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Rossini: Maometto Secondo / Scimone, Ramey, Et Al


Release Date: 06/15/2004 
Label:  Philips   Catalog #: 475509   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Margarita Zimmermann,  June Anderson,  Ernesto Palacio,  Samuel Ramey,   ... 
Conductor:  Claudio Scimone
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ambrosian Singers,  Philharmonia Orchestra
Number of Discs: 3 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 3 Hours 5 Mins. 

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This first recording of Maometto Secondo, a rarely heard but magnificent Rossini opera, is given a world-class performance by Claudio Scimone and a cast including outstanding Rossinians June Anderson and Samuel Ramey.

"... the performance is exemplary in its fidelity to the letter of the score and the style of the composer ... Scimone directs with an acute ear for Rossini's imaginative use of orchestral sonority, a fine sense of the pacing of the choruses, and a proper feel for the scale and steady reach of the drama ... the recording is excellent" Gramophone (June 1985)
 This first recording of Maometto Secondo, a rarely heard but magnificent Rossini opera, is given a world-class performance by Claudio Scimone and a cast including outstanding Rossinians June Anderson and Samuel Ramey.

"... the performance is exemplary in its fidelity to the letter of the score and the style of the composer ... Scimone directs with an acute ear for Rossini's imaginative use of orchestral sonority, a fine sense of the pacing of the choruses, and a proper feel for the scale and steady reach of the drama ... the recording is excellent" Gramophone (June 1985)
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1. Maometto secondo by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Margarita Zimmermann (Mezzo Soprano), June Anderson (Soprano), Ernesto Palacio (Tenor),
Samuel Ramey (Bass), Laurence Dale (Tenor)
Conductor:  Claudio Scimone
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ambrosian Singers,  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1820; Italy 
 Length: 185 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Language: Italian 

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Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Very good, but July 12, 2012 By michael collins (boynton beach, FL) See All My Reviews "I prefer the french version, which I have on Nuova Era label. The singing isn't as excellent as the the other, but it seems more like Rossini would have wanted." Report Abuse
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