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Gioachino Rossini

Péchés de vieillesse

Péchés de vieillesse ("Sins of Old Age") is a collection of 150 vocal, chamber and solo piano pieces by composer Gioachino Rossini, who was best known for his operas. The pieces are grouped into

Arrangements#

In 1918, Ottorino Respighi orchestrated a number of the piano pieces for the ballet La Boutique fantasque. In 1925, he arranged some more piano pieces, from Vol. XII (Quelques riens), as the orchestral suite Rossiniana. Benjamin Britten also used some of Rossini’s themes in his orchestrally arranged suites “Soirées musicales”, Op. 9, (1936) and “Matinées musicales”, Op. 24 (1941).

Recordings#

From 2008 to 2018 Naxos Records released 11 albums with Péchés de vieillesse played by pianist Alessandro Marangoni.

References#

  • List and text of the songs on the website of the German Rossini Society
  • Houghton Library, Harvard University: 35 Péchés in scribal manuscript
Composer
Gioachino Rossini