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Rossini: William Tell (first complete recording of the original version in Fraench) / Gabriel Bacquier, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Kolos Kovacs, Mady Mespie, Gwynne Howell, Jocelyne Taillon / EMI Records 5x LP 1973 Stereo
SLS 970
William Tell is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play William Tell, which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend. The opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly 40 more years. Fabio Luisi said that Rossini planned for William Tell to be his last opera even as he composed it. The often-performed overture in four sections features a depiction of a storm and a vivacious finale, the "March of the Swiss Soldiers".
Label: EMI Records – SLS 970
Series: Angel Series
Format: 5 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Box Set
Country: UK
Released: 1973
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera
Tracklist:
| A1 | Overture | |
| A2 | Act I (Part I) | |
| B | Act I (Part 2) | |
| C | Act I ( Part 3) | |
| D1 | Act I (Conclusion) | |
| D2 |
Act II (Part 1) | |
| E | Act II (Part 2) | |
| F1 | Act II (Conclusion) | |
| F2 | Act III (Part 1) | |
| G1 | Act III (Part 2) | |
| G2 | Act III (Conclusion) | |
| H | Act IV (Part 1) | |
| I | Act IV (Conclusion) |
- Baritone Vocals [A Huntsman] – Leslie Fyson
- Baritone Vocals [Guillaume Tell] – Gabriel Bacquier
- Baritone Vocals [Leuthold] – Nicolas Christou
- Bass Vocals [Gesler] – Louis Hendrikx
- Bass Vocals [Melcthal] – Gwynne Howell
- Bass Vocals [Walter Furst] – Kolos Kováts
- Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
- Chorus Master – John McCarthy
- Composed By – Gioacchino Rossini
- Conductor – Lamberto Gardelli
- Libretto By – Hippolyte Bis, Victor-Joseph Étienne De Jouy
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Hedwige] – Jocelyne Taillon
- Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Producer – Ronald Kinloch Anderson
- Soprano Vocals [Jemmy] – Mady Mesplé
- Soprano Vocals [Mathilde] – Montserrat Caballé
- Tenor Vocals [Arnold Melcthal] – Nicolai Gedda
- Tenor Vocals [Rodolphe] – Ricardo Cassinelli
- Tenor Vocals [Ruodi] – Charles Burles
