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Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

~ Alessandro Stradella (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (28 Jul 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Elatus
  • ASIN: B0000A1M7C
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 243,784 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful prizewinner back at reduced price, 13 Sep 2004
By Dr. Ciaran Taylor (Dublin) - See all my reviews
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This deserves to be much better-known, and not because of Stradella's scandalous life (he was murdered in 1682 by thugs because of being amorously involved with a nobleman's mistress who he was meant to be teaching). It is a brilliantly colourful and dramatic work, telling the lurid story of the death of John the Baptist in a series of deliciously tuneful arias, with a few ensembles. The Baptist is sung by a counter-tenor (Lesne) and has some meltingly beautiful arias.

This CD won a Gramophone award in 1993 most deservedly, and now that it's reissued on Elatus anyone who has any liking for Baroque music should have it: for pure pleasure!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Avant-garde early Baroque masterpiece, 3 April 2008
Alessandro Stradella (1644-82) is a mid 17th century Roman composer (born in the Province of Viterbo, Lazio) (north of Rome) of great inventiveness and beautiful melodic/counterpuntal writing. His voice lines often exchange motives with the bass line in a real expressive dialogue. His vocal style in this work expresses strong emotional feelings, perfect for the theme of this Roman oratorio on the beheading of St. John the Baptist, which is well sung by the French counter-tenor Gérard Lesne. The long melodic lines and chromaticism of this work are very advanced. The feeling is one of a cantata-like opera, where the music and poetry are on an intimate scale. The Aria Concerto Grosso "Sorde dive, ch'ai mortali" sung gloriously by Catherine Bott (soprano) as Salome, is a sublime masterpiece in minature, an example of florid style, presaging even the late 18th century Romantic coloratura arias of Donizetti, just to give an example of how advanced his writing is. This work is full of vitality and deep emotionalism. Purcell was influenced by it in his writing of the Fairy Queen.
In this budget re-issue the text is provided in English, French and German, but the sung Italian text is not included.
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