Quintetto a Plettro Giuseppe Anedda

Quintetto a Plettro “Giuseppe Anedda” – Cimarosa: Overtures Arranged for Mandolin Ensemble (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:03 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics

New, fun-filled arrangements, with historical authenticity on their side, of bright and breezy curtain-raisers by a once-celebrated contemporary of Mozart.

In a career not much longer than Mozart’s, Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) wrote an astonishing total of 64 works for the stage – as well as substantial collections of symphonies, concertos and sonatas – which were performed across the length and breath of Europe, from Lisbon to St Petersburg. No less than Haydn, Cimarosa had the gift of melodic fluency and an unerring feeling for what his audiences wanted. Haydn himself conducted performances of 13 Cimarosa operas at Esterháza.
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Quintetto a Plettro Giuseppe Anedda – Rossini: Overtures arranged for Mandolin Quintet (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:02:15 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics

New recordings presenting a fun and unique perspective on the riotous, effervescent, surreal world of Rossini. Rossini was one of the most popular and successful composers of the beginning of the 19th century. His operas were performed all over Europe, and the overtures enjoyed immense success as concert pieces. He usually penned them down the day before the premiere, to the exasperation of the concert managers and the musicians.
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