DOMENICO CIMAROSA (1749-1801): Atene Edificata (Lindita Hisku, Novella Bassano, Alessia De Amicis [sopranos]), Coro dei Guerrieri (De Amicis, Maria Rosaria De Rossi [sopranos], Simone Ponziani [tenor]).

Description: These two works are from Cimarosa's period in Russia, the 66 minute cantata (1788) about the founding of Athens an allegory of flattery for Catherine the Great's St. Petersburg and the nine-minute chorus (1790) possibly meant for a collaborative opera. An overture and two choruses bracket six recitative-aria pairs and one duet in Cimarosa's best, mature Classical Italian opera style. Italian-English texts. Schola Cantorum San Sisto, Alio Tempore Ensemble; Francesco Quattrocchi.