Episode 4
Donald Macleod explores some of the music that would have been heard at the comedy theatre that the king had ordered built in the 1770s.
Donald Macleod explores some of the music that would have been heard at the new theatre dedicated to comedy that the king had ordered built in the 1770s. He discovers that the royal grip had not fully loosened when it came to the rulebook for audiences at the new venue.
Paisiello: Overture (Don Chisciotte)
Orchestra Filarmonica Italiania di Piacenza
Valentino Metti (conductor)
DYNAMIC CDS366/1-2 CD1 - Tr 1
Paisiello: Don Chisciotte (Act 2, excerpt)
Don Chisciotte ...... Sergio Rocchi (tenor)
Sancio Panza ...... Maurizio Leoni (baritone)
La Contessa ...... Paola Quagliata (soprano)
Soloists
Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana di Piacenza
Valentino Metti (conductor)
DYNAMIC CDS366/1-2 CD2 - Trs 15-16
Fiorenza: Sinfonia in F minore a due violini e basso
Dolce e Tempesta
Stefano Demicheli (director)
FUGA FUG526 Trs 7-10
Porpora: Notturni per I Defunti (No 2)
Monica Piccinini (soprano)
Romina Basso (alto)
La Stagione Armonica
Dolce e Tempesta
Stefano Demicheli (director)
FUGA FUG526 - Trs 11-16
Cimarosa: Armida Immaginaria (end of Act 3)
Soloists
Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari
Orchestra del Teatro Bellini
Eric Hull (conductor).
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- Thu 18 Dec 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 18 Dec 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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