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Stage Works
6,217 tracks
- Operas (A-I)
2,783 tracks
- Adelaide di Borgogna (Ottone, re d'Italia; opera)
14 tracks
- Armida (dramma)
137 tracks
- Aureliano in Palmira (opera)
87 tracks
- Bianca e Falliero (melodramma)
98 tracks
- Ciro in Babilonia (opera)
31 tracks
- Demetrio e Polibio (dramma serio)
78 tracks
- Edipio a Colono, incidental music for bass, chorus, and orchestra
1 track
- Edoardo e Cristina (opera)
51 tracks
- Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (dramma)
91 tracks
- Ermione (azione tragica)
6 tracks
- Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)
372 tracks
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville; commedia)
1,183 tracks
- Il Signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo (farsa giocosa)
71 tracks
- Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy; dramma buffo)
336 tracks
- Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (opera)
185 tracks
- Ivanhoé (opera; assembled by Pacini from Rossini's operas)
41 tracks
- Adina, opera farsa in one act
1 track
- Adelaide di Borgogna (Ottone, re d'Italia; opera)
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Operas (L)
2,011 tracks
- L'equivoco stravagante (opera)
71 tracks
- L'inganno felice (farsa)
27 tracks
- L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers; opera)
507 tracks
- L'occasione fa il ladro (burletta per musica)
42 tracks
- La cambiale di matrimonio (farsa comica)
52 tracks
- La cenerentola (Cinderella; opera)
421 tracks
- La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake; melodramma)
246 tracks
- La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie; melodramma)
244 tracks
- La gazzetta (dramma)
103 tracks
- La pietra del paragone (melodramma giocoso)
77 tracks
- La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder; farsa comica)
42 tracks
- Le Comte Ory (opera)
84 tracks
- Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth; tragédie lyrique)
95 tracks
- L'equivoco stravagante (opera)
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Operas (M-Z)
1,423 tracks
- Maometto II (dramma)
107 tracks
- Matilde (di) Shabran (melodramma giocoso)
90 tracks
- Mosè in Egitto (azione tragico-seria)
222 tracks
- Moïse et Pharaon (opera)
50 tracks
- Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia (dramma)
176 tracks
- Ricciardo e Zoraide (dramma)
3 tracks
- Robert Bruce (opera; adaptation by Niedermeyer from La donna del lago, and other Rossini operas)
35 tracks
- Semiramide (melodramma tragico)
332 tracks
- Tancredi (melodramma eroica)
241 tracks
- Torvaldo e Dorliska (dramma semiserio)
72 tracks
- Zelmira (dramma)
27 tracks
- Sigismondo (dramma)
68 tracks
- Maometto II (dramma)
- Operas (A-I)
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Vocal Works
956 tracks
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 1-3, and 11
116 tracks
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Cantatas
97 tracks
- Giovanna d'Arco (1832)
1 track
- Giovanna d'Arco (rev.1852)
1 track
- Il pianto d'Armonia sulla morte di Orfeo (cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra)
5 tracks
- Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (cantata for 3 sopranos, 2 tenors, chorus, and orchestra)
44 tracks
- La morte di Didone, cantata for soprano, chorus and orchestra
12 tracks
- Il vero omaggio, cantata
15 tracks
- Il pianto delle muse in morte di Lord Byron, cantata (arr. H. Handt)
1 track
- Cantata in onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio IX, for chorus and orchestra
10 tracks
- La riconoscenza, cantata
7 tracks
- Cantata a quattro voci
1 track
- Giovanna d'Arco (1832)
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Sacred Choral Works
531 tracks
- Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
47 tracks
- Messa di Milano, for soloist, chorus and orchestra
16 tracks
- O salutaris hostia, for mixed voices
5 tracks
- Petite messe solonelle, for 12 voices, 2 pianos, harmonium, and chorus
250 tracks
- Stabat mater, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
193 tracks
- Tantum ergo (II), for 2 tenors, bass, and orchestra
1 track
- 3 Choeurs religieux, for soloists and chorus
4 tracks
- Messa di Lugo, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (compiled from early works)
10 tracks
- Vespro Lughese, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (compiled from early works)
5 tracks
- Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
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Secular Choral Works
19 tracks
- Brindisi, for bass and chorus
2 tracks
- Choeur, for choir and piano
2 tracks
- De l'Italie et de la France, hymn for soprano, bass, chorus and orhcestra, QR ix/62
1 track
- È foriera la Pace ai mortali, for baritone, male chorus and piano, QR xii/1
1 track
- Giunone, cantata for the birthday of Ferdinando IV, for soprano, chorus and orchestra
1 track
- Hymne à Napoleon III ('Dieu tout puissant'), for baritone, chorus, orchestra and military band, QR xii/21
1 track
- Il Carnevale di Venezia, for tenor, 2 basses, and piano
2 tracks
- La carita, for choir and piano
2 tracks
- La fede, for choir and piano
2 tracks
- 3 Quartetti da camera
2 tracks
- Quartetto pastorale, for choir and piano
2 tracks
