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Great stuff for guitar lovers and opera buffs. More arrangements of Rossini operas for guitar(s) by Mauro Giuliani: his Rossiniane I-VI. Also in this set the complete Potpourris (I-VI) and a Grande Ouverture and Gran Sonata Eroica.
A large part of Giuliani’s oeuvre consist of arrangements of opera melodies by Italian composers, mainly Rossini. In the Rossiniane most of the popular works present themselves in one way or another: from Il Barbiere di Seviglia and La Gazza ladra, to Tancredi and La Cenerentola.
Guitarists Paolo Pugliese and Claudio Maccari have been performing as a duo since 1988 and play on period instruments. They specialize in 19th-century music. Earlier they have also recorded Giuliani’s guitar concertos and his complete works for guitar duet for Brilliant Classics.
Track listing:
CD 1
1. Rossiniana I op.119 15:44
2. Pot-Pourri I op.18 9:09
3. Rossiniana II op.120 14:47
4. Pot-Pourri II op.26 14:37
5. Grande Ouverture op.61 7:53
CD 2
1. Rossiniana III op.121 18:00
2. Pot-Pourri III op.28 12:07
3. Rossiniana IV op.122 15:12
4. Pot-Pourri IV op.31 15:14
CD 3
1. Rossiniana V op.123 12:16
2. Pot-Pourri V op.42 11:39
3. Rossiniana VI op.124 12:24
4. Pot-Pourri VI op.108 14:22
5. Gran Sonata Eroica op.150 10:02
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