Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores music by the prolific but unfortunate Domenico Cimarosa, who overcame poverty to establish an international opera career.
Donald Macleod explores music by the prolific but unfortunate Domenico Cimarosa, who lost his father to a building accident in childhood, and had to overcome poverty to establish an international opera career, ended by political wrangling which saw him go into hiding fearing for his life.
Cimarosa: Overture (L'impresario in angustie)
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Alessandro Amoretti (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570508 - Tr 12
Cimarosa: Deh, parlate (Il Sacrificio d'Abramo)
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI CDC5553962 - Tr 7
Cimarosa: Sequentia (Requiem)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Birgit Finnila (contralto)
Montreux Festival Chorus
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Vittorio Negri (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 489-2 - Tr 2
Traetta: Festa che termina lo spettacolo (Antigona)
Maria Bayo (Antigona)
Anna Maria Panzarella (Ismene)
Carlo Vincenzo Allemano (Creonte)
Laura Polverelli (Emmone)
Gilles Ragon (Adrasto)
Accentus Chamber Choir
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)
DECCA 460 205-2 CD2 - Trs 28 to end
Pergolesi: Salve regina in A minor
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)
DECCA 4661342 - Trs 18-21.
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