Antonio Salieri was an incredible composer whose genius was only partially recognized in his time and has become hidden in our own. The Slovak Orchestra evokes his fiery music with passion, showing the delicacy of the music as well as the full orchestral thunder. Experience the genius of a Maestro who is steadily remerging (i.e. Cecilia Bartoli, Slovak Orchestra, etc.) in his own light as the genius he truly is.

The Slovak Radio Orchsetra does what it can for this collection of overtures by Mozart's chief rival, Salieri, but the pieces all sound like Mozart without the genius. This is "classical era" clockwork--dramatic gestures, "noble" fanfares, much Sturm and Drang, but little really good music. To think Salieri was considered a giant in his era? Alas for Mozart!