"This disc festures two vocal works by the Italian composer Giovanni Ferrandini (1709-1791). Ferrandini largely disappeared from music history following his return to Padua from Germany in the early 1750's, where he'd had some success as an opera composer. The cantata “Il Pianto di Maria Vergine” was for many years erroneously credited to Handel before a manuscript discovery proved otherwise. This work is credited with having a splended diversity of expression."