Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 7
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halasz
Cimarosa’s overtures (he wrote more than 80 operas) blend a refined classical style with Rossini-esque ebullience. It’s interesting music, but not entirely riveting.
Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 7
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halasz
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Cimarosa’s overtures (he wrote more than 80 operas) blend a refined classical style with Rossini-esque ebullience. It’s interesting music, but not entirely riveting.
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Domenico Cimarosa was a prolific composer of church and instrumental music, but his reputation rests principally on his operas. During the second half of the 18th century, and until the arrival of Rossini, he was the most successful and performed operatic composer in Europe, and one of the last exponents of the Neapolitan School. His bracing and vivacious overtures in this final volume include the hugely popular Il convito (The Banquet), a triumph in Venice and Florence, as well as some examples of his expressively moving overtures for oratorios.
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November 2020
Cimarosa’s overtures (he wrote more than 80 operas) blend a refined classical style with Rossini-esque ebullience. It’s interesting music, but not entirely riveting.
