Here, in a single box-set for the first time are Claudio Abbado's celebrated recordings of four great Rossini comic operas, featuring fine singers and first-rate orchestras and choruses. The booklet includes full synopses in English, German and French. Press reaction to the individual operas: "a very musical, considered, and satisfying performance" (Gramophone); Cenerentola: "a triumph for Abbado and the LSO" (Gramophone); L'italiana: "the most captivating of all recordings of the opera" (The Penguin Guide); Viaggio: "One of the most sparkling and totally successful live opera recordings available" (The Penguin Guide; Gramophone Record of the Year 1986). PLUS a sparkling disc of Rossini overtures with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Abbado.

L'italiana In Algeri

Atto Primo

Atto Secondo

Il Barbiere di Sivigia

Atto Primo

Atto Secondo

la Cenerentola

Atto primo

Atto Secondo

Il viaggio a Reims

Atto Primo

Atto Secondo

Overtures

1. Il Barbiere di Siviglia 7:15

2. Semiramide

3. L'italiana In Algeri

4. Guillaume Tell

5. la Cenerentola

6. la Scala di Seta

7. la Gazza Ladra