Sinfonia dall' opera-Parmi les nombreux opéras de Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Tancrède (1813) ne paraît que rarement à l?affiche. Pourtant son ouverture ou « sinfonia » comme on l?appelait autrefois remporte toujours les faveurs du public et est régulièrement jouée par de nombreux orchestres. Les ouvertures de Rossini suivent toutes le style brillant de l?ouverture « à l?italienne ». Elles subjuguent par leur originalité et restent un modèle d?élégance instrumentale en dépit du temps qui passe. Comme la plupart des ouvertures de Rossini celle de Tancrède comprend deux parties : la première d?un tempo modéré un Andante la deuxième au tempo plus rapide unAllegro. On y trouve le fameux et immortel « crescendo rossinien » et quelques thèmes mémorables qui transportent le public. Cet arrangement pour Orchestre d?Harmonie reste fidèle à l?esprit de l?œuvre originale une des pages préférées de Gioacchino Rossini.

Overture-Enfant prodige Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) écrit son premier opéra à l'âge de dix-huit ans. À trente-sept ans il termine son trente-neuvième opéra et fait ses adieux à la scène n'écrivant plus que quelques rares pièces. Rossini se consacre dès lors à ses deux passions : l?art culinaire et l'étude du vin et de ses nombreux mystères.Bien que les opéras de Rossini soient aujourd?hui tombés dans l?oubli - à l?exception de quelques rares trésors - leurs ouvertures sont toujours inscrites au répertoire de nombreux orchestres. Les couleurs pétillantes tout en finesse la légèreté captivante des mélodies et une orchestration très efficace leur ont permis d?acquérir unenotoriété indépendante des opéras qu?elles introduisent. Composée en 1813 l?Ouverture de L'Italiana in Algeri (L?Italienne à Alger) contient toutes ces caractéristiques.La structure est simple. L?ouverture débute avec un Andante lent suivi d?un Allegro qui développe deux thèmes principaux. On retrouve des fragments de ces thèmes sous une forme modifiée dans la réexposition qui mène vers une courte conclusion.L'Italienne à Alger souligne la différence des mœurs entre deux pays situés sur les deux rives de la Méditerranée. Avec ses tableaux aux couleurs orientales et ses mélodies exotiques l?opéra L?Italienne à Alger est devenu l?un des opéras rossiniens les plus appréciés du public.

The Thieving Magpie - Overture-Pour familiariser le public avec le sujet de son oeuvre Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) a noué dans la trame de sa somptueuse ouverture de La gazza ladra>/I> (La Pie voleuse) quelques thèmes repris ultérieurement dans l?opéra. La Pie voleuse s?ouvre sur un trait de génie : un roulement de tambour (2 caisses claires). Du jamais vu ! L?ouverture est une des plus éclatantes et des plus vivantes de Rossini. Certaines de ses mélodies sont profondément ancrées dans la mémoire des auditeurs et contiennent de nombreux effets spectaculaires dont le légendaire «crescendo rossinien».

Piano Selections from Péchés de Vieillesse-In 1855 Gioacchino Rossini began to compose again after two decades of seclusion from the age of 37. This time in the form of chamber works performed privately in his Paris salon for the cream of society.These works were not published until after the composer's death and have since come to be known as Sins of Old Age.A graceful combination of sophistication and naivety the 150 vocal and solo piano pieces from this period influenced later composers such as Saint-Saëns and Satie.This selection of highlights from a 14-volume compilation of Rossini's piano works includes Mon Prélude Hygiènique duMatin Ouf! Les Petits Pois (Oh! Those Little Peas) and Un Rêve.Fun to learn and satisfying to perform these pieces are suitable for intermediate to advanced pianists. Each piece was selected by classical pianist Sara Davis Buechner who offers an informative Introduction.

Sinofinia dall'opera-La première du Barbier de Séville de Gioacchino Rossini connut un échec retentissant. Dès le lendemain Rossini remplaça l?ouverture nouvellement composée par l?une de ses compositions précédentes l?ouverture d?Aureliano in Palmiro un opéra peu connu. Le 18 août 1816 à Bologne la création de la nouvelle version du Barbier de Séville reçut un accueil triomphal. Un succès jamais démenti depuis.

Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell Overture arranged for Orchestra by Lilli Lehmann.

As part of the Rediscovered Duets Series Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell Overture has been arranged for Piano Duet by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and edited by Weekley and Arganbright.

Gioacchino Rossini's Una Voce Poco Fa from the opera Il Barbiere Di Siviglia for Coloratura Voice and Piano in the key of E. Edited by Estelle Liebling.

