Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801) was a prolific composer of church and instrumental music, but his reputation rests principally on his operas. During the second half of the 18th century, and until the arrival of Rossini, he was the most successful and performed operatic composer in Europe, and one of the last exponents of the Neapolitan School. The Naxos collection of Cimarosa’s bracing and vivacious overtures includes the hugely popular ‘Il matrimonio segreto’ and ‘Il convito’, as well as some exa