Composer of the Week - The Neapolitan Golden Age - Episode 4

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).