Mercadante / Czech Chamber Soloists / Brno Don Chisciotte CD

A contemporary of Rossini and Donizetti, Saverio Mercadante was one of Italy's most productive 19th century operatic composers. Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio was written during the composer's stay in Spain, and is based on a chapter of Cervante's Don Quixote in which the hero prevents the forced marriage of a poor farm girl to the wealthy Camacho. Magnificently entertaining and dramatically innovative, Don Chisciotte combines fashionable Neapolitan style with Spanish folk music elements in an unforgettable melodrama giocoso. It is heard on this recording in it's first modern performance. Antonino Fogliani's many conducting engagements have taken him to leading international opera houses and concert halls. For Rossini in Wildbad he has directed Ciro in Babilonia, L'occasione fa il ladro, Mose in Egitto, La scala di seta, Il signor Bruschino and Otello, as well as Vaccaj's La sposa di Messina.

1. Sinfonia: Allegro Moderato 2. Per Le Nozze Di Gamaccio 3. Basta, Basta VI Ringrazio 4. Caro Il Mio Ruccio, Povero Ciuccio 5. Corpo Di Cento, Mille Molini a Vento 6. Tutto S'allegra Intorno 7. Che Far Dovro - Chi Veggo Chi E Mai Costui 8. Giura Crudel Che Mia Per Sempre 9. Oh Caro Il Mio Gamaccio - Di Poche Ore Ho Preceduto 10. Viva, Viva, Don Chisciotte - Cielo, Che Miro 11. Perdon Ti Chiedo, O Donna 12. In Bando Cavalier, Le Tristi Idee 13. Hai Veduto Cosa E Stato 14. Tutto Tentar Sapro - Dove Trovar Potrassi Uno Scudier Piu Fino 15. Ah Parla, Scudiero Infame 16. Entri Signor - Eppur Da Quel - Io Sfido - Ecco Lo Trovo Alfin 17. Cavalier, Deh M'ascoltate 18. Viva I Sposi 19. Quanto Imponi la Sacra Legge