A. Scarlatti: Alto Cantatas

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Release Date: 19th May 2014
Catalogue No: 94440
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 66 minutes

Scarlatti, A: Flute Concerto in C Minor

Work length8:42

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Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

I. Moderato

Track length2:19

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II. Fugue

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III. Largo

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IV. Andante

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V. Andante

Track length0:39

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Scarlatti, A: Perchè tacete, regolati concenti?

Work length21:39

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Gabriella Martellacci
Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

I. Sinfonia

Track length5:44

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II. Recitative

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III. Aria

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IV. Recitative

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V. Ritornello and Aria

Track length2:45

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VI. Recitative

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VII. Aria

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VIII. Recitative

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IX. Aria

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Scarlatti, A: Sonata a 4 in G Minor

Work length5:59

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Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length2:24

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II. Grave

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III. Vivace

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Scarlatti, A: Filli che esprime la sua fede a Fileno, "Filen, mio caro bene"

Work length13:33

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Gabriella Martellacci
Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

Introduction

Track length2:35

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Recitative. Filen, mio caro bene

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Aria. Chiedi pur ai monti

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Recitativo. Ma se prova bastante

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Aria. Che ti sembra, son fedele

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Scarlatti, A: Sonata à 4 No. 4 in D minor

Work length5:34

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Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

I. Allegro

Track length2:05

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II. Grave

Track length1:38

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III. Allegro

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IV. Minuet

Track length0:53

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Scarlatti, A: Flute Concerto in A Minor

Work length6:35

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Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

I. Allegro

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II. Largo

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III. Fuga

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Scarlatti, A: Concerto for Flute, 2 Violins and Bass Continuo in A Minor

Work length2:40

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Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

IV. Largo

Track length2:40

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Scarlatti, A: Flute Concerto in A Minor

Work length2:01

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Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso

V. Allegro

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The author of around 800 cantatas, Alessandro Scarlatti was the most prolific composer of this particular chamber genre during the Baroque period. In this engaging release we are introduced to two examples, both ‘with instruments’ and written for solo contralto, the voice type to which the Sicilian dedicated a mere 10 per cent of his cantata output. Perchè tacete, regolati concenti is the first, a work that corresponds to the typically 17th century themes of unrequited or unhappy love, with both the character and the music expressing the feeling of grief that underpins the text.

The prose is actually quite weak in comparison to the quality of the music, and it may be that Scarlatti wrote it himself: he was, after all, described in the wording of his admission to the Arcadia as a ‘professor or poetry’. It is in any case an early composition; the second cantata, Filen, mio caro bene, we know was written later, on account of its style as well as Arcadian subject matter (which by then was in vogue: the work is set in a natural context).

Complementing these works are a couple of concertos and sonatas by the composer, each set in a minor key. An all‐Italian cast are at hand to perform the programme, with alto Gabriella Martellacci – who has appeared as a guest performer with such prestigious orchestras as the Royal Concertgebouw and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – taking the lead in the cantatas.

A. Scarlatti: Alto Cantatas

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