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Music For A While
Monday May 6th, 2024 with David Cavlovic
May is Opera-Shorts Month

Completely mute roles in Italian Opera Buffa are more common than one thinks. It's also a hilarious concept when you stop to think about it.
Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
Pierrette Alarie, soprano; Léopold Simoneau, tenor; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Lee Schaenen, conductor - French & Italian Arias and Duets. Léopold Simoneau/Pierrette Alarie - Deutsche Grammophon Canadian
Act I duet: “Cara, non dubitar”
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona
Uberto: Petteri Salomaa, bass; Serpina: Jeanne Marie Bima, soprano; Musica Poetica Freiburg; Hans Ludwig Hirsch, conductor - Pergolesi. La Serva Padrona. Salomaa. Bima. Hans Ludwig Hirsch - Arts authentic
Jesús Guiridi: Diez melodías vascas (1940)
Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa; Jesús Angel Gómez Martínez, conductor - Sounds of the Basque Country. Basque National Orchestra - Claves Records
I. Narrativa
II. Amorosa
III. Religiosa
IV. Epitalámica
V. De Ronda
VI. Amorosa
VII. De Ronda
VIII. Danza
IX. Elegíaca
X. Festiva
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