Instrumental Works By Opera Composers

Print More

Bellini, Rossini, and Verdi are best known as composers of opera, but today we hear some of their instrumental works.

Playlist:
12:00 pm
  • Oboe Concerto E flat
  • Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
  • Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Hansjörg Schellenberger, oboe
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • CD/Album: Mozart/Bellini/R. Strauss: Oboenkonzerte
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429750
  • Release Year: 1990
12:06 pm
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Delmé String Quartet
  • CD/Album: Verdi & Strauss String Quartets
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 66317
  • Release Year: 1989
12:30 pm
  • String Sonata No. 6 D major
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Ensemble: I Filarmonici del Teatro Communale di Bologna
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • CD/Album: Rossini: String Sonatas Vol. 1
  • Record co./Cat #: London 433701
  • Release Year: 1992
12:49 pm
  • Sins of Old Age: Enough of Souvenirs: Let's Dance
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Soloists: Frederic Chiu, piano
  • CD/Album: Rossini / Sins of Old Age
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 907102
  • Release Year: 1992
12:53 pm
  • Sins of Old Age: A Deep Sleep
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Soloists: Frederic Chiu, piano
  • CD/Album: Rossini / Sins of Old Age
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 907102
  • Release Year: 1992

Comments are closed.