Rome-based Andrea De Carlo and his Ensemble Mare Nostrum inaugurate here a new series of recordings devoted to Rome’s vast and multifaceted musical heritage. This world premiere recording took place in Nepi, Viterbo province, where Alessandro Stradella was born. ‘La forza delle stelle’ offers an opportunity to sample some of the fruits of the collaboration between this exceptionally expressive Baroque composer and the Roman poet Sebastiano Baldini, under the patronage of the exiled Queen Christina of Sweden. Stradella biographer Carolyn Gianturco authored the booklet notes.