Will Humburg, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest - Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 620 Mb | Total time: 157:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.66027-29 | Recorded: 1992
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 620 Mb | Total time: 157:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.66027-29 | Recorded: 1992
Not everyone will approve, but there are ways in which this super-budget set of Il barbiere diSiviglia puts to shame just about every other version of the opera there has been. Those it may not please are specialist vocal collectors for whom Il barbiere is primarily a repository of vocal test pieces. If, however, you regard Il barbiere (Rossini, ex-Beaumarchais) as a gloriously subversive music drama – vibrant, scurrilous, vital – then this recording is guaranteed to give a great deal of pleasure.