Composer: Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia
Conductor: Christian Benda
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Size: 968 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Maometto secondo, Act I: Sinfonia (1822 Venice version)
02. L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Sinfonia
03. La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture
04. Grand’ overtura obbligata a contrabbasso
05. Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro: Overture
06. La cambiale di matrimonio Overture
07. Tancredi: Overture
Prague Sinfonia
Christian Benda
Recorded: 2011, 2012
Recording Venue: Produkcni dum VZLET, Prague, Czech Republic
Volume 3 of the complete Rossini symphonic overtures continues the pattern of placing rarities such as the lively student work, Grand’overtura ‘obbligata a contrabasso’, and Matilde of Shabran, set in medieval Spain, alongside perennial hits such as The Italian Girl in Algiers and La Cenerentola (Cinderella), said to have been written in just three weeks. International Record Review described Volume 2 (8570934) of this series as having ‘excellent performances’.