Gioacchino Rossini: spartiti medio

This iconic theme from Gioacchino Rossini's final opera of the same name is one of the world's best known melodies. The notoriously brisk tempo (half note = 132) demands that every player does their p...

This well-known overture to Rossini's opera has been a long-time favorite in King's Singers concerts. From the subdued opening theme in the strings to the rousing full-orchestra close, this instrument...

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...

Italian only, with an introductory plot synopsis in English.

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) referred to his Petite Messe Solennelle as the 'last moral sin of my old age'. Written in 1863 for the Countess Louise Pillet-Will and first performed on 14th March 1864...

Although based on music from Rossini's opera, this piano solo is influenced by other Romantic composers: Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and most of all Franz Liszt, whose transcriptions of songs and o...