Gabriella

In this wonderful new recording, Baroque splendour, atmospheric and stylish elegance and cheerful Christmas melodies are put together for a festive Advent trumpet gala. Using masterful arrangements, the outstanding trumpeters Gernot Kahofer, Manuel Lichtenwöhrer and Leonhard Leeb are accompanied by organist Bernhard Macheiner and the drummer Thomas Mair. Recorded onto a surround SACD, this is guaranteed to make your Christmas an aural festive feast!

The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) is a comic opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini with a libretto (based on Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville) by Cesare Sterbini. The première (under the title Almaviva, or the Useless Precaution) took place on 20 February 1816, at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.