Album description
2 audio discs : digital ; 12 cm.Erato: 3984-24242-2.
Originally for string quartet (2 violins, cello, double bass).
Leonardo Colonna, double bass (1st work).
Recorded in the Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy, March 1987 (CD1); at the Salle del Castillo, Vevey, Switzerland, 1992 (CD2).
Program notes by J.-F. Labie in French, English, and German (11 pages), inserted.
Contents: Sei sonate a quattro : six sonatas for string orchestra (I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone, conductor) -- Six operatic overtures. Il barbiere di Siviglia (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Jesús López-Cobos, conductor) -- Le siège de Corinthe ; Otello ; Maometto II ; Semiramide ; L’Italiana in Algeri (Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Scimone, conductor).
I. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Sonatas, violins (2), cello, double bass; arranged
Performers
| 1. | Colonna, Leonardo |
| 2. | Scimone, Claudio, 1934-2018 |
| 3. | Solisti veneti |
Uniform Titles
| 1. | Sonatas, violins (2), cello, double bass; arranged |