The intermezzi recorded on this CD are, in the main, musical interludes found in the great Italian operatic repertoire of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The items on this CD range from the very well known from La Traviata, to the sparkling items from Wolf-Ferrari and the richly-romantic intermezzos from the great Verismo composers of Leoncavallo, Puccini, Giordano and Cilea. Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic are in their element in this repertoire and, in combination with the fantastic Chandos sound, have produced an excellent CD.