Stradella: Cantate per Il Ss: mo Natale (The 2 Christmas Cantatas) & Sonata di Viole [Import]

Lavinia Bertotti (Artist), Barbara Zanichelli (Artist), Emmanuel Galli (Artist), Alessandro Stradella (Composer), Enrico Gatti (Conductor), Orchestra Barocca di Milano (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Orchestra Barocca di Milano
• Conductor: Enrico Gatti
• Composer: Alessandro Stradella
• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Arcana Records
• ASIN: B00000JPEG
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stradella's Most Famous Cantatas, February 1, 2005

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This review is from: Stradella: Cantate per Il Ss: mo Natale (The 2 Christmas Cantatas) & Sonata di Viole (Audio CD)

Enrico Gatti directs the Orchestra Barocca della Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano, a period-instrument orchestra, in a performance of the two Christmas cantatas by Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682).

Stradella's canata output was large with 174 surviving. They were mostly secular, but the most famous are his two sacred Christmas cantatas.

The vocal soloists on this recording:

Lavinia Bertotti, Barbara Zanichelli, Emanuela Galli (sopranos)
Roberto Balconi (alto)
Maurizio Sciuto (tenor)
Carlo Lepore (bass)

The works on this recording:

1. Sonata di Viole
2. Cantata "Si apra al riso"
3. Cantata "Ah! Troppo e ver"