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The bel canto operas of Gioachino Rossini abound with sparkling coloratura arias, and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak has selected nine examples that highlight this virtuosic style of singing. This CD, Kurzak's second album for Decca, opens with the eponymous aria "Bel raggio lusinghier," from Rossini's Semiramide, and continues with vivacious selections from Guillaume Tell, Tancredi, Matilde di Shabran, Le siège de Corinthe, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sigismondo, Il turco in Italia, and Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra. Kurzak is a leading coloratura soprano, and her ease with runs, leaps, trills, turns, and other melodic embellishments makes this a tour de force of vocal display. Yet these arias are not merely about flashy techniques: the emotions that lead to such florid outbursts of scales and ornaments range from the comic to the dramatic, depending on the characters' variable moods and Rossini's effective scene painting. Kurzak's lively and highly listenable interpretations are sympathetically supported by the Sinfonia Varsova, conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. Their credible presence gives each track the big feeling of an operatic scene, and Kurzak's brilliance demonstrates both her charisma and consummate mastery of this art form. Anyone who seeks an appealing introduction to Rossini's music should consider Kurzak an excellent guide.
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Semiramide / Act 1 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Voltaire, Author, Original Text Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
William Tell / Act 2 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Friedrich Schiller, Author, Original Text Author - Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis, Author - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Victor Joseph Etienne de Jouy, Author - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Tancredi - Ed. Philip Gossett / Act 2 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Voltaire, Author, Original Text Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Gossett, Contributor, Work Editor - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Matilde di Shabran - Critical Edition by Jürgen Selk / Act 2 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacopo G. Ferretti, Author - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Selk, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Le siège de Corinthe / Act 3 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Luigi Balocchi, Author - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexandre Soumet, Author - Cesare della Valle, Author, Original Text Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Cesare Sterbini, Author - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Giuseppe Petrosellini, Author, Original Text Author - Artur Rucinski, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Sigismondo - Edited Paolo Pinamonti (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Giuseppe Foppa, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paolo Pinamonti, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra - Ed. V. Borghetti / Act 1 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Federico Schmidt, Author - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophia Lee, Author, Original Text Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlo Federici, Author, Original Text Author - Vincenzo Borghetti, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Il Turco in Italia - Critical Edition: Margaret Bent / Act 2 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor, MainArtist - Artur Rucinski, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Margaret Bent, Contributor, Work Editor - Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
The bel canto operas of Gioachino Rossini abound with sparkling coloratura arias, and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak has selected nine examples that highlight this virtuosic style of singing. This CD, Kurzak's second album for Decca, opens with the eponymous aria "Bel raggio lusinghier," from Rossini's Semiramide, and continues with vivacious selections from Guillaume Tell, Tancredi, Matilde di Shabran, Le siège de Corinthe, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sigismondo, Il turco in Italia, and Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra. Kurzak is a leading coloratura soprano, and her ease with runs, leaps, trills, turns, and other melodic embellishments makes this a tour de force of vocal display. Yet these arias are not merely about flashy techniques: the emotions that lead to such florid outbursts of scales and ornaments range from the comic to the dramatic, depending on the characters' variable moods and Rossini's effective scene painting. Kurzak's lively and highly listenable interpretations are sympathetically supported by the Sinfonia Varsova, conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. Their credible presence gives each track the big feeling of an operatic scene, and Kurzak's brilliance demonstrates both her charisma and consummate mastery of this art form. Anyone who seeks an appealing introduction to Rossini's music should consider Kurzak an excellent guide.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:14
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Aleksandra Kurzak Sinfonia Varsovia Pier Giorgio Morandi
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2013 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
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