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Gassmann - Opera Overtures

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570421

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st September 2009

Contents

Works

Gassmann
La notte critica (The Critical Night)

Gassmann
Gli uccellatori (The Birdcatchers)

Gassmann
Filosofia ed amore (Philosophy and Love)

Gassmann
La casa di campagna (The Country House)

Gassmann
La contessina (The Young Countess)

Gassmann
Il viaggiatore ridicolo (The Ridiculous Traveller)

Gassmann
Il filosofo innamorato (The Philosopher in Love)

Gassmann
L’amore artigiano (Love in the Workplace)

Gassmann
Un pazzo ne fa cento (One Madman Makes Many)

Gassmann
Le pescatrici (The Fisherwomen)

Artists

Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Sylvia Alimena

Works

Gassmann
La notte critica (The Critical Night)

Gassmann
Gli uccellatori (The Birdcatchers)

Gassmann
Filosofia ed amore (Philosophy and Love)

Gassmann
La casa di campagna (The Country House)

Gassmann
La contessina (The Young Countess)

Gassmann
Il viaggiatore ridicolo (The Ridiculous Traveller)

Gassmann
Il filosofo innamorato (The Philosopher in Love)

Gassmann
L’amore artigiano (Love in the Workplace)

Gassmann
Un pazzo ne fa cento (One Madman Makes Many)

Gassmann
Le pescatrici (The Fisherwomen)

Artists

Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Sylvia Alimena

About

If the career of the Bohemian composer Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774) had not been cut cruelly short by his death as a result of a fall from a carriage, his name might be a good deal better known today for he was an accomplished composer of attractive, well-wrought operas that occupy an important place in the history of Venetian and Viennese 18th-century opera.

This recording features a selection of Gassmann’s overtures, including those for three of his most popular operas, Il viaggiatore ridicolo (The Ridiculous Traveller), L’amore artigiano (Love in the Workplace) and La contessina (The Young Countess).

Following the fast-slow-fast pattern typical of the mid-eighteenth century opera, these works are noteworthy for their bright, cheerful themes, lovely lyrical writing and sensitive orchestration.

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