Ryo Terakado, Orchestra Barocca Italiana - Francesco Geminiani: The Inchanted Forrest / La Foresta Incantata (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 48:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Stradivarius | # STR 33630 | Recorded: 1994
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 48:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Stradivarius | # STR 33630 | Recorded: 1994
While program music is more strongly associated with the Romantic Era in music than any other era, It was by no means new with that era. This 1754 composition by one of the most popular composers of pieces in concerto grosso form is a set telling a popular tale of the First Crusade, based on Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata. This tale of chivalry, bravery, and romance has been made into countless operas and ballets over the years. Although it was published in 1754 as a purely instrumental work, it had been staged the year before in Paris, as a ballet-pantomime.