Rossini: Instrumental Music

"The opening moments of this disc leave no doubt that it?s going to be enormous fun, and from a virtuoso orchestra with a superb conductor. Surely the opening flourish of the Overture to The Silken Ladder has never been delivered with such precision and panache. Can Rossini have imagined any of this music would receive such impeccable performances?"

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BBC Music Magazine
February 2009