Episode 3
Donald Macleod focuses on a keyboard concerto dedicated to one of Paisiello's most prestigious pupils and the opera which became his biggest hit.
Paisiello didn't compose a great deal of instrumental music during his lifetime, but whilst in St Petersburg, he wrote a selection of keyboard music dedicated to two of his most prestigious pupils. Donald Macleod introduces the gracious Harpsichord Concerto in C major and the opera which was destined to become Paisiello's biggest hit, 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Il barbiere di siviglia – Act I No.3: Aria – 'Scorsi gia molti paesi'
Performer: István Gáti (Figaro) Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra Performer: Ádám Fischer
- ASV CDDCA873.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto no.1 in C
Performer: Maria Teresa Garatti (harpsichord) Performer: I Musici
- Philips 454 476-2.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Il barbiere di siviglia
Performer: Act III: from aria ‘Giá riede primavera’ to end of act Performer: Kristina Laki (Rosina) Performer: Dénes Gulyás (Count Almaviva) Performer: József Gregor (Bartolo) Performer: István Gáti (Figaro) Performer: Sándor Sólyom-Nagy (Don Basilio) Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra Conductor: Ádám Fischer
- ASV CDDCA873.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Il barbiere di siviglia – Act I No.3: Aria – 'Scorsi gia molti paesi'
Performer: István Gáti (Figaro) Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra Performer: Ádám Fischer
- ASV CDDCA873.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto no.1 in C
Performer: Maria Teresa Garatti (harpsichord) Performer: I Musici
- Philips 454 476-2.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Il barbiere di siviglia
Performer: Act III: from aria ‘Giá riede primavera’ to end of act Performer: Kristina Laki (Rosina) Performer: Dénes Gulyás (Count Almaviva) Performer: József Gregor (Bartolo) Performer: István Gáti (Figaro) Performer: Sándor Sólyom-Nagy (Don Basilio) Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra Conductor: Ádám Fischer
- ASV CDDCA873.
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