Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 7

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 12, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CIMAROSA, DOMENICO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    • PERFORMER
      Halasz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 12, 2020
    • UPC
      747313410378
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574103
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Judith: Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    2. Il convito (The Banquet): Overture (1782 Florence version)

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    3. Amor rende sagace (Love Leads to Wisdom): Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    4. San Filippo Neri che risuscita Paolo Massimi (St. Philip Neri Raises Paolo Massimo from the Dead): Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    5. Il trionfo della fede (The Triumph of Faith): Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    6. Il capriccio drammatico (The Theatrical Whim): Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    7. Il martirio (The Martyrdom): Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    8. Absalom: Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    9. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    10. Andante

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    11. Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    12. Il padre alla moda (The Fashionable Father): Overture

      Composer: Domenico Cimarosa

      Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

      Conductor: Michael Halász


Domenico Cimarosa was a prolific composer of church and instrumental music, but his reputation rests principally on his operas. During the second half of the 18th century, and until the arrival of Rossini, he was the most successful and performed operatic composer in Europe, and one of the last exponents of the Neapolitan School. His bracing and vivacious overtures in this final volume include the hugely popular Il convito ('The Banquet'), a triumph in Venice and Florence, as well as some examples of his expressively moving overtures for oratorios. Michael Halász's first engagement as a conductor was at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich, where, between 1972 and 1975, he directed all operetta productions. Many engagements as a guest conductor followed and in 1977 Dohnányi took him to the Staatsoper Hamburg as principal Kapellmeister. From 1978 to 1991 he was GMD (general music director) of the Hagen Opera House and in 1991 he took up the post of resident conductor at the Wiener Staatsoper for 20 years. Michael Halász's recordings for Naxos include ballets by Tchaikovsky, operatic excerpts of Wagner, symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert and Mahler, Rossini's overtures, three volumes of Liszt's symphonic poems, Fidelio, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, and a pioneering recording of Schreker's opera Der ferne Klang.