The eleven excerpts at Schweizer Fonogramm give a good idea of the general 'feel' of this large-scale opera which, had it been performed in the late 1850s, would surely have sounded very modern in the age of Meyerbeerian grand opera, rivalling even early Wagner.
I must give Cornelius' Der Cid (1865) another listen, for comparison purposes.
I must give Cornelius' Der Cid (1865) another listen, for comparison purposes.