Donizetti: Overture - Les Martyrs/Poliuto

Originally composed as 'Poliuto,' Donizetti re-wrote his grand opera for Paris as 'Les Martyrs,' after it was banned in Naples. I had the pleasure of recording this French version of the opera back in 2014 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara, with a section of 4 French bassoons, all playing similar Buffets to the one in this video. You can hear the original recording, (highly recommended!), by clicking on the link:    • Les Martyrs, Act 1: Overture   Bassoonists were: Howard Dann, Sally Jackson, Rebecca Hammond, Antoine Pecqueur.