• Rossini was known to be a composer who completed works at great speed.
• The legend behind the premier of La gazza ladra(The Thieving Magpie) has the producer locking Rossini into a room the day before the opening night in order for him to write the overture, with pages of the score being thrown to copyists from a window as they were completed.
• Rossini played on original instruments by The Hanover Band and they thus recorded one of its most spectacular albums under … mehrthe baton of its leader Roy Goodman.
• Newton Classics is proud to issue this marvel." weniger
1La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder): Overture00:06:08
2L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)00:08:15
3Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): O00:07:04
4La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture00:10:01
5Semiramide: Overture00:12:04… mehr
6Le siege de Corinthe: Overture00:09:00
7Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture00:11:13 weniger