Composer(s): Mercadante, Saverio
Lyricist(s): Ferrero, Stefano
Conductor(s): Fogliani, Antonino
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.660312-13
Barcode: 730099031271
Release Date: 07/2012

MERCADANTE, S.: Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio (Guagliardo, Colaianni, Catrani, Mirabelli, Ever, Mastrototaro, Fogliani)

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 melodramma giocoso. It is heard on this recording in its first modern performance.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Mercadante, Saverio
Ferrero, Stefano - Lyricist
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
1Sinfonia: Allegro moderato09:17
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
2Scene 1: Introduzione: Per le nozze di Gamaccio (Chorus, Sancio)03:15
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
3Scene 2: Cavatina: Basta, basta vi ringrazio (Sancio, Chorus)02:56
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
4Scene 2: Stretta: Caro il mio Ruccio, povero ciuccio (Sancio, Chorus)02:26
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
5Scene 3: Recitativo: Corpo di cento, mille molini a vento (Sancio)00:58
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
6Scene 4: Cavatina: Tutto s'allegra intorno (Chiteria)08:38
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
7Scene 4: Recitativo: Che far dovro? (Chiteria) - Scene 5: Scena: Chi veggo? Chi e mai costui? (Chiteria, Basilio)01:58
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
8Scene 5: Duetto: Giura crudel che mia per sempre (Chiteria, Basilio)10:44
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
9Scene 6: Recitativo: Oh caro il mio Gamaccio (Bernardo, Gamaccio, Chiteria, Don Diego, Cristina) - Scene 8: Recitativo: Di poche ore ho preceduto (Don Diego, Cristina, Chorus)02:43
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
10Scene 8: Coro e cavatina: Viva, viva, Don Chisciotte (Chorus, Don Chisciotte, Sancio, Cristina) - Scene 9: Recitativo: Cielo, che miro? (Don Chisciotte)03:57
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
11Scene 9: Cavatina: Perdon ti chiedo, o donna (Don Chisciotte, Chorus, Cristina, Don Diego, Sancio)07:00
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
12Scene 10: Recitativo: In bando cavalier, le tristi idee (Don Diego, Sancio, Don Chisciotte, Cristina)01:51
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
13Scene 11: Coro ed aria: Hai veduto? Cosa e stato? (Chorus, Gamaccio)07:00
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Scene 12: Recitativo: Tutto tentar sapro (Basilio) - Scene 13: Recitativo: Dove trovar potrassi uno scudier più fino? (Sancio, Don Chisciotte)01:40
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
2Scene 13: Duetto: Ah parla, scudiero infame (Don Chisciotte, Sancio)08:17
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
3Scene 14: Recitativo: Entri signor (Cristina, Gamaccio, Sancio) - Scene 15: Eppur da quel (Don Diego) - Scene 16: Io sfido (Sancio) - Scene 17: Ecco lo trovo alfin (Don Diego, Sancio, Basilio)03:28
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
4Scene 17: Duetto: Cavalier, deh m'ascoltate (Basilio, Sancio)09:36
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
5Final scene: Coro e finale: Viva i sposi (Chorus, Gamaccio, Bernardo, Don Chisciotte, Sancio, Basilio, Chiteria, Cristina, Don Diego)06:03
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
6Final scene: Quanto imponi la sacra legge (Basilio, Gamaccio, Don Chisciotte, Chiteria, Cristina, Don Diego, Bernardo, Sancio, Chorus)10:14
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:42:01