SALIERI

 

Les Danaïdes

 

Performer Montserrat Caballé - soprano

Jean-Philippe Lafont - baritone

Maria Trabucco - mezzo

Christer Bladin - tenor

Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI/ Gianluigi Gelmetti

 

If today no one questions the greatness of Mozart, the most famous composer in Europe at the end of the 18th century was probably Antonio Salieri. For many years court composer of the Austrian Emperor, Salieri wrote an enormous amount of music, some of the best of which remains that composed for the theatre. Les Danaïdes was premièred at Paris's Opéra on 26th April 1784 and met with a triumphant success. The present recording, qualitatively very high also from a technical point of view, dates from 1983 and features an extraordinary Montserrat Caballé in great vocal form. Gianluigi Gelmetti conducts the renowned RAI Orchestra.

 

Dynamic 2cds CDS489