Composer: Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Performer: Florian Sempey
Orchestra: Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Bordeaux
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA791D
Release: 2022
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Il barbiere di Siviglia
01. Aria. Largo al factotum (Figaro)
02. Duet. Ma dite, signor Figaro-Dunque io son (Rosina, Figaro)
La scala di seta
03. Aria. Amore dolcemente (Germano)
La Cenerentola
04. Duet. Un segreto d’importanza (Dandini, Don Magnifico)
Il barbiere di Siviglia
05. Overture
L’italiana in Algeri
06. Chorus. Viva il grande Kaimakan
07. Duet. Ai Cappricci della sorte (Isabella, Taddeo)
08. Overture
L’occasione fa il ladro, scena 3
09. Aria. Che sorte che accidente (Don Parmenione, Martino)
Le comte Ory
10. Aria. Dans ce lieu solitaire (Raimbaud)
Péchés de vieillesse, Miscellanée de musique vocale No. 11
11. II. La chanson du bébé
The French baritone Florian Sempey has established himself as a key player on today’s operatic scene. For his first solo recital, Rossini was the obvious choice, first of all because he has already performed the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia in the leading opera houses, from Paris to London, and of course by way of Orange and Pesaro. But there is another reason: “Rossini was the first composer’s name I heard in my life. At my grandparents’ house, there was a bust above the piano, on a little rococo display stand” – the bust that appears on the cover of this album.
“Rossini’s music is a challenge for singers and also a great and very strict technical training for them. It calls for the highest standards and degree of precision”. This programme presents arias in French and Italian, mingling the most famous (including Figaro’s “Sono il factotum”) with rarities such as Germano’s aria from La scala di seta and Don Parmenione’s from L’occasione fa il ladro. It also includes magnificent duets with two dream partners, Karine Deshayes and Nahuel Di Pierro. And who better to conduct the Orchestre de l’Opéra National Bordeaux Aquitaine than the accomplished Rossinian Marc Minkowski, who gives this music an inimitable sparkle?