Program:
- Gioachino Rossini
Selections from Otello: "Ah! Dagli affanni oppressa...", "Nessun maggior dolore...", "Oh come infino al core...", "Assisa appie d'un salice...", "Deh calma, o ciel, nel sonno"
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- Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Rome, Marcovalerio Marletta (chorus master), and Edoardo Müller (conductor)
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- Virgin Classics
- Gioachino Rossini
Stabat Mater
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- New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers (conductor), Martina Arroyo (soprano), Beverly Wolff (mezzo-soprano), Tito del Bianco (tenor), Justino Díaz (bass), The Camerata Singers, and Abraham Kaplan (director)
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- Columbia Masterworks
- Gioachino Rossini
La Riconoscenza (Cantata) - Libretto by Giulio Genoino
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- Giovanna Santelli as Argene, Elena Zilio as Melania, Ugo Benelli as Fileno, Gastone Sarti as Elpino, Orchestra and Chorus of RAI - Turin, and Herbert Handt (conductor). Notes by Bill Collins
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- VOCE
Today is a leap day and the birthday of celebrated Italian composer Gioachino Rossini who was born on a leap year in February 29th 1792. To celebreate Rossini's birthday, this entire Cereal Music show was devoted solely to playing his music.
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