Cecilia Bartoli - "Rossini Edition" 
AUTHENTICITY · SKILL · PASSION · PERFECTION. 
(21 CD Box Set)

The first boxed set from the most successful classical artist of the present day in collaboration with Foundation Rossini. 15-CD + 6-DVD limited edition set. The complete recordings of Rossini by Cecilia Bartoli, celebrating her 30 years as an exclusive Decca Artist. Includes a previously unreleased recording of Salvatore Sciarrino's orchestration of Giovanna d'Arco cantata with Riccardo Chailly, rediscovered in the Decca archives!

An exclusive Decca artist for 30 years, Cecilia Bartoli has become the most successful artist of a generation. Since her professional debut in Il Barbiere di Siviglia aged only 19 in her hometown of Rome, Rossini has been at the forefront of her illustrious career ever since. Discovered by the legendary Decca recording producer Christopher Raeburn in 1986, Cecilia made her first recording for Decca two years later in Il Barbiere di Siviglia soon followed by her debut recital disc. Under his gentle tutelage and guidance, Cecilia steered a new-wave revival for Rossini s music with fresh scholarship and authenticity, taking on the metaphorical baton handed to her from the bel canto legends such as Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, becoming the undisputed star of this repertoire that we know and admire today, through her scholarly, intuitive and, above all, fun performances in some of the most challenging works ever written for mezzo. Since her earliest recordings and performances, Cecilia has brought to Rossini s incredible music not only an exemplary coloratura technique but also spirit and sassiness to so many of Rossini s leading roles. Cecilia tackles with acrobatic virtuosity the most challenging of Rossini s scores created expressly to highlight the almost super-human gifts of those singers who, for more than one reason, we might define as the supreme virtuosos, performing them with a combination of skill and passion, transcending the boundaries of the text. The range of works featured in this collection is irrefutable proof of Cecilia s Rossinian genius. The sheer quantity of his music she has recorded demonstrates her enduring interest in and commitment to the composer.


Disc 1 
ARIAS
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano
Arnold-Schönberg-Chor
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Volksopernorchester
Giuseppe Pantanè conducting
L'italiana in Algeri
1 Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! 04:59
2 Pronti abbiamo e ferri e mani … Amici in ogni evento m'affido a voi! … 
Pensa alla partia 09:45
La donna del lago
3 Mura felici, ove il mio ben s'aggira 10:12
Tancredi
4 Oh patria! - Di tanti palpiti 08:32
Otello
5 Assisa a piè d'un salice 09:16
Stabat Mater
6 Fac, ut portem 05:19
La pietra del paragone
7 Se I'Itale contrade - Se per voi, le care, io torno 08:47
La Cenerentola
8 Nacqui all'affanno... Non più mesta 07:51

Disc 2
19 SONGS • GIOVANNA D’ARCO CANTATA
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano
Charles Spencer piano
1 La pastorella ("Odia la pastorella") 02:50
2 Beltà crudele ("Amori sundae") 04:41
3 II trovatore ("Chi m'ascolta il canto usato") 02:21
La regata veneziana, Péchés de vieillesse, Vol.I: Album Italiano, Nos.8-10
4 Anzoleta avanti la regatta 03:30
5 Anzoleta co passa la regatta 02:32
6 Anzoleta dopo regatta 03:29
Settings of "Mi lagnerò tacendo"
7 in A major 01:20
8 in D major 01:47
9 "Sorzico" in G major 00:57
10 "Stabat Mater" in F major 00:53
11 in G major 00:58
12 Il risentimento in D minor/major 05:12
13 La Grande Coquette (Ariette Pompadour): No. 3 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. II: Album français 04:34
14 Ariette à l'ancienne: No. 11 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. III: Morceaux réservés 02:41
15 L'Orpheline du Tyrol (Ballade élégie): No. 11 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. II: Album français 04:40
16 La Légende de Marguerite 02:51
17 Nizza ("Nizza, je puis sans peine") 02:19
18 L'âme délaissée ("Mon bien-aimé") 04:07
19 Canzonetta spagnuola "En medio a mis colores" 02:55
20 Giovanna d'Arco: Cantata a voce sola con accompagnamento di piano 16:09

