zelmira 2xcd album box sli Surf Loneliness (Engl

Loneliness (Engl

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creating something that works both on the dancefloor and radio

This 2007 recording features cellist Anner Bylsma with Concerto Amsterdam and violinist Jaap Schröder

carry emotional weight beyond genre posturing

zelmira 2xcd album box sli Surf Loneliness (EnglRossini's Zelmira is one of his last operas, and this 1990 Erato recording captures it with a stellar cast including soprano Cecilia Gasdia and tenor Chris Merritt. Conducted by Claudio Scimone with I Solisti Veneti, the performance brings clarity and elegance to Rossini's complex score. Zelmira is a work of considerable dramatic ambitionfull of Rossini's characteristic melodic invention but with darker, more serious undertones than some of his