Ricciardo e Zoraide
Entrance: Cavatina
'Or di regnar...'
Cabaletta Duetto: Agorante & Ricciardo
'Donala a questo core'
Finale Primo
'Cessi omai' Quartetto
Armida
Duetto: Armida & Rinaldo
'Dovè son io?'
Terzetto: Rinaldo, Carlo & Ubaldo 'In quale aspetto imbelle'
& 'Unitevi a gara'
Mosè in Egitto
Quartetto
'Mi manca la voce'
Otello
Entrance: Otello
'Ah sì per voi'
Cavatina 'Amor dirada...' Cabaletta Finale Ultimo
Ugo Re d'Italia unfinished
Aria: Ugo - 'Vieni, o cara'
Gramophone'The present compilation begins with extensive extracts from Ricciardo e Zoraide, a second-rank music drama which contains a good deal of glorious and rarely performed music... The quality of the singing here is consistently fine, not least from Ford himself... The booklet has notes and track-by-track synopses... and (the disc) does offer an attractive introduction to serious Rossini.
Ugo re d'Italia, in case you are wondering, is the King's Theatre, London commission which Rossini never completed. The intention was to adapt Ermione, from which the aria sung here ultimately derives.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Bruce Ford is a serious Rossinian. His warm, robust tenor is equipped with a secure, ringing top as well as virile low notes, and he sings with generosity, clarity and finesse.'
The Sunday Times
Bruce Ford 'has cornered the market in this repertoire... as an introduction to the composer's serious operas... this is an appealing issue... Ford dazzles...'
Fanfare
'a must for Rossinians and tenor lovers... Ford's virile approach to Rossini is noteworthy for its accuracy and expressivity.'