Disc 3
HEROINES
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice
Chorus Master: Ferruccio Lozer
Ion Marin conducting
Zelmira
1 Riedi al soglio 07:23
Le nozze di Teti, e di Peleo
2 Ah, non potrian resistere 08:31
Maometto II
3 Giusto ciel, in tal periglio 03:26
La donna del lago
4 Tanti affetti in tal momento 07:55
Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra
5 Quant'e grato all'alma mia 07:10
6 Fellon, la pena avrai 08:02
Maometto II
7 Ah! che invan su questo ciglio 07:05
Semiramide
8 Serena i vaghi rai - Bel raggio lusinghier 09:35

Discs 4 & 5
HIGHLIGHTS & RARITIES
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano
Daniela Barcelona mezzo-soprano
Rolando Villazón tenor
Bryn Terfel bass-baritone
1 Beltà crudele ("Amori scendete'') 04:44
2 Aragonese: No. 6, Péchés de viellesse, Vol. XI: Miscellanée de musique vocale 03:28
3 La passeggiata ("Or che di fiori adorno") 04:00
4 Boleto "Tirana alla spagnola (rossinizzata): No. 3 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. I: Album italiano 03:31
5 À ma belle mère ("Requiem eternam"): No. 4 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. XI: Miscellanée de musique vocale 02:57
6 Arietta "L'esule" ("Qui sempre ride il cielo"): No. 2 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. III: Morceaux réservés 04:13
7 La danza ("Già la luna  è in mezzo al mare"): No. 8 Les Soirées musicales 03:01
Settings of "Mi lagnerò tacendo"
8 in G major 01:44
9 Mi lagnerò tacendo "Il risentimento" in D minor/major 02:31
10 Mi lagnerò tacendo "Sorzico" in G major 01:19
11 Ballade élégie "L'Orpheline du Tyrol" ("Seule, une pauvre enfant sans parents"): No. 2 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. II: Album français 04:54
Zelmira
12 Riedi sl soglio 06:56
13 Canzonetta spagnuola "En medio a mis colores" 04:06

Disc 5
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano
Daniela Barcelona mezzo-soprano
Il barbiere di Siviglia
1 Una voce poco fa 05:37
2 Dunque io son... tu non m'inganni? 04:43
L'italiana in Algeri
3 Ai capricci della sorte 07:15
La Cenerentola
4 Naqui all'affanno - Non più mesta 07:09
Otello
5 Assisa a piè d'un salice - Deh, calma 11:23
6 Tirana pour deux voix ("Les amants de Séville"): 
No. 3 Péchés de viediesse, Vol.III: Morceaux réservés 04:28
Le nozze di Teti, e di Pelep
7 Chi mi reca le rose ed i gigli 04:34
8 Aria, Ah non potrian resistere 08:37
9 Giovanna d'Arco: Cantata a voce sola 14:56

Disc 6
STABAT MATER
  • Luba Orgonasova soprano I
  • Cecilia Bartoli soprano II
  • Raúl Giménez tenor
  • Roberto Scandiuzzi bass
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Myung-Whun Chung conducting
1 Introduzione: Stabat mater dolorosa 10:12
2 Aria: Cujus animam gementem 05:28
3 Duetto: Quis est homo 06:29
4 Aria: Pro peccatis suae gentis 04:18
5 Coro e Recitativo: Eja, mater, fons amoris 05:08
6 Quartetto: Sancta mater, istud agas 06:40
7 Cavatina: Fac, ut portem Christi mortem 04:28
8 Aria e Coro: Inflammatus et accensus 04:20
9 Quartetto: Quando corpus morietur 06:14
10 Finale: Amen. ln sempiterna saecula 05:56

Discs 7 - 9
Il barbiere di Siviglia
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Figaro - Leo Nucci
  • Il Conte Almaviva - William Matteuzzi
  • Rosina - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Dr. Bartolo - Enrico Fissore
  • Don Basilio - Paata Burchuladze
  • Berta - Gloria Banditelli
  • Fiorello - Michele Pertusi
Giuseppe Patanè, conductor
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna
STUDIO Recording : 1988

