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Your guide to classical music online
This, Rossini’s 34th, is his longest and last Italian opera. It is a behemoth–just under four hours of music, with a 10-minute overture, a 25-minute,
There is no want for recordings of this opera, and
This series continues with an appealing mix of familiar and
Rossini’s overtures are so delightful, and so unlike any other
Up to now, the standard collection of Rossini overtures has
Although the Op. 6 concerti grossi get all the attention
The concerto grosso is a Baroque form in which the musical content is passed between a small group and a somewhat larger group, normally a
For a large part of the 20th century violinists learned Baroque sonatas and concertos as glorified exercises (even as justification for having to practice all
Add yet another wonderful performance to the growing list of recordings of Arcangelo Corelli’s glorious Op. 5 Violin Sonatas. In fact, this is the Accademia
Corelli’s Op. 6 concertos, which so notably influenced Handel’s later masterpieces in the concerto grosso style, are here reissued in first-rate performances by (then-Geneva-based) Ensemble
