RARE VINTAGE CLASSICAL SYMPHONIC OVERTURES COMPOSED BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI Biography by David Brensilver Gioachino Rossini's parents were both working musicians. His father played the horn and taught at the prestigious Accademia Filharmonica in Bologna, and his mother, although not formally trained, was a soprano. Rossini was taught and encouraged at home until he eventually enrolled at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna. After graduation from that institution, the young musician was commissioned by the Venetian Teatro San Moise to compose La cambiale di matrimonio, a comedy in one act. In 1812, Rossini wrote La pietra del paragone, for La Scala theater in Milan and was already, at the tender age of 20, Italy's most prominent composer. FIVE OVERTURES Le siege de Corinthe Otello Maometto II Semiramide L'italiana in Algeri performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra directed by CLAUDIO SCIMONE Biography by Joseph Stevenson Claudio Scimone is one of the international leaders of the chamber music and early music movements. He studied with Dimitri Mitropoulos and Franco Ferrara, and also studied early music and interpretation. In 1959, he formed the chamber orchestra I Solisti Veneti in Padua and has remained associated with it ever since. It quickly achieved a reputation for excellence, and in 1975, Scimone took the orchestra for its first appearance at the annual Salzburg Festival in Austria, only to be invited back every year since. He has also led the orchestra on several world tours, appearing in 60 countries. Although the orchestra specializes in early music, Scimone has also been instrumental in commissioning works by Cristobal Halffter, Franco Donatoni, Marius Constant, and Sylvanno Bussotti, among others. THE MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY STEREO MHS 4466 SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, LP IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

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