FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Stradella - San Giovanni Crisostomo | Arcana A389

Stradella - San Giovanni Crisostomo

£13.88

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: Arcana

Cat No: A389

Barcode: 3760195733899

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 18th September 2015

Contents

Artists

Ensemble Mare Nostrum

Conductor

Andrea de Carlo

Works

Stradella, Alessandro

San Giovanni Crisostomo

Artists

Ensemble Mare Nostrum

Conductor

Andrea de Carlo

About

The reputation of 'San Giovanni Battista', by far Alessandro Stradella’s best-known and most recorded work, has so far overshadowed the rest of his surviving oratorio output, amounting to a total of six works. Unlike the most representative masterwork, San Giovanni Crisostomo, here released for the first time, was conceived for more intimate resources and yet perfectly expresses the modernity of the oratorio genre as it appeared in the second half of the 17th century. Sacred and moral themes are combined with political, social, and sometimes erotic ones, and the subject, libretto and music interact on multiple levels with surprising boldness and freedom.

Stradella masterfully presents the eternal conflict between lust for power and the vanity of life through a wide variety of expressive solutions and the refined dramatic and psychological characterization of the two protagonists, Saint John Chrysostom and Eudosia.

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here