Les Talens Lyriques - Lully: Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Venus - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

G. Bottesini - Romanz Drammatica / Introduzione E Gavotta [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/26/2000

Imagine the scorched sand, cardboard cowboys, and flooded sets of a never-made Italian spaghetti western, Wild Bird takes Coral fans to the clapperboard on a new story playing out all the way to the of the band's 11th studio album, Sea Of Mirrors. Following acclaimed album, Coral Island, the band felt inspired to create material Sea Of Mirrors' vivid concept is a blueprint for The Coral to move beyond all expectations once again.

Born in 1749, Cimarosa was one of Europe's leading composers at the end of the 18th century. It was during his most productive period that he produced his Olimpiade, a grand opera seria transformed into a sumptuous bel canto drama. In it, Cimarosa brings heroism to the athletes competing in the Games in Olympia, the winner of which will marry Princess Aristea the seemingly inextricable plot allows the composer to write some of the most extraordinary arias based on Metastasio's libretto. Christophe Rousset, champion of the Italian repertoire of the end of the 18th century, leads a dazzling cast in this hurricane of bel canto!