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Naxos Classical Spotlight explores the world of classical music. Along the way host Raymond Bisha shares the stories about the music, and the musicians who make it.  Raymond has been involved in classical music as a professional French Horn player, broadcaster, opera tour manager, concert organizer and since 2005 as a podcaster for Naxos.

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  2. Overtures by Domenico Cimarosa

Dec 16, 2016

Domenico Cimarosa was one of the last great exponents of the Neapolitan School of opera. In his time, he was one of the best known and most performed composers pre-Rossini. His operas were widely performed across Europe, and Cimarosa himself was transported to Russia following his appointment to the court of Catherine the Great. Living from 1749 to 1801, however, his significance and a deserved place in posterity were inevitably challenged by the towering figures of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Raymond Bisha presents Vol. 5 in the Naxos series of Cimarosa’s overtures to his operas and cantatas, bringing the composer once more front-of-stage.