Giulio Cesare Overture

[perpieta]

@elias1216 Great music--thanks! Also love the pics of Rains and Leigh from the Caesar &Cleopatra movie. :)

[ongny]

Thanks, I wish I had been there!

[hillevifan]

This is the perfect tempo for the overture! Love it! and the chorus afterwards is great- who was the rest of the cast???

[elias12186]

Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) : Giulio Cesare

Sandrine Piau (soprano) : Cleopatra

Kristina Hammarstrom (contralto) : Cornelia

Malena Ernmann (mezzo) : Sesto

Christophe Dumaux (countertenor) : Tolomeo

Nicolas Rivenq (bass barytone) : Achilla

Andrew Radley (countertenor) : Nirenus

Andrew Davis (bass barytone) : Curio

[peres010492]

@elias12186 Kristina Hammarstrom as Cornelia is a waste of powerful and fast coloratura. We know now that she is a wonderful Cesare!

[compeld2sing]

I personally prefer it slightly slower and more majestic, but then, chaque un a son gout.

I still think it's a 5 star.