Florian Sempey - Rossini - Figaro - Sì! (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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?

TRACKLIST

1. Florian Sempey - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Aria. Largo al factotum (Figaro)
2. Florian Sempey - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Duet. Ma dite, signor Figaro-Dunque io son (Rosina, Figaro)
3. Florian Sempey - La scala di seta: Aria. Amore dolcemente (Germano)
4. Florian Sempey - La Cenerentola: Duet. Un segreto d'importanza (Dandini, Don Magnifico)
5. Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
6. Florian Sempey - L'italiana in Algeri: Chorus. Viva il grande Kaimakan
7. Florian Sempey - L'italiana in Algeri: Duet. Ai Cappricci della sorte (Isabella, Taddeo)
8. Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine - L'italiana in Algeri: Overture
9. Florian Sempey - L'occasione fa il ladro, scena 3: Aria. Che sorte che accidente (Don Parmenione, Martino)
10. Florian Sempey - Le comte Ory: Aria. Dans ce lieu solitaire (Raimbaud)
11. Florian Sempey - Péchés de vieillesse, Miscellanée de musique vocale No. 11: II. La chanson du bébé



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