Fin gourmet réputé, trublion musical, génie précoce : finalement, que connaît-on de ce compositeur italien né à Pesaro en 1792 et mort en France en 1868 ? Gioacchino Rossini fait partie de ces compositeurs
fréquemment joués, dont les ouvertures d'opéras ont servi de fonds sonores pour des publicités et dont les grands airs semblent `évidents et faciles`. Pourtant, une analyse un peu plus poussée montre la virtuosité incroyable à laquelle ils recourent et la richesse de leur orchestration inventive. C'est sûrement une des explications des succès intemporels du Barbier de Séville, de La Cenerentola, des nombreuses
ouvertures ou encore de la Petite messe solemnelle. / Livre /

This edition is based on the critical edition of The Barber of Seville edited by Patricia B. Brauner and published in 2008 as part of the series Works of Gioachino Rossini. But who needs a new critical edition of The Barber of Seville? The opera has been performed in theatres throughout the world since 1816 and has never been absent from the repertoire. There are two reasons for a critical new edition: firstly none of the early editions satisfy modern demands for a scholarly-critical edition. And secondly there is a wealth of previously unpublished material relating to this opera of great interest to both scholars and performers.Thusthe famous overture which Rossini had already used in his earlier opera Aureliano in Palmira differs noticeably from earlier editions in many places. The new edition enables performers to perform the overture either in its original scoring (as in Aureliano in Palmira) which includes two Flutes two Oboes and Timpani or in the scoring for the subsequent opera The Barber of Seville (with just one Flute one oboe and no Timpani).Urtext edition based on the series Works of Gioachino Rossini.All versions and transpositions are included in the appendix to the study score.Singing English translation in the vocal score.Takes into account all original sources including five manuscripts with Rossini’s autograph ornamentation.Takes into consideration the full extent of Rossini’s personal notational characteristics.Study score contains a detailed foreword (Eng/Ital)Full score (BA10506) critical report (BA10506-40) & study score (TP411) available for sale; performance material (BA10506-72) available for hire.

Rossini's popular overture is now available with complete performance material on sale. It is newly edited based on the forthcoming volume of the 'Works of Gioachino Rossini' (BA10506).This scholarly-critical practical edition contains almost two works in one as Rossini composed this overture firstly for his opera 'Aureliano in Palmira' and then also used it in 'The Barber of Seville'. The two overtures differ simply in their instrumentation.This new edition is an Urtext edition. Free of later additions to the instrumentation and other changes it reproduces this famous work in the version which Rossini intended.Conductors can nowchoose to perform the overture to 'The Barber of Seville' without the frequently added second flute second oboe and drums which were not part of the opera's original instrumentation.First Urtext edition of the popular overtureForeword (Ger/Eng/It)Optimal page-turns in the parts

The ?Petite Messe Solennelle? is the finest work of Rossini?s late years. He composed it between 1863 and 1864 at the age of 71 as a commission for Countess Louise Pillet-Will for the consecration of her private chapel where the work received its first performance in March 1864. Together with the ?Stabat mater? the mass is one of the composer?s most important sacred works.The unusual instrumentation with two Pianos and Harmonium is entirely in keeping with the Neapolitan Keyboard tradition of the 18th century which was cultivated in France in Rossini?s day. It forms a distinct contrast to the style of large-scale sacred compositionsas written by for example Liszt and Bruckner. Rossini explained that he wrote the later Orchestral version of the work dating from 1867 out of concern that if he did not do this other composers might orchestrate the mass too heavily in later arrangements.The Piano reduction by Andreas Köhs is extremely idiomatic and largely preserves the charming character of the unusual instrumentation.- Based on the Urtext of the series ?Works of Gioachino Rossini?.- Foreword in two languages (Eng/Ger).- With a separate Harmonium part and one part for Pianos I and II.

The ?Petite Messe Solennelle? is the finest work of Rossini?s late years. He composed it between 1863 and 1864 at the age of 71 as a commission for Countess Louise Pillet-Will for the consecration of her private chapel where the work received its first performance in March 1864. Together with the ?Stabat mater? the mass is one of the composer?s most important sacred works.The unusual instrumentation with two Pianos and Harmonium is entirely in keeping with the Neapolitan Keyboard tradition of the 18th century which was cultivated in France in Rossini?s day. It forms a distinct contrast to the style of large-scale sacred compositionsas written by for example Liszt and Bruckner. Rossini explained that he wrote the later Orchestral version of the work dating from 1867 out of concern that if he did not do this other composers might orchestrate the mass too heavily in later arrangements.The Piano reduction by Andreas Köhs is extremely idiomatic and largely preserves the charming character of the unusual instrumentation.- Based on the Urtext of the series ?Works of Gioachino Rossini?.- Foreword in two languages (Eng/Ger).- With a separate Harmonium part and one part for Pianos I and II.

Ed. Critica P. Gossett-A. Zedda – softcover 2 volumi-Gioachino Rossini chooses Semiramide as the opera subject of the Carnival season 1822-23 the last of his Italian career. The opera - composed on a libretto by Gaetano Rossi - was performed for the first time in Venice Teatro La Fenice onFebruary 3rd 1823. The history of this work is characterized right from the first performances by frequent manipulations cuts and consecutive adjustments because of its monumental structure. This reduction for voice and piano based on the criticaledition of the full score offers a new point of view of Semiramide through the reconstruction of the main phases of its rich executive history. In addition to the musical texts there are - both in Italian and in English - an historical Introduction (in the first volume) and a Critical Commentary to the musical text (in the second volume). In the three Appendices of the edition are thenpublished the vocal variants recovered from the original parts (some in Rossini’s hand) the original version of the conclusion of the Semiramide’s Cavatina and a version of the Finale secondo composed by Rossini for the Parisian version of 1825.