Gioachino Antonio Rossini - Classical Archives

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Recordings: 7,271 tracks
Stage Works
Vocal Works
Piano Works
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 4-8, and 10
- Other Piano Works
Orchestral Works
Chamber Works
Miscellaneous: Commentary on Rossini's Life and Works

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Stage Works
5,760 tracks
- Operas (A-I)
  2,617 tracks
  - Adelaide di Borgogna (Ottone, re d'Italia; opera)
    14 tracks
  - Armida (dramma)
    136 tracks
  - Aureliano in Palmira (opera)
    46 tracks
  - Bianca e Falliero (melodramma)
    101 tracks
  - Ciro in Babilonia (opera)
    31 tracks
  - Demetrio e Polibio (dramma serio)
    77 tracks
  - Edipio a Colono, incidental music for bass, chorus, and orchestra
    1 track
  - Edoardo e Cristina (opera)
    5 tracks
  - Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (dramma)
    91 tracks
  - Ermione (azione tragica)
    5 tracks
  - Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)
    420 tracks
  - Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville; commedia)
    1,100 tracks
  - Il Signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo (farsa giocosa)
    63 tracks
  - Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy; dramma buffo)
    307 tracks
  - Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (opera)
    179 tracks
  - Ivanhoé (opera; assembled by Pacini from Rossini's operas)
    41 tracks
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  Operas (L)
  1,882 tracks
  - L'equivoco stravagante (opera)
    71 tracks
  - L'inganno felice (farsa)
    23 tracks
  - L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers; opera)
    462 tracks
  - L'occasione fa il ladro (burletta per musica)
    40 tracks
  - La cambiale di matrimonio (farsa comica)
    48 tracks
  - La cenerentola (Cinderella; opera)
    417 tracks
  - La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake; melodramma)
    202 tracks
  - La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie; melodramma)
    232 tracks
  - La gazzetta (dramma)
    103 tracks
  - La pietra del paragone (melodramma giocoso)
    76 tracks
  - La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder; farsa comica)
    33 tracks
  - Le Comte Ory (opera)
    84 tracks
  - Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth; tragédie lyrique)
    91 tracks
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  Operas (M-Z)
  1,261 tracks
  - Maometto II (dramma)
    111 tracks
  - Matilde (di) Shabran (melodramma giocoso)
    87 tracks
  - Mosè in Egitto (azione tragico-seria)
    222 tracks
  - Moïse et Pharaon (opera)
    9 tracks
  - Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia (dramma)
    175 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)
    308 tracks
  - Tancredi (melodramma eroica)
    179 tracks
  - Torvaldo e Dorliska (dramma semiserio)
    71 tracks
  - Zelmira (dramma)
    27 tracks
  - Sigismondo (dramma)
    34 tracks
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Vocal Works
873 tracks
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 1-3, and 11
  100 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieilesse, Book 1: Album italiano
    34 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 2: Album francais
    20 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 3: Morceaux réservés
    22 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 11: Miscellanée de musique vocale
    15 tracks
  - Peches de vieillesse, Vol.13: Musique anodine
    2 tracks
  - Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), various piano, chamber, and vocal works
    7 tracks
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  Cantatas
  88 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 (arr. H. Handt)
    14 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
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  Sacred Choral Works
  482 tracks
  - Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
    35 tracks
  - Messa di Milano, for soloist, chorus and orchestra
    16 tracks
  - O salutaris hostia, for mixed voices
    4 tracks
  - Petite messe solonelle, for 12 voices, 2 pianos, harmonium, and chorus
    207 tracks
  - Stabat mater, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
    200 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
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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
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  Solo Vocal Works
  184 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')
    5 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)
    12 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
    4 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)
    100 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
    2 tracks
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Piano Works
198 tracks
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 4-8, and 10
  120 tracks
  - Péchés de vieillesse, Book 4: Quatre mendiants and quatre hors d'oeuvres
    16 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 5: Album pour les enfants adolescents
    25 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 6: Album pour les Enfants Degourdis
    28 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 7: Album de chaumière
    18 tracks
  - Péchés de Vieillesse, Book 8: Album de château
    25 tracks
  - Péchés de vieillesse, Book 10: Miscellanée pour piano
    8 tracks
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  Other Piano Works
  78 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
    50 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
    1 track
  - 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
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Orchestral Works
60 tracks
- Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra ('Concerto da Esperimento')
  3 tracks
- Grand'Overtura Obbligato a Contrabasso in D
  2 tracks
- Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra from La Donna del lago, QR vi/57
  11 tracks
- La corona d'Italia in Eb, for military band
  1 track
- March for the Sultan Abdul Madjid, for band
  3 tracks
- Variations in C, for clarinet and orchestra
  1 track
- 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
  4 tracks
- Serenata in Eb
  1 track
- Sinfonia in D (di Bologna), QR vii/1
  4 tracks
- Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, QR vi/57
  23 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
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Chamber Works
352 tracks
- Allegretto (unspecified)
  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, Theme and Variations, for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon in F, QR vi/18
  1 track
- Duo in D, for cello and double bass
  12 tracks
- Fantasie in Eb, for clarinet and piano
  2 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
  2 tracks
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Book 9: Album pour piano, violin, cello, harmonium, and horn
  37 tracks
- 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 No.1 in F, for Wind Quartet
  3 tracks
- Sonata No.2 in G, for Wind Quartet
  3 tracks
- Sonata No.4 in Bb, for Wind Quartet
  6 tracks
- 6 Sonate a quattro (Sonatas for Strings, 1804)
  245 tracks
- Tema originale, for violin and piano
  1 track
- Variazioni a più istrumenti obbligati in F, for 2 violins, viola, cello and clarinet, QR ix/1
  1 track
- Quintett für 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner, Fagott und Kontrabass (arr.by unknown contemporary composer)
  1 track
- Variations sur le Barbier de Séville, for chamber ensemble
  6 tracks
- Sonata for Strings No.1 in G
  3 tracks
- Sonata for Strings No.2 in A
  3 tracks
- Sonata for Strings No.3 in C
  7 tracks
- Allegretto in C, for violin and piano
  1 track
- Un mot in A, for cello and piano
  1 track
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Miscellaneous: Commentary on Rossini's Life and Works
28 tracks
- An Introduction to Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' (Naxos): Narration by David Timson
  13 tracks
- An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi' (Naxos): Narration by David Timson
  15 tracks

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Free Play: 33 tracks
Stage Works
Vocal Works
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 1-3, and 11
- Cantatas
- Sacred Choral Works
- Secular Choral Works
- Solo Vocal Works
Piano Works
- Péchés de Vieilesse, Books 4-8, and 10
- Other Piano Works
Orchestral Works
Chamber Works
Miscellaneous: Commentary on Rossini's Life and Works

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Stage Works
21 tracks
- Operas (A-I)
  12 tracks
  - Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)
    1 track
  - Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville; commedia)
    10 tracks
  - Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (opera)
    1 track
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  Operas (L)
  1 track
  - La cenerentola (Cinderella; opera)
    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
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Vocal Works
6 tracks
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  Cantatas
  1 track
  - Giovanna d'Arco (1832)
    1 track
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  Solo Vocal Works
  5 tracks
  - Soirées musicales (song cycle)
    5 tracks
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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
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Orchestral Works
1 track
- Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, QR vi/57
  1 track

Below are works by G.Rossini that every music lover should explore:

Stage Works
- Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)
  420 tracks
  - Act 1
    - Notable Movement: 1.Overture
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville; commedia)
  1,100 tracks
  - 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?
  - Act 2
    - Notable Movement: 4.Contro un cor
- Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy; dramma buffo)
  307 tracks
- L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers; opera)
  462 tracks
- La cenerentola (Cinderella; opera)
  417 tracks
  - Act 1
    - Notable Movement: 1.Overture
  - Act 2
    - Notable Movement: 34.Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto
- Semiramide (melodramma tragico)
  308 tracks
  - Act 1
    - Notable Movement: 1.Sinfonia
    - Notable Movement: 16.Sc.9: Bel raggio lusinghier
Vocal Works
- Stabat mater, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
  200 tracks
- Soirées musicales (song cycle)
  100 tracks
  - Notable Movement: 8.La danza (‘Già la luna è in mezzo al mare’)

Composer

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868); ITA