Discs 10 & 11
La cenerentola
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Cenerentola - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Clorinda - Fernanda Costa
  • Tisbe - Gloria Banditelli
  • Don Ramiro - William Matteuzzi
  • Dandini - Alessandro Corbelli
  • Don Magnifico - Enzo Dara
  • Alindoro - Michele Pertusi
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna
STUDIO Recording : 1992

Discs 12 & 13
Il turco in Italia
By
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Selim - Michele Pertusi
  • Donna Fiorilla - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Don Narciso - Ramón Vargas
  • Zaida - Laura Polverelli
  • Don Geronio - Alessandro Corbelli
  • Il poeta Prosdocimo - Roberto De Candia
  • Albazar - Francesco Piccoli
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
STUDIO Recording : 1997

Discs 14 & 15
La scala di seta
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Germano - Roberto Coviello
  • Giulia - Luciana Serra
  • Dorvil - William Matteuzzi
  • Blansac - Natale de Carolis
  • Lucilla - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Dormont - Oslavio Di Credico
Gabriele Ferro, conductor
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
LIVE Recording : 1988

Disc 16 (DVD 1)
La cenerentola
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Cenerentola - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Clorinda - Laura Knoop
  • Tisbe - Jill Grove
  • Don Ramiro - Raúl Giménez
  • Dandini - Alessandro Corbelli
  • Don Magnifico - Enzo Dara
  • Alindoro - Michele Pertusi
Bruno Campanella, conductor
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
LIVE Recording : 1995

Disc 17 (DVD 2)
Le Comte Ory
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Le Comte Ory - Javier Camarena
  • la Comtesse Adèle - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Isolier - Rebecca Olvera 
  • Ragonde - Liliana Nikiteanu 
  • le Gouverneur - Ugo Guagliardo 
  • Raimbaud - Oliver Widmer
  • Alice - Teresa Sedlmair
  • Gérard – Jan Rusko
  • Mainfroy – Patrick Vogel
  • Un paysan – Henry Bernard
Muhai Tang, conductor
Choeur et Orchestre La Scintilla de l’Opéra de Zurich
Mise en scène : Moshe Leiser et Patrice Caurier
LIVE Recording : December 2011

Disc 18 (DVD 3)
Otello
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Otello - John Osborn
  • Desdemona - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Jago - Edgardo Rocha
  • Rodrigo - Javier Camarena
  • Emilia - Liliana Nikiteanu
  • Elmiro - Peter Kálmán
  • Doge di Venuce - Nicola Pamio
Muhai Tang conductor
Zurich Opera Supplementary Chorus
Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera: 
Mise en scène : Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
Recording : 2012

Disc 19 (DVD 4)
Il barbiere di Siviglia
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Figaro - Gino Quilico
  • Il Conte Almaviva - David Kuebler
  • Rosina - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Dr. Bartolo - Carlos Feller
  • Don Basilio - Robert Lloyd
  • Berta - Edith Kertesz-Gabry
Gabriele Ferro, conductor
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Chor der Oper der Stadt Köln
LIVE Recording : 1988 performance at The Schwetzingen Festival

Disc 20 (DVD 5)
Il turco in Italia
by
Gioacchino Rossini
  • Selim - Ruggero Raimondi
  • Donna Fiorilla - Cecilia Bartoli
  • Don Narciso - Reinaldo Macias
  • Zaida - Judith Schmid
  • Don Geronio - Paolo Rumetz
  • Il poeta Prosdocimo - Oliver Widmer
  • Albazar - Valeri Tsarev
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Orchester der Opernhaus Zürich
Chor der Opernhaus Zürich
LIVE Recording : April or May 2002 performance Zürich Festival

Disc 21  (WITH DISC 3)
A Portrait of Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli in concert at the Savoy Hotel
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano • György Fischer piano
This video contains two films. The first is a biography of the mezzo soprano, Cecilia Bartoli. The second is a complete recital given by Bartoli in July 1991 at the Savoy Hotel with György Fischer piano, that includes music by Rossini, Mozart, Vivaldi and Pergolesi