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Oboi.alopera, Fantasias On Opera Themes For Oboe Triol
This Da Vinci Classics album opens a window into the aural world of nineteenth-century Italy and France. Italy, to a higher extent; and France to a lesser point, but still very significantly, were countries where opera ruled in the musical world. This album comprises fantasies and potpourris after some of the best loved operas of the Italian and French repertoire, in versions for oboe trio. It includes pieces on Gioachino Rossinis Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gaetano Donizettis Don Pasquale, Georges Bizets Carmen, Giuseppe Verdis Traviata, and Giacomo Puccinis Madama Butterfly. The arrangements and adaptations performed here showcase the full potential of the oboe Trio for suggesting both the expressive, singing tone of belcanto singing, and the colourful orchestration of the operatic orchestra.