Composer of the Month

1. Gioacchino Rossini – Moderato and Andante from Sonata for strings no. 1

I Filharmonici del Teatro Communale di Bologna conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

2. Gioacchino Rossini – Elegia for violin and piano,

Salvatore Accardo, violin, and Bruno Canino, piano.

3. Gioacchino Rossini – Overture to l’Italiana in Algeri,

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century conducted by Frans Brüggen.

4. Gioacchino Rossini – from the Barber of Seville: Una voce poco fa

Vivica Genaux (soprano), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conducted by John Nelson

5. Gioacchino Rossini – L’âme délaissée,

Marilyn Horne, soprano; Martin Katz, piano.

6. Gioacchino Rossini – Credo from the Petite Messe Solennelle,

Leiderdorp Chamber Choir with instrumentalists conducted by Peter Dijkstra.

7. Gioacchino Rossini – Fac ut portem from Stabat mater,

Caecilia Bartoli, soprano; Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

8. Gioacchino Rossini – Thème naïf et variations idem.

Paolo Giacometti, piano.