Composer of the Week - The Neapolitan Golden Age - Episode 5

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.