Tanti affetti in tal momento (from La donna del lago)

Assisa a' piè d'un salice (from Otello)

Deh calma, o ciel, nel sonno (from Otello)

La Cenerentola: Overture - Temporale (Thunderstorm music)

Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola)

Nizza

Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)

L'âme délaissée

Giovanna d'Arco

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Temporale (Thunderstorm music)

Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Contro un cor (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Canzonetta spagnuola

Karine Deshayes is one of the greatest Rossini singers on the international opera stage. In this first solo album, featuring excerpts from some of his most beautiful works, she traces the different stages in Rossini's life. She is accompanied by Raphaël Merlin (cellist of the Ébène Quartet) at the head of Les Forces Majeures, a collective bringing together musicians from prestigious chamber ensembles and top-flight orchestras.

“Deshayes and conductor Raphaël Merlin have put together an intelligent recital showcasing Rossini’s melodic gift as well as show-stopping acrobatics…she plays an affecting Desdemona, a feisty Rosina and a fiery Semiramide…[she] is supported by the lively Les Forces Majeures – sinewy, robust playing that is a joy” Grammophone