Soledad de la Rosa

Soledad de la Rosa, Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo – Marazzoli: Occhi belli, occhi neri (Cantate romane) (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:22 minutes | 890 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arcana

One of the most productive and versatile of Italian composers, Marco Marazzoli is remembered today principally for his part in the development of Roman opera. Or maybe not even that, seeing that his output is represented in current record catalogues by only a few scattered entries, amongst which the recording of La Fiera di Farfa by Vincent Dumestre (Alpha 172) is the most significant. And yet Marazzoli, who lived in the shadow of three great popes, is one of the most significant Roman composers of the mid-seventeenth century.

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