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Rossini: La pietra del paragone [Box set]

~ Gioacchino Zarrelli (Baritone), Teru Yoshihara (Baritone), Dariusz Machej (Bass), Raffaele Costantini (Bass), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Czech Chamber Soloists
  • Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Audio CD (29 Mar 2004)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B0000A9BVV
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 348,829 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Sinfonia 5:55£0.79
Listen  2. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Introduction: Non v'e del Conte Asdrubale (Chorus, Pacuvio, Fabrizio, Baronessa, Fulvia) 7:09£0.79
Listen  3. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Ombretta (Pacuvio, Fabrizio, Baronessa, Fulvia) 1:40£0.79
Listen  4. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Duet: Mille vati al suolo io stendo (Macrobio, Giocondo) 6:25£0.79
Listen  5. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Signor Giocondo, io vedo (Macrobio, Giocondo) 1:17£0.79
Listen  6. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Cavatina: Quel dirmi, oh dio! (Clarice, Conte) 5:50£0.79
Listen  7. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Quella che l'eco mi facea (Clarice)0:50£0.79
Listen  8. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Cavatina: Se di certo io non sapessi (Conte) 4:15£0.79
Listen  9. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Di me stupisce ognun (Conte, Clarice) 2:04£0.79
Listen10. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative and Duet: Perche? Perche vorrei che l'eco fosse (Conte, Clarice) 6:59£0.79
Listen11. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Dove mai si caccio? - Aria: Ombretta sdegnosa del Missipipi (Fulvia, Pacuvio) 3:21£0.79
Listen12. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Bravissimo! Il conte appunto e qua (Fulvia, Conte, Pacuvio, Fabrizio, Giocondo, Clarice, Macrobio) 3:05£0.79
Listen13. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Quartet: Voi volete, e non volete (Clarice, Conte, Giocondo, Macrobio) 9:29Album Only
Listen14. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Ma che sestina (Pacuvio, Fulvia, Baronessa, Macrobio) 2:38£0.79
Listen15. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Aria: Chi e colei che s'avvicina (Macrobio) 5:33£0.79
Listen16. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Il Conte Asdrubale (Chorus) 1:52£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I: Recitative: Perche fuggir? (Giocondo, Clarice, Macrobio) 1:15£0.79
Listen  2. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I Finale: Su queste piante incisi (Macrobio, Clarice, Giocondo) 3:10£0.79
Listen  3. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I Finale: Oh caso orribile! (Baronessa, Fulvia, Clarice, Giocondo, Macrobio, Pacuvio, Conte, Fabrizio) 8:07Album Only
Listen  4. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I Finale: Non serve a vil politica (Clarice, Conte, Giocondo) 4:28£0.79
Listen  5. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I Finale: Marchesina?Contessina (Macrobio, Pacuvio, Baronessa, Fulvia, Clarice, Giocondo, Conte) 2:17£0.79
Listen  6. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act I Finale: Viva! viva! (tutti) 3:45£0.79


Disc 3:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Introduction: Lo stranier con le pive in sacco (Chorus, Baronessa, Fulvia, Macrobio, Conte, Pacuvio, Giocondo) 3:47£0.79
Listen  2. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Recitative: Eppur ciascun di loro (Giocondo, Conte, Baronessa, Macrobio, Pacuvio, Fulvia) 2:31£0.79
Listen  3. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Coro di Cacciatori: A caccia, o mio signore (Chorus) 1:45£0.79
Listen  4. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Temporale (Pacuvio) 2:40£0.79
Listen  5. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Scene and Aria: Oh come il fosco impetuoso nembo (Giocondo) 3:21£0.79
Listen  6. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Scene and Aria: Quell'alme pupille (Giocondo) 4:58£0.79
Listen  7. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Recitative: Ehi? Giocondo? - Quintet: Spera se vuoi, ma taci (Clarice, Giocondo, Baronessa, Macrobio, Conte, Chorus)11:13Album Only
Listen  8. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Recitative: Ah! Donna Fulvia (Pacuvio, Fulvia, Conte, Giocondo, Clarice) 3:16£0.79
Listen  9. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Aria: Pubblico fu l'oltraggio (Fulvia) 2:20£0.79
Listen10. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Recitative: Macrobio. Signor (Giocondo, Macrobio, Chorus, Conte) 1:14£0.79
Listen11. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Terzet: Prima fra voi coll'armi (Macrobio, Giocondo, Conte) 8:20Album Only
Listen12. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Recitative: Menzognero, impostor! (Fulvia, Pacuvio, Macrobio, Baronessa, Fabrizio) 1:09£0.79
Listen13. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: March, Scene and Aria: Se l'itale contrade (Clarice, Soldiers, Chorus) 8:22Album Only
Listen14. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Recitative: Che ne dite Macrobio (Baronessa, Macrobio, Fulvia, Pacuvio, Conte, Clarice, Giocondo) 2:35£0.79
Listen15. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Scene and Aria: Ah! Se destarti in seno (Conte) 6:10£0.79
Listen16. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II: Scene and Aria: Ah! Signor Capitan? (Fabrizio, Clarice, Baronessa, Fulvia, Conte, Pacuvio, GIocondo, Macrobio) 1:43£0.79
Listen17. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone): Act II Finale: Voi Clarice? (tutti) 8:15Album Only

On this CD:
  1. (La) pietra del paragone
    Composed by Gioachino Rossini
    Performed by Czech Chamber Choir, Czech Chamber Soloists
    with Anke Herrmann, Gioacchino Zarrelli, Agata Bienkowska, Alessandro Codeluppi, Anna Rita Gemmabella, Raffaele Costantini, Dariusz Machej, Teru Yoshihara, Alessandro de Marchi

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2.0 out of 5 stars Walk On By, 28 Aug 2004
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This recording of Rossini's all-but-unknown early opera buffa 'La pietra del paragone' ('The Touchstone') is actually one of four that have been made and are available (with some searching, in the case of my recommended performance). I first heard and fell in love with it when Newell Jenkins recorded it with his Clarion Concerts cohorts. The recording, made thirty years ago, starred José Carreras, Justino Diaz, Beverly Wolff, Elaine Bonazzi, and John Reardon, all of them at the time New York City Opera stars of the first rank. And although Diaz (as Count Asdrubale) was somewhat deficient in his coloratura, he was giant compared to the Asdrubale on this CD, Raffaele Costantini, whose soft-cored and somewhat unwieldy voice simply isn't up to the task. The same is true for the female lead, mezzo Agata Bienkowska, whose voice, one must say, matches that of her costar.

This recording was taken from live performances at Bad Wildbad, Germany as part of the 'Rossini in Wildbad' festival in 2001. The Czech Chamber Soloists and Chorus under Alessandro de Marchi do a fine job playing and singing Rossini's bubbly music. It's just a shame that none of the soloists matches their wit and sparkle.

I have not heard the other two extant recordings (Desderi, cond., on Nuova Era with unknown [to me] singers; and Aprea, cond., with the redoubtable Sara Mingardo, alto, and William Matteuzzi, tenor, on Bongiovanni) but I have had little complaint with the Jenkins recording and thus have not sought them out.

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