The lead-off
freebie this week from YourClassical is Domenico Cimarosa -
La Felicita Inaspettata: Overture.
The piece is all of 44 seconds long--that's it. In times like this, we need to remind ourselves that bigger is not always better.
In point of fact, the piece is very pretty.
As is true the great majority of the time, the piece is taken from a Naxos album. This time it is
Domenico Cimarosa - Overtures-5: Atene edificata - Componimento drammatico - La bella Greca - Il marito disperato. The entire album is performed by the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, and conducted by Patrick Gallois. Would you like to know more about the entire album? Naxos has
a dedicated webpage giving information on it. Unfortunately, Naxos, at least, does not have a dedicated webpage of reviews of this album.
Stream the
free piece at
this webpage. Likewise, you may download the
free piece from
the same webpage by clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link."
I don't know about you, but I enjoy it when the YourClassical freebies resume after their weekend hiatuses. I
think that tomorrow (Tuesday)
may be what I'm going to start calling Super Tuesday, when we get freebies from several different providers, all on the same day.