Rossini: Overtures

by Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Rossini: Overtures cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 July 1959
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:14
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The album gathers six Rossini overtures recorded at Orchestra Hall in November 1958, opening with 'William Tell' and its celebrated cello solo played by Mihaly Virizlay. Reiner's precision and rhythmic bite made the collection a standard recommendation among Rossini overture recordings.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, virtuosic, fast, melodic, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo (9:59)
  2. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: II. Presentando le coppie: Allegro scherzando (5:56)
  3. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: III. Elegia. Andante non troppo (7:57)
  4. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto (4:31)
  5. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: V. Finale. Pesante - Presto (9:06)
  6. Kamarinskaja "Wedding Song and Dance Song" (6:20)
  7. Il signor Bruschino, IGR 64: Overture (4:23)

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