra del Paragone ("Chi è colei che s'avvicina")
Dariusz Machej, bass (Macrobio)
Czech Chamber Chorus and soloists, conducted by Alessandro de Marchi.

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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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