La Cenerentola Overture

The Introduction opens with a menacing phrase in the low strings and bassoons, answered by clarinets. The quick main part begins with the first subject; a transition leads to a long second subject and a codetta. There is no development: the first subject returns directly and the sequence repeats, with the transition, the second subject and the codetta. Listen for the two long crescendos, where one phrase repeats louder and louder.

1. 0:06Introduction
2. Exposition: 1st Subject