Olha Fomichova * Dmytro Bortniansky: Creonte [New CD] Turntable Ah Si Mon Moina

Ah Si Mon Moina

verismo instances and the orchestral habits of the time

"We don't do the typical psychedelic rock platitudes

released on CD

Sanders is accompanied by William Henderson on piano

Olha Fomichova * Dmytro Bortniansky: Creonte [New CD] Turntable Ah Si Mon MoinaIn 1776, during a spell in Italy early in his career, the Ukrainian composer Dmytro Bortniansky (1751 1825) wrote Creonte, an opera seria based on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone and poised, like early Mozart, on the cusp between Baroque and Classical styles. Although a success in it's day, Creonte then vanished for 250 years, until it was discovered by chance in a Portuguese library. It may have been hidden there because it's tale of love versus power