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Alessandro Scarlatti: Passio Secundum

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Composer
SCARLATTI ALESSANDRO
Artist
Choeur De Chambre De Namur, Millenium, Alarcon
Format
CD
Label
Ricercar
Released
Mar 24, 2017
Catalog #
RIC378
UPC
5400439003781

About

Alessandro Scarlatti's St John Passion was the first Passion setting written in seventeenth-century Italy. Scarlatti treats the role of the Evangelist (composed in the mezzo-soprano register) in highly unusual fashion, giving his narrative numerous emotional passages. The Voice of Christ (bass) is invariably haloed by a string accompaniment. The version presented by Leonardo García Alarcón inserts meditations assigned to the chorus; these are taken from Scarlatti's Responsories for Holy Week, polyphonic settings that reveal a little-known genre practiced by this composer.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Plange quasi virgo 02:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Plange quasi virgo
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  2. 2 Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi (Testo) 02:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi (Testo)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Giuseppina Bridelli
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  3. 3 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Plange quasi virgo 01:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Plange quasi virgo
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  4. 4 Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: In illo tempore egressus est (Testo, Christus, Turba) 06:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: In illo tempore egressus est (Testo, Christus, Turba)
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Giuseppina Bridelli, Salvo Vitale
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  5. 5 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Ecce vidimus eum 04:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Ecce vidimus eum
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  6. 6 Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Sequebatur autem Jesum Simon Petrus (Testo, Ancilla, Petrus, Judaeus, Christus, Turba) 05:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Sequebatur autem Jesum Simon Petrus (Testo, Ancilla, Petrus, Judaeus, Christus, Turba)
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Giuseppina Bridelli, Caroline Weynants, Pierre Derhet, Maxime Melnik, Salvo Vitale
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  7. 7 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Omnes amici mei 01:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Omnes amici mei
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  8. 8 Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Adducunt ergo Jesum a Caipha (Testo, Pilatus, Turba, Christus) 15:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Adducunt ergo Jesum a Caipha (Testo, Pilatus, Turba, Christus)
    Duration
    15:28
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Giuseppina Bridelli, Guillaume Houcke, Salvo Vitale
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  9. 9 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Vinea mea electa 02:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Vinea mea electa
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  10. 10 Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Hunc ergo titulum multi Judaeorum (Testo, Turba, Pilatus, Christus) 07:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Hunc ergo titulum multi Judaeorum (Testo, Turba, Pilatus, Christus)
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Giuseppina Bridelli, Guillaume Houcke, Salvo Vitale
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  11. 11 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: O vos omnes 02:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: O vos omnes
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  12. 12 Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Judaei ergo, quoniam parasceve erat (Testo) 04:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem: Judaei ergo, quoniam parasceve erat (Testo)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Giuseppina Bridelli
    Ensemble
    Millenium Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón
  13. 13 Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Aestimatus sum 02:14
    Track
    13
    Title
    Responsori per la Settimana Santa: Aestimatus sum
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Ensemble
    Chœur de Chambre de Namur
    Conductor
    Leonardo García Alarcón