For its Naxos début Ars Lyrica presents première recordings of two of Alessandro Scarlatti’s vocal works: Euridice dall’Inferno and La concettione della Beata Vergine. The Houston-based early music ensemble has gained praise for its “zestful music-making” (Houston Chronicle). Its period instrument performances reveal the brilliance and depth of Scarlatti’s expressive and highly theatrical music, which is enjoying renewed interest as the composer becomes increasingly recognised as the peer of Baroque masters such as Handel and Vivaldi. Supplementing these are two equally accomplished instrumental pieces.
Euridice dall'Inferno
1 Recitative: Del lagrimoso lido 00:56
2 Aria: Se d'Averno la fiamma m'accende 05:27
3 Recitative: Se la maga tua lira 01:19
4 Aria: Non mi tormentar più 02:32
5 Recitative: Io la morte incontrai 01:12
6 Aria: Mi consola la speranza 02:14
Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Minor
7 I. Largo 01:58
8 II. Allegro 01:42
9 III. Piano 02:39
10 IV. Presto 01:49
Toccata in A Major
11 I. [Allegro] 02:57
12 II. Giga 01:54
I dolori di Maria sempre vergine (La concettione della beata vergine)
13 Sinfonia 03:41
14 Recitative: Linquite maerorem (Alto) 00:35
15 Aria: Dum Mariae scintillat Lux (Alto) 01:49
16 Recitative: Sile, gratia (Bass) 00:27
17 Aria: Nam triumphi Jucundos honores (Bass) 01:57
18 Recitative: Tantum audes o serpens (Soprano) 00:26
19 Aria: Qualis noctis fugat bella (Soprano) 03:00
20 Recitative: Ex Auerni latebris (Tenor) 00:50
21 Aria: Fida comes sum (Tenor) - Duet: Eya ergo quid tardamus (Tenor, Bass) 01:48
22 Recitative: Silete jam silete (Alto) 00:25
23 Trio: O! Quantum erratis (Alto, Tenor, Bass) 00:38
24 Aria: Accepto furore (Alto) 01:48
25 Recitative: Aligeri exhibeant modo (Alto) 00:43
26 Aria: Nundum Sydera micabant (Alto) 02:30
27 Recitative: Ergo haeresis cedat (Tenor) 00:20
28 Aria: Coeli stellae si furores (Tenor) 02:05
29 Recitative: Quid tentas - Aria: Cede fuge superstitio (Soprano) 01:12
30 Recitative: Gaudete gentes (Alto) 00:25
31 Aria: Conceptam virginem (Alto) 02:46
32 Recitative: Sed quo haeresis pergis? (Alto, Bass) 00:35
33 Aria: Gratia vincis (Bass) 01:19
34 Recitative: Fremit serpens (Alto) 00:18
35 Chorus: Quae est hodie concepta (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) 01:23
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Euridice dall'Inferno
1 Recitative: Del lagrimoso lido 00:56
2 Aria: Se d'Averno la fiamma m'accende 05:27
3 Recitative: Se la maga tua lira 01:19
4 Aria: Non mi tormentar più 02:32
5 Recitative: Io la morte incontrai 01:12
6 Aria: Mi consola la speranza 02:14
Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Minor
7 I. Largo 01:58
8 II. Allegro 01:42
9 III. Piano 02:39
10 IV. Presto 01:49
Toccata in A Major
11 I. [Allegro] 02:57
12 II. Giga 01:54
I dolori di Maria sempre vergine (La concettione della beata vergine)
13 Sinfonia 03:41
14 Recitative: Linquite maerorem (Alto) 00:35
15 Aria: Dum Mariae scintillat Lux (Alto) 01:49
16 Recitative: Sile, gratia (Bass) 00:27
17 Aria: Nam triumphi Jucundos honores (Bass) 01:57
18 Recitative: Tantum audes o serpens (Soprano) 00:26
19 Aria: Qualis noctis fugat bella (Soprano) 03:00
20 Recitative: Ex Auerni latebris (Tenor) 00:50
21 Aria: Fida comes sum (Tenor) - Duet: Eya ergo quid tardamus (Tenor, Bass) 01:48
22 Recitative: Silete jam silete (Alto) 00:25
23 Trio: O! Quantum erratis (Alto, Tenor, Bass) 00:38
24 Aria: Accepto furore (Alto) 01:48
25 Recitative: Aligeri exhibeant modo (Alto) 00:43
26 Aria: Nundum Sydera micabant (Alto) 02:30
27 Recitative: Ergo haeresis cedat (Tenor) 00:20
28 Aria: Coeli stellae si furores (Tenor) 02:05
29 Recitative: Quid tentas - Aria: Cede fuge superstitio (Soprano) 01:12
30 Recitative: Gaudete gentes (Alto) 00:25
31 Aria: Conceptam virginem (Alto) 02:46
32 Recitative: Sed quo haeresis pergis? (Alto, Bass) 00:35
33 Aria: Gratia vincis (Bass) 01:19
34 Recitative: Fremit serpens (Alto) 00:18
35 Chorus: Quae est hodie concepta (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) 01:23
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