Rossini Soirées musicales
Shortened Soirées but the singers are engaging and the pianist first-rate
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Composer or Director: Gioachino Rossini
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 9/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA67647
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La promessa (canzonetta: wds. P. Metastasio) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: Il rimprovero (canzonetta: wds. P. Metastasio) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: L'orgia (arietta: wds. C. Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La partenza (canzonetta: wds. P. Metastasio) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: L'invito (bolero: wds. C. Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La pastorella dell'Alpi (tirolese: wds. C. Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La danza (tarantella napoletana: wds. C Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La gita in gondola (barcarola: wds. C. Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La pesca |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La serenata |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La regata veneziana (Wds. C. Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, 'Morceaux réservés', Movement: L'Esule (T) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Mi lagnerò tacendo II |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Péchés de vieillesse, Book 11, 'Miscellanée de musique vocale', Movement: La chanson du bébé (mez) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Péchés de vieillesse, Book 2, 'Album français', Movement: L'Orpheline du Tyrol (S) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Péchés de vieillesse, Book 2, 'Album français', Movement: Les Adieux à la vie |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Miah Persson, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano |
| Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, 'Morceaux réservés', Movement: Les Amants de Séville (AT) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Bruce Ford, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
| Péchés de vieillesse, Book 1, 'Album per canto', Movement: La regata veneziana: |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Gioachino Rossini, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Stella Doufexis, Mezzo soprano |
Author: Richard Osborne
That said, there is much to enjoy on the record. The ordering and voice allocation of Les soirées is open to variation. The eight solo songs are generally sung by a soprano or a mezzo, “La danza” by the tenor. Here the tenor has three of the songs. In “La danza” memories of singers from Caruso to Pavarotti are perhaps a shade too insistent. Elsewhere in Les soirées, Bruce Ford shows every sign of shifting from opera to chanson with skill and imagination; the duet “Les amants de Séville” from Péchés in which he partners mezzo Stella Doufexis is one of the disc’s highlights. The two women barely put a foot wrong, though I prefer Miah Persson’s Alpine shepherdess to her somewhat over-indulged bébé. The real star of the record is pianist Roger Vignoles. Rossini’s writing for the piano is highly idiosyncratic. It requires a first-rate technique, a sure sense of style and an ability to bring off with insouciance all manner of hair’s-breadth effects. Mr Vignoles has the measure of all this and more.
Rossini Soirées musicales
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