In Rome at the end of the 17th century the Italian secular solo cantata was all the rage and Alessandro Scarlatti was its king. While knowledgeable classical music buffs know of Scarlatti, his music is not widely known, and the man who stood at the top of the heap in Italian music when Johann Sebastian Bach, Handel, and Georg Philipp Telemann were all just getting started remains best known as being the father of Domenico Scarlatti. There have been numerous recordings of the elder Scarlatti's works, but when potential hits ...
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In Rome at the end of the 17th century the Italian secular solo cantata was all the rage and Alessandro Scarlatti was its king. While knowledgeable classical music buffs know of Scarlatti, his music is not widely known, and the man who stood at the top of the heap in Italian music when Johann Sebastian Bach, Handel, and Georg Philipp Telemann were all just getting started remains best known as being the father of Domenico Scarlatti. There have been numerous recordings of the elder Scarlatti's works, but when potential hits number in the hundreds and it's been hundreds of years since anyone has heard these pieces, it's hard to know what the hits might be. Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players and soprano Clara Rottsolk give it the old college try on the Chandos Chaconne release Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas and Chamber Music. They perform four cantatas that range chronologically from Bella dama di nome Santa, which dates to about 1700 or before, and the Pastoral cantata Non sò qual piú m'ingombra, which...
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