Browse: Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri Overture

Fischer… offers a sparkling performance of the popular overture to Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, and his account of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is impressive, with the major-mode episodes... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Exciting and vibrant interpretations of Rossini’s overtures, but a collection of works with near identical structures means that the power of the individual pieces Is slightly lost. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

All is performed with that same customary blend of high octane virtuosity, relaxed lyricism, tonal richness and perfection of ensemble which has made the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet not merely one... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Twenty-four overtures, plus two sinfonias make a delightful package in such sparkling performances, which eruditely use original orchestrations. The well-known popular overtures stand competition... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Giulini brings out all the brio and variety of Rossini's curtain-openers in this set of 1970s recordings with the Philharmonia: La Scala di Seta dances, The Barber of Seville bustles and sparkles,... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, May 2014 More…