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• Celebrating both Rossini150 & Cecilia Bartoli’s 30 years on Decca
• The first boxed set from the most successful classical artist of the present day in collaboration with Fondazione Rossini
• 15-CD + 6-DVD limited edition set collecting the complete recorded repertoire from Rossini’s oeuvre of the most lustrous Rossinian primissima donna
• Includes a previously unreleased recording of Salvatore Sciarrino’s orchestration of Giovanna d’Arco cantata with Riccardo Chailly, rediscovered in the Decca archives
• 216pp hardcover book (English/French/German/Italian) includes:
1. New tributes by friend and Rossini expert, Sergio Ragni, on Cecilia and the music of Rossini; and by Ilaria Narici, Director of the Fondazione Rossini, on the legacy of Rossini and Cecilia’s contribution to performance practice
2. New musicological essays from the Fondazione Rossini Critical Edition scholars on the arias, cantatas and songs included in the edition plus essays/synopses on each opera by leading experts such as Philip Gossett (deceased)
3. Facsimiles of original manuscripts, authenticated images provided by the Fondazione Rossini archives plus photos from the Decca archives
• Full synopses & sung texts made available online
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