Carlo Lenzi & W.A. Mozart: Sacred Music in Lombardy 1770-80

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Release Date: 31st Mar 2017
Catalogue No: PC10364
Label: Pan Classics
Length: 66 minutes

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Carlo Lenzi: Suonate fatte per la fonzione del Venerdi S. to in Cadice

Work length5:47

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Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli

Sonata Terza

Track length5:47

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Carlo Lenzi: Lamentazione II per il Giovedì Santo

Work length14:05

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Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano)
Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli
Recorded: 13-15 January 2015
Recording Venue: Nuova Chiesa di S. Massimiliano Kolbe, quartiere di Loreto, Bergamo, Italy

I. Larghetto - Allegretto

Track length5:37

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II. Largo - Allegretto

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III. Largo - Andantino

Track length4:51

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Carlo Lenzi: Suonate fatte per la fonzione del Venerdi S. to in Cadice

Work length9:16

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Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli

Sonata Prima

Track length9:16

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Carlo Lenzi: Lamentazione I per il Venerdì Santo

Work length12:58

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Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano)
Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli
Recorded: 13-15 January 2015
Recording Venue: Nuova Chiesa di S. Massimiliano Kolbe, quartiere di Loreto, Bergamo, Italy

I. Largo - Andante - Allegro

Track length3:49

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II. Recitativo: Largo staccato - Allegro

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III. Andantino - Largo - Andantino

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IV. Allegro moderato - Allegretto

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Mozart: Church (Epistle) Sonata No. 11 in D major for organ & strings, K245

Work length4:53

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Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli

Mozart: Church (Epistle) Sonata No. 8 in A major for organ & strings, K225

Work length5:18

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Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli

Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165

Work length14:34

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Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano)
Ensemble della Basilica Autarena
Marcello Scandelli
Recorded: 13-15 January 2015
Recording Venue: Nuova Chiesa di S. Massimiliano Kolbe, quartiere di Loreto, Bergamo, Italy

I. Allegro

Track length4:29

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II. Recitativo: Andante

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III. Dolce

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IV. Alleluia

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Carlo Lenzi, born in 1735 near Bergamo, was educated in Naples, famous for its four conservatories. He worked for 40 years as maestro di cappella at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo. His permanent residence in that town was both a blessing and a curse to the composer: on the one hand he occupied a prestigious position, which was safe and stable, but on the other hand he was limited to a local audience, so that his works were largely confined to Bergamo, cut off from the most important international communication channels. We are presented with the opportunity to rediscover this treasure today: an extensive vocal and instrumental oeuvre, largely comparable with Mozart’s and Haydn’s works.

Out of Lenzi’s entire compositional ouput, his 34 'Lamentations for the Holy Week' particularly stand out. For this recording, the first lamentation for Good Friday in 1777 and the second lamentation for Maundy Thursday in 1780 were chosen. Both share a modern style, a pathetic-sentimental expression, as well as brilliant and intricately composed vocal parts. They manifest a personal inclination towards the galant style, which is characterised by a strong sense for the word and its setting.

Mozart composed the motet 'Exsultate, jubilate' KV165 in Milan in January 1773 for the soprano Venanzio Rauzzini. This motet is one of Mozart’s most remarkable spiritual works. Its outstanding design has the same characteristics as the compositions of Lenzi: a brilliant euphoria that would develop into a stylistic hallmark of Mozart’s works for Milan and for Salzburg.

The Italian soprano Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli is regarded as one the most promising singers of the younger generation. She works with conductors such as Alan Curtis, Christophe Rousset, Alessandro De Marchi, Fabio Biondi, Andrea Marcon, and George Petrou.

Carlo Lenzi & W.A. Mozart: Sacred Music in Lombardy 1770-80

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