Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Released on 1/1/72 by Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Main artists: Teresa Berganza Luigi Alva Hermann Prey London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado
Genre: Opera
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This is a Barbiere "di qualità, di qualità": in fact, of very great quality indeed, from Deutsche Grammophon. Recorded in London in the summer of 1971, it is one of the first meetings of Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra. It is also the first of Alberto Zedda's philological editions of Rossini's works, whose scores have been covered over by inherited errors for over a century. Getting rid of the additions which have, quite wrongly, become traditional, means restoring certain interruptions and the fine instrumentation of the period; and above all, singing and playing without exaggerations, thanks to an innate sense for the theatre. It's a spot of spring cleaning which has restored the youth of the 24-year-old composer's masterpiece.
Bravo, signor barbiere, ma bravo! It is a dream record, with singers who are well-versed in the repertoire. Everyone is right where they need to be, from Teresa Berganza's wiley and cheeky Rosina, to the refined and hard-working Figaro played by Hermann Prey, via Luigi Alva's frivolous Count and the utterly ridiculous Basilio played by the outrageous Paolo Montarsolo. We're amused by their antics, as we admire the well-oiled and unstoppable machine of Rossini's theatre, under the unceasingly inventive and thrilling baton of Claudio Abbado. © François Hudry/Qobuz

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Teresa Berganza

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Gioachino Rossini)

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London Symphony Orchestra

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Gioachino Rossini, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cesare Sterbini, Author - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Alberto Zedda, Contributor, Work Editor - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Petrosellini, Author, Original Text Author - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Gernot Westhaeuser, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Klaus Behrens, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Volker Martin, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joachim Niss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer - Christa Conrad, Editor, StudioPersonnel