SCARLATTI: Vespro Della Beata Vergine - de Larrinoa; van Delft; Nederlands Kammerchor

The Nederlands Kamerkoor marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of Alessandro Scarlatti with the world premiere recording of Vespro della beata Vergine. This work by Scarlatti brings together a series of pieces that are now scattered in various libraries in Europe. An exact dating of each of the pieces is very difficult to perform. It is the use of a cantus firmus that is common to all these works for five voices, making these pieces a homogeneous whole that seems circumscribed in time. That they could once have belonged to a complete cycle of evening psalms is a hypothesis that must unfortunately remain in the realm of speculation.

1. Dixit Dominus (Psaume109) | Alessandro Scarlatti

2. Laudate pueri Dominum (Psaume 112) | Alessandro Scarlatti

3. Laetatus sum (Psaume 121) | Alessandro Scarlatti

4. Nisi Dominus redificaverit (Psaume 126) | Alessandro Scarlatti

5. Lauda Jerusalem Dominum (Psaume 147) | Alessandro Scarlatti

6. Ave Maris Stella (Hymne) | Alessandro Scarlatti

7. Magnificat animea Dominum (Cantique) | Alessandro Scarlatti