Torri / Musica Antiqua Koln: Vanita Del Mondo

Torri / Musica Antiqua Koln: Vanita Del Mondo - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Vanita Del Mondo

Artist:

Torri / Musica Antiqua Koln

Label:

Musique en Wallonie

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5425008318905

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2018-11-16

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

2 PACK

First performed at the Brussels court during Lent 1706, this second oratorio by Pietro Torri is the oldest to have been given in the capital of the former Spanish Netherlands, and for which a score survives. Sung by the leading artists of the time - the very same who went on to participate in the first performances of the early Handel operas - it played a decisive role in the dissemination of Roman oratorio in northern Europe. Torri, who had a lifelong attachment to the court of the Electors of Bavaria, left behind the most substantial corpus of oratorios - both in French and in Italian - before Handel, whom La Vanità del mondo anticipates by the beauty of it's arias and it's dramatic power. This recording was performed at Festival International de Musiques Sacrées in Fribourg (Switzerland, 1988) by the prestigious ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln, conducted by Reinhard Goebel, and brilliant soloists.

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