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The Thieving Magpie is best known for the overture, which is musically notable for its use of snare drums. This memorable section in Rossini's overture evokes the image of the opera's main subject: a devilishly clever, thieving magpie. Rossini wrote quickly, and La gazza ladra was no exception. A 19th-century biography quotes him as saying that ...
The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) is a double live album by the British neo-prog band Marillion.It was named after the introductory piece of classical music the band used before coming on stage during the Clutching at Straws tour 1987–1988, the overture to Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which translates as "The Thieving Magpie".
The second soundtrack album contains a synthesiser version of Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" (The Thieving Magpie); the film contains an orchestral version. In 1998, a digitally-remastered album edition, with tracks of the synthesiser music was released.
La gazza ladra, an 1817 opera by Rossini; La gazza ladra, 1934 short by Corrado D'Errico; La gazza ladra (animated film) , 1964 Italian animated film about a "real" thieving magpie with soundtrack based on Rossini's opera; Thieving Magpie , 1848 novel by Alexander Herzen about a production of the French play in a Russian serf theatre; Thieving ...
"La Gazza Ladra" ("The Thieving Magpie", Abridged) (Gioachino Rossini) 5:50: Not actually commissioned for the movie, but inspired by the movie's use of the orchestral version. "Theme from A Clockwork Orange (Beethoviana)" 1:44: The title theme reset in the style of Beethoven and played using flute-like tones. "Ninth Symphony: Second Movement" 4:52
The Rossini Bicentennial Birthday Gala is a live album of operatic and sacred music by Gioachino Rossini, performed by Rockwell Blake, Craig Estep, Maria Fortuna, Thomas Hampson, George Hogan, Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Mimi Lerner, Chris Merritt, Jan Opalach, Samuel Ramey, Henry Runey, Frederica von Stade, Deborah Voigt, the Concert Chorale of New York and the Orchestra of St. Luke's ...
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The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music).