Ion Marin, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, Samuel Ramey - Gioacchino Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 76:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 5668 | Recorded: 1991
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 76:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 5668 | Recorded: 1991
In 1813, a month before his 21st birthday and three years before his Barber of Seville, Rossini had his one-act farsa Il Signor Bruschino premiered at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice. It was not well received, although its overture, with the second violins tapping their music-stands with their bows, has become popular. The cast is strong, with Samuel Ramey providing the most potent performance as the duped guardian Gaudenzio. Claudio Desderi weaves through the absurd plot as the ridiculous figure of the elder Bruschino with a great deal of character, although the sound is somewhat threadbare at times. Frank Lopardo as the lovelorn Florville, pretending to be the young Bruschino, has a splendid, mellifluous tenor.