popular music: Cimarosa - L'impresario in Augustie / Romero · Zanardi · Zarrelli · Codeluppi

popular music: Cimarosa - L'impresario in Augustie / Romero · Zanardi · Zarrelli · Codeluppi · Diana Bertini · Paola ... | Domenico Cimarosa, Fabio Maestri, ... ...

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	• Cimarosa - L'impresario in Augustie / Romero · Zanardi · Zarrelli · Codeluppi · Diana Bertini · Paola ... Domenico Cimarosa, Fabio Maestri, ... Bongiovanni, 2001 average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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There would be no Rossini without Cimarosa

A one-act farce based on the inflated personalities of stock opera talent from the 18th century, this piece is Cimarosa during his prime. In this production, his sense of melody and counterpoint has evolved beyond Paisiello and other Neapolitan composers of the time, pointing directly towards the future (specifically Rossini) in its effortlessness and beauty.

While it seems that most of the attention the booklet essay pays to goes towards the central quartetto, I found the truly astonishing portion of this opera resided in it's aria's. They've basically laid the groundwork for Rossini's traditional two-movement aria format (slow to moderate 1st; stretta finale) just bursting with melodic gems.

The ensembles (an introduzione, a mid-act quartetto, and two duetto's) are very well done and are also quite advanced in approach, construction, and wit, especially the mid-act quartetto. It is in these numbers that Cimarosa's comic sense makes it's presence known with spectacular effect as the various characters quarrel on stage as only vain 18th century performers could.

The recording itself was done by BonGiovanni. Their offers are usually hit-and-miss type affairs with this one being a bit of a miss. The performers are adequate if a bit sub-par at points but pull it off well enough. The orchestration and direction is reasonable although it doesn't quite do the liveliness of Cimarosa's opera's justice because it tends to linger in mid-range tempi. Cimarosa only comes to life with contrasting movements and up-tempo drama and humor.

There are some minor distortions that are picked up and the orchestra, at certain points during some of the aria's does over-power the performers but since Cimarosa's opera's are so hard to find I would grab this one up if you consider yourself a true fan of 18th century Neapolitan opera.

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