Lorenzo Tozzi, Rombarocca Ensemble – Rossi: Cantata in onore di S. Antonio da Padova & Lectio quarta (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:16:10 minutes | 818 MB | Genre: Classical
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Girolamo Rossi, an 18th century Neapolitan of whose life and work very little is known, was certainly a Neapolitan Chapelmaster at the Oratory of the SS. Crocefisso dei Cavalieri. With its Latin text, (St. Augustine’s commentary on Psalm 63), the Lectio IV is for Good Friday and has such late baroque, galant or preclassical features which are intended to facilitate both enjoyment of the music and communication of the religious message concerning the dual nature of Christ as son of God and of Man. The scoring of the Lectio IV for psaltery and harpsichord, (rather than organ as was common), is in keeping with the custom of performing sacred music for holy week in Latin in the homes of the Neapolitan aristocracy. In the Cantata in onore di S. Antonio the main characters are allegories – Merit (soprano) and Glory (contralto) – who sing the saint’s praises. The tone of the Cantata is in keeping with the relaxed sincerity of popular worship – the Child is called Jesus, never Christ as in oratorios or other more solemn genres. By an unknown author, the text exalts the virtues of St. Anthony and invites the faithful to honor him as a hero whose actions were marked by clarity and openness.
Tracklist:
1. Rombarocca Ensemble – No. 1, Sinfonia. Allegro (03:26)
2. Rombarocca Ensemble – No. 2, Sinfonia. Largo e amoroso (01:46)
3. Rombarocca Ensemble – No. 3, Sinfonia. Balletto spiritoso (02:06)
4. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 4, Suvvia in trionfo (01:54)
5. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 5, Con echi festosi (07:09)
6. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 6, Quanto dicesti è vero (00:59)
7. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 7, Con cento e mille voci (05:45)
8. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 8, Sì, già m’è noto appieno (01:32)
9. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 9, Caro, Gesù adorato (00:49)
10. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 10, Anima pura e bella (07:59)
11. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 11, Alma diletta (00:39)
12. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 12, Sol voi d’ira fremete (00:42)
13. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 13, Frema, ma d’empio orrore (07:31)
14. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 14, Quante grazie, quai doni (00:28)
15. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 15, Dunque che più s’aspetta (01:08)
16. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 16, Su via a’ piedi suoi (00:49)
17. Lucia Casagrande Raffi – No. 17, D’ogni fedele il core (09:54)
18. Rombarocca Ensemble – No. 1, Introduzione (01:20)
19. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 2, Ex tractatu Sancti Augustini (02:19)
20. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 3, Protexisti me Deus (05:16)
21. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 4, Multi martyres (03:00)
22. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 5, Protectus est (04:10)
23. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 6, Filius Dei (01:25)
24. Elisabetta Pallucchi – No. 7, Parum ergo (03:51)
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