This three-disc box combines several recordings by the Concerto Italiano and leader Rinaldo Alessandrini, dating back to 1998; the result is a complete set of Monteverdi's madrigals of Book Eight. The word "madrigal" was fast losing its meaning by this late stage in Monteverdi's career, and the works contained here are of various kinds. One can ...
Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater for 10 voices is a curious mix of throwback and one-of-a-kind creation entirely unlike anything else in his output. It has none of the proto-Classical language of his keyboard sonatas and seems to have been written as some kind of demonstration of the continuing relevance of the old polyphonic choral styles. And ...
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