Markéta Čepická, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Dario Salvi – Auber: Overtures, Vol. 2 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:13 minutes | 1,98 GB | Genre: Classical
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The second volume in this series continues to explore little-known examples of Auber’s elegant and refined operatic music. Julie was his first stage work, its fantasia-like beauty foreshadowing the operas, opéras-comiques and lyric dramas to come. Striking melodies and haunting episodes abound in these overtures and entr’actes, and there is restrained yet fragrant Iberian colour in the overture to Léocadie. The Violin Concerto is lightly scored and gentle, with a tarantella-like finale full of folk vitality.
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