This is not the first recording of Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio Il Martirio di Santa Teodosia; a zippier version was made by I Barocchisti and Diego Fasolis on the CPO label some years back, but there's much to recommend this version by Les Accents and their leader, Thibault Noally, nicely recorded at a Protestant church in Paris. The fact is that this is something of a neglected masterpiece, an oratorio with many operatic traits, and a highly listenable and dramatic piece of musical storytelling, and it is susceptible ...
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This is not the first recording of Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio Il Martirio di Santa Teodosia; a zippier version was made by I Barocchisti and Diego Fasolis on the CPO label some years back, but there's much to recommend this version by Les Accents and their leader, Thibault Noally, nicely recorded at a Protestant church in Paris. The fact is that this is something of a neglected masterpiece, an oratorio with many operatic traits, and a highly listenable and dramatic piece of musical storytelling, and it is susceptible to multiple readings. The story is from the annals of the early Christian church, and Scarlatti appears to be the only composer to have treated it musically (the librettist is unknown). The titular Teodosia of the early fourth century is arrested and ordered executed by the Roman governor, Urbanus. Thrown into the sea several times, she emerges whole and is finally decapitated. Meanwhile, Urbanus' son Arsenio falls head over heels in love with Teodosia, who is determined to accept...
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