TOWER RECORDS DEFINITION SERIES TDSA347
Digipak packaging with a serial-number sticker. Serial numbers are assigned at random and cannot be selected.
Includes a 92-page booklet with new liner notes in Japanese, libretto with Japanese translation, and artist photographs. Original cover artwork is used.
Condition: New (Pre-order)
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Track Listing:
Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Complete Opera
Disc 1 (71:27)
1. Overture and Act I (first part)
Disc 2 (69:59)
2. Act I (conclusion) and Act II
Cast:
Rosina: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Count Almaviva: Luigi Alva (tenor)
Figaro: Sesto Bruscantini (baritone)
Bartolo: Carlo Cava (bass)
Basilio: Ian Wallace (baritone)
Berta: Laura Sarti (mezzo-soprano)
Fiorello: Duncan Robertson (tenor)
Ambrogio: Harold Williams (bass)
Officer: John Rhys-Evans (baritone)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Chorus Master: Myer Fredman
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Vittorio Gui
Recorded: September 4-7 and 9-11, 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, UK (stereo)
Producers: Victor Olof and Ronald Kinloch Anderson
Balance Engineer: Christopher Parker
Original recordings: Warner Classics (formerly EMI)
First SACD release of this recording. Newly remastered in 2026 from the original analog master tapes transferred at 192kHz/24-bit, with separate mastering for the SACD and CD layers.