Rossini: Overtures

Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Claudio Abbado (Conductor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini
• Audio CD (June 14, 1991)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000001GEO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,350 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lean, streamlined Rossini--truly chamber-like, October 19, 2006

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Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rossini: Overtures (Audio CD)

Earlier reviewers don't seem to have picked up on the special flavor of this CD. Abbado presents Rossini's evergreen overtures with punch, extra speed, lean textures, and mercurial phrasing. This approach is clearly inspired by having a chamber orchestra at his disposal. I'm not sure this ensemble of young musicians is exactly virtuosic, as David Hurwitz claims. Enthusiastic might be a better term. If you want truly virtuosic Rossini, the classic Reiner album from Chicago is unbeatable (RCA), for humor and zest turn to Beecham (part of an EMI two-fer), for boisterousness Bernstein (Sony) or the early Abbado himself from London (RCA). Having said that, this sparklig colleciton is quite nice in its own right.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps some of the criticism of Maestro Abbado, March 29, 2004

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Dennis J. Marconi "dinojmarco" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rossini: Overtures (Audio CD)

should be edited, as we now know that he had been suffering from stomach cancer which helps to explain some of the youthful flair that he allegedly lost in recent years.

Accept him for what he has accomplished during his magnificent career. Rossini was one of his specialties.

Enjoy the cd and one of the best conductors of our generation

1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Regular, April 7, 2000

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Francisco J. Muñoz (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rossini: Overtures (Audio CD)

Para ser Claudio Abbado italiano y uno de los mejores directores de opera en la actualidad, uno esperaría más de este disco. Esta bien pero nada más..

Pssst. Bernstein/New York, Toscanini/NBC