Scarlatti / Choeur De Chambre De Namur: Alessandro Scarlatti: Passio secundum Johannem - COMPACT DISCS

Scarlatti / Choeur De Chambre De Namur: Alessandro Scarlatti: Passio secundum Johannem - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Alessandro Scarlatti: Passio secundum Johannem

Artist:

Scarlatti / Choeur De Chambre De Namur

Label:

Ricercar

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5400439003781

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2017-03-24

Number of Discs:

1

Alessandro Scarlatti's St John Passion was the first Passion setting written in seventeenth-century Italy. Scarlatti treats the role of the Evangelist (composed in the mezzo-soprano register) in highly unusual fashion, giving his narrative numerous emotional passages. The Voice of Christ (bass) is invariably haloed by a string accompaniment. The version presented by Leonardo García Alarcón inserts meditations assigned to the chorus; these are taken from Scarlatti's Responsories for Holy Week, polyphonic settings that reveal a little-known genre practiced by this composer.

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