Scarlatti, A: Magnificat, etc.

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But most startling are the madrigals, recalling Monterverdi before he re-defined the genre in his Book V, and spiced by Gesualdo's harmonic quirks, Scarlatti leaps at every opportunity to write... — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th May 2007
Catalogue No: OP30350
Label: Naive
Length: 58 minutes

Scarlatti, A: Dixit Dominus

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Dixit Dominus

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Donec ponam

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Dominus a dextris tuis

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De torrente

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Gloria Patri

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Sicut erat in principio

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Scarlatti, A: Sdegno la fiamma estinse

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Scarlatti, A: Mori mi dici

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Scarlatti, A: O selce, o tigre, o ninfa

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Scarlatti, A: O Morte

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Scarlatti, A: Arsi Un Tempo

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Scarlatti, A: Magnificat

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Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Magnificat

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Et exultavit

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Quia respexit

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Fecit potentiam

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Deposuit potentes

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Esurientes implevit bonis

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Sicut locutus est

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Gloria Patri

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Sicut erat in principio

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Amen

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Proms 2007

But most startling are the madrigals, recalling Monterverdi before he re-defined the genre in his Book V, and spiced by Gesualdo's harmonic quirks, Scarlatti leaps at every opportunity to write descriptively - 'flame', 'laugh', 'ice', 'ashes' all invite vivid word-painting. The recording is occasionally overly close and assertive in a dry studio acoustic. Listening at a lower volume level than normal helped - and at their quietest, the ensemble is pure magic.

2010

For this setting of Dixit Dominus Alessandro Scarlatti harked back to the early 17th century (if not earlier) with some wilfully old-fashioned stile antico. Likewise, the Magnificat featured here is an exquisite polyphonic composition: it opens with long sustained contrapuntal lines, and closes with a flowing 'Amen'. All of the music featured here is simply scored for voices and continuo; choral passages are superbly sung by Concerto Italiano's five singers, and some intimate passages for solo voice accompanied only by theorbo ('Quia respexit humilitatem') require excellent coloratura. Scarlatti's genius as a word-painter and composer for voices is obvious in five superb madrigals.
The two sopranos are infrequently guilty of loose intonation but on the whole Concerto Italiano perform with a commendable juxtaposition of colour and restraint. The close-knit ensemble finely judges sweetly balanced suspensions during Sdegno la fiamma estinse. The glorious harmonic unfurling during the opening bars of O morte, agli altri fosca, a me serena is worth the price of the disc alone.

September 2007

All of the music featured here is simply scored for voices and continuo; choral passages are superbly sung by Concerto Italiano's give singers, and some intimate passages for solo voice accompanied only by theorbo ("Quia respexit humilitatem") require excellent coloratura. Scarlatti's genius as a word-painter and composer for voices is obvious in five superb madrigals.

Scarlatti, A: Magnificat, etc.

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