- Preghiera ('Tu che di verde il prato'), for 4 tenors, 2 baritones, and 2 basses (Péchés de vieillesse, book 3), QR vii/89
1 track
- Brindisi, for bass and chorus
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Solo Vocal Works
193 tracks
- Addio ai Viennesi ('Da voi parto, amate sponde'), song for tenor and piano
1 track
- Arietta all'antica; O salutaris Hostia
1 track
- Ariette à l'ancienne
1 track
- Ave Maria; Su due note
1 track
- Barcarolle
1 track
- Beltà crudele ('Amori scendete propizi al mio core')
3 tracks
- Beltà crudele; Nuova melodia
1 track
- Cantemus Domino
1 track
- Canzonetta spagnuola ('En medio a mis dolores')
6 tracks
- Duetto buffo di due gatti ('Cat Duet'), for 2 voices and piano (spurious)
2 tracks
- Francesca di rimini; Farò come colui che piange e dice
1 track
- Hai la sottana
1 track
- Il candore in fuga
1 track
- Il risentimento ('Mi lagnerò tacendo')
3 tracks
- Il trovatore ('Chi m'ascolta il canto usato')
3 tracks
- L'âme délaissée (L'abbandonata; 'Mon bien aimé')
2 tracks
- La Danza, for voice and orchestra
7 tracks
- La Dichiarazione; Canzonetta
1 track
- La légende de Marguerite (anon. arr. from La Cenerentola, 'Una volta c'era un re')
2 tracks
- La Partenza; Canzone
1 track
- La passeggiata ('Or che di fiori adorno')
2 tracks
- La speranza
1 track
- Laus Deo
1 track
- Le Lazzarone; Chansonette de Cabaret
1 track
- Mi lagnerò tacendo (Metastasio; various settings)
13 tracks
- Musique Anodine, Prelude and 6 songs (settings of Mi lagnerò tacendo), QR iv/62
7 tracks
- Nella stagion di maggio
1 track
- Nizza ('Nizza, je puis sans peine')
3 tracks
- 2 Nouvelles Compositions, for soprano and piano
6 tracks
- Omaggio umiliato, for soprano, chorus, and orchestra
1 track
- Se il vuol la molinara, for voice and piano
1 track
- Soirées musicales (song cycle)
94 tracks
- À ma belle mère; Requiem
1 track
- Qual voce, quai note, for voice and piano
1 track
- La Francesca da Rimini, for voice and piano
1 track
- Qui tollis, for tenor and orchestra
1 track
- Crucifixus, for soprano, alto and orchestra
1 track
- Giovanna d'Arco (Arr. M. Taralli for Voice and Orchestra)
4 tracks
- Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 14, Altri péchés de vieillesse, for voice and piano
4 tracks
- Sorzico, for voice and piano
1 track
- La separazione, for voice and piano
1 track
- Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 13 'Musique anodine'
7 tracks
- Addio ai Viennesi ('Da voi parto, amate sponde'), song for tenor and piano
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 1-3, and 11
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Piano Works
223 tracks
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 4-8, and 10
142 tracks
- Péchés de vieillesse, Book 4: Quatre mendiants and quatre hors d'oeuvres
25 tracks
- Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 5: Album pour les enfants adolescents
26 tracks
- Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 6: Album pour les Enfants Degourdis
31 tracks
- Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 7: Album de chaumière
23 tracks
- Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 8: Album de château
28 tracks
- Péchés de vieillesse, Book 10: Miscellanée pour piano
9 tracks
- Péchés de vieillesse, Book 4: Quatre mendiants and quatre hors d'oeuvres
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Other Piano Works
81 tracks
- Allegretto
2 tracks
- German Dance
1 track
- Lame Waltz
1 track
- Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (arr. G. Rossini for piano)
1 track
- Moderato in Ab
1 track
- Peches de vieillesse, Vol. 14: Other Peches de vieillesse
6 tracks
- Peches de vieillesse, Vol.12: Quelques riens pour album
51 tracks
- Petit souvenir, for piano
1 track
- Piano Concerto in F (attrib. Rossini)
1 track
- Ritournelle pour l'adagio du trio d'Attila, for piano
1 track
- Scherzo in A-
1 track
- Siberian Dance
1 track
- Siciliana
1 track
- Tema in A, for violin and piano
1 track
- The Regret
1 track
- Thème et variations in E-, for piano
1 track
- Thème in Eb
1 track
- Un rien
3 tracks
- Waltz in Eb ('Alla carissima Eugenia Puerati')
1 track
- Waltz in Eb ('À M.me Charles de Rothschild')
1 track
- Waltz in Eb, for piano (1841 Version)
1 track
- Waltz in Eb
2 tracks
- Allegretto
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 4-8, and 10
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Orchestral Works
71 tracks
- Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra ('Concerto da Esperimento')
6 tracks
- Grand'Overtura Obbligato a Contrabasso in D
3 tracks
- Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra from La Donna del lago, QR vi/57
17 tracks
- La corona d'Italia in Eb, for military band
1 track
- Variations in C, for clarinet and orchestra
1 track
- March for the Sultan Abdul Madjid, for band
3 tracks
- Overture al conventello in D, QR vi/1
3 tracks
- Rendez-vous de chasse, for 4 hunting horns, and orchestra in D, QR ix/45
3 tracks
- Serenata in Eb
1 track
- Sinfonia in D (di Bologna), QR vii/1
5 tracks
- Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, QR vi/57
22 tracks
- Variazioni a più istrumenti obbligati
1 track
- March (pas-redoublé), for military band in C
1 track
- Sinfonia in Eb, for orchestra
2 tracks
- Sinfonia, "al Conventello"
1 track
- Sinfonia di Odense
1 track
- Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra ('Concerto da Esperimento')
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Chamber Works
395 tracks
- Allegretto (unspecified)
1 track
- Allegretto in C, for violin and piano
1 track
- Allegro agitato in A-, for cello and piano
1 track
- Andante and Variations on 'Di tanti palpiti,' for violin and harp in F, QR vi/1
6 tracks
- Andante e Allegro, for flute and piano
1 track
- Andante, Theme and Variations, for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon in F, QR vi/18
2 tracks
- Duo in D, for cello and double bass
15 tracks
- Fantasia, for bassoon and piano
2 tracks
- Fantasie in Eb, for clarinet and piano
3 tracks
- Harp Sonata in Eb
3 tracks
- March in C, 'Pas-redouble', for 2 pianos
1 track
- Prelude, Theme and Variations, for horn and piano
4 tracks
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Book 9: Album pour piano, violin, cello, harmonium, and horn
38 tracks
- Quintett für 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner, Fagott und Kontrabass (arr.by unknown contemporary composer)
1 track
- Rossini...per quattro, for saxophones
1 track
- Serenata for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Flute, Oboe and English horn in Eb, QR vi/31
4 tracks
- Sonata for Strings No.1 in G
6 tracks
- Sonata for Strings No.2 in A
3 tracks
- Sonata for Strings No.3 in C
10 tracks
- Sonata No.1 in F, for Wind Quartet
6 tracks
- Sonata No.2 in G, for Wind Quartet
6 tracks
- Sonata No.3 in F, for wind quartet
3 tracks
- Sonata No.4 in Bb, for Wind Quartet
12 tracks
- Sonata No.5 in D, for wind quartet
3 tracks
- 6 Sonate a quattro (Sonatas for Strings, 1804)
250 tracks
- Tema originale, for violin and piano
1 track
- Un mot in A, for cello and piano
1 track
- Variations sur le Barbier de Séville, for chamber ensemble
6 tracks
- Variazioni a più istrumenti obbligati in F, for 2 violins, viola, cello and clarinet, QR ix/1
1 track
- String Sonata No.2 in C
3 tracks
- Allegretto (unspecified)
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Miscellaneous: Commentary on Rossini's Life and Works
29 tracks
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Stage Works
21 tracks
- Operas (A-I)
12 tracks
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Operas (L)
1 track
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Operas (M-Z)
8 tracks
- Moïse et Pharaon (opera)
1 track
- Semiramide (melodramma tragico)
5 tracks
- Tancredi (melodramma eroica)
2 tracks
- Moïse et Pharaon (opera)
- Operas (A-I)
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Vocal Works
6 tracks
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Cantatas
1 track
- Giovanna d'Arco (1832)
1 track
- Giovanna d'Arco (1832)
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Solo Vocal Works
5 tracks
- Soirées musicales (song cycle)
5 tracks
- Soirées musicales (song cycle)
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Cantatas
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Piano Works
5 tracks
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Other Piano Works
5 tracks
- German Dance
1 track
- Lame Waltz
1 track
- Siberian Dance
1 track
- Siciliana
1 track
- The Regret
1 track
- German Dance
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Other Piano Works
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Orchestral Works
1 track
Below are works by G.Rossini that every music lover should explore:
- Stage Works
- Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)
372 tracks
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Act 1
- Notable Movement: 1.Overture
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Act 1
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville; commedia)
1,183 tracks
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Act 1
- Notable Movement: 1.Overture
- Notable Movement: 7.Largo al factotum (Figaro's cavatina)
- Notable Movement: 14.Una voce poco fa (Rosina's cavatina)
- Notable Movement: 18.La calunnia è un venticello
- Notable Movement: 21.Dunque io son...tu non m'inganni?
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Act 2
- Notable Movement: 4.Contro un cor
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Act 1
- Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy; dramma buffo)
336 tracks
- L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers; opera)
507 tracks
- La cenerentola (Cinderella; opera)
421 tracks
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Act 1
- Notable Movement: 1.Overture
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Act 2
- Notable Movement: 34.Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto
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Act 1
- Semiramide (melodramma tragico)
332 tracks
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Act 1
- Notable Movement: 1.Sinfonia
- Notable Movement: 16.Sc.9: Bel raggio lusinghier
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Act 1
- Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)
- Vocal Works
- Stabat mater, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
193 tracks
- Soirées musicales (song cycle)
94 tracks
- Notable Movement: 8.La danza (‘Già la luna è in mezzo al mare’)
- Stabat mater, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra