Rossini: Figaro? Sì!

 
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Rossini: Figaro? Sì!
Marc Minkowski; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Florian Sempey

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 22 April 2022

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The French baritone Florian Sempey has established himself as a key player on today's operatic scene. For his first solo recital, Rossini was the obvious choice, first of all because he has already performed the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia in the leading opera houses, from Paris to London, and of course by way of Orange and Pesaro. But there is another reason: 'Rossini was the first composer's name I heard in my life. At my grandparents' house, there was a bust above the piano, on a little rococo display stand' - the bust that appears on the cover of this album. 'Rossini's music is a challenge for singers and also a great and very strict technical training for them. It calls for the highest standards and degree of precision. This programme presents arias in French and Italian, mingling the most famous (including Figaro's 'Sono il factotum') with rarities such as Germano's aria from La scala di seta and Don Parmenione's from L'occasione fa il ladro. It also includes magnificent duets with two dream partners, Karine Deshayes and Nahuel Di Pierro. And who better to conduct the Orchestre de l'Opéra National Bordeaux Aquitaine than the accomplished Rossinian Marc Minkowski, who gives this music an inimitable sparkle?

Tracks:

Il barbiere di Siviglia, IGR 76: "Largo al factotum"
Il barbiere di Siviglia, IGR 76: "Ma dite, signor Figaro-Dunque io son"
La scala di seta, IGR 59: "Amore dolcemente"
La Cenerentola, IGR 12: "Un segreto d'importanza"
Il barbiere di Siviglia, IGR 76: Overture
L'italiana in Algeri, IGR 37: "Viva il grande Kaimakan"
L'italiana in Algeri, IGR 37: "Ai Cappricci della sorte"
L'italiana in Algeri, IGR 37: Overture
L'occasione fa il ladro, IGR 47: scene 3 "Che sorte che accidente"
"Le comte Ory, IGR 14: ""Dans ce lieu solitaire"" /
Péchés de vieillesse: XI. Miscellanée de musique vocale: 2. La chanson du bébé"