City of London Sinfonietta, Álvaro Cassuto - Marcos Portugal: Le donne cambiate (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:09:09 | 338 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Marco Polo | Catalog: 225154
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:09:09 | 338 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Marco Polo | Catalog: 225154
Talk about forgotten composers! Marcos Portugal (1762-1830) composed some 50 operas, all of which have disappeared. This present one was premiered in 1797 in Venice but the version recorded is one that was reassembled for Lisbon in 1804. Shorn of what I can only assume were the quasi-endless recitatives that were in style at that time in farces, what we get is 69 minutes of delightful music that makes you want to hear more of this Portuguese composer. Rossini might've been pleased with the plot about two women, one a Countess and the other a peddler, who have their identities switched by a playful magician/pilgrim and who wind up better for it (and their husbands) when all is set right.