Daniele Ferrari, Symphonica Ensemble - Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Sacred Cantatas Vol. 4 (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 309 Mb | Total time: 58:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.570253 | Recorded: 2005
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 309 Mb | Total time: 58:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.570253 | Recorded: 2005
Sammartini had a long and active musical career, working as maestro di cappella or organist in as many as ten different churches, yet surprisingly few of his sacred compositions survive. In the sacred cantata Gerusalemme sconoscente ingrata, set to a text from another of his cantatas, La perfidia giudaica nella SS. Passione di Gesù Cristo, vocal texture is dominated by a typically Italianate melodiousness and virtuosity, while the orchestral writing is full of daring harmonies, sparkling themes, and an inexhaustible wealth of ideas.