Ricchezza: Los Santos Ninos - COMPACT DISCS

Ricchezza: Los Santos Ninos - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Los Santos Ninos Artist: Ricchezza Label: Glossa Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8424562226104 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2018 03 23 Number of Discs: 1 The indefatigable Antonio Florio, along with his associates from Cappella Neapolitana, has succeeded, with a work by Donato Ricchezza, in unearthing another major rediscovery from the Neapolitan Baroque. The labors of Florio coupled with the ability to turn dry notes on a dusty manuscript

Title: Los Santos Ninos
Artist: Ricchezza
Label: Glossa
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8424562226104
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-03-23
Number of Discs: 1

The indefatigable Antonio Florio, along with his associates from Cappella Neapolitana, has succeeded, with a work by Donato Ricchezza, in unearthing another major rediscovery from the Neapolitan Baroque. The labors of Florio - coupled with the ability to turn dry notes on a dusty manuscript into a sumptuous audio feast - can be no better demonstrated than with this release on Glossa of Los Santos Ninos: "Oratorio di San Giusto e San Pastore", written by a composer who was a pupil of the great Francesco Provenzale. Very little else is known about Donato Ricchezza, apart from him bequeathing a quantity of scores to the Oratory of the Girolamini in Naples where he worked. The oratorio relates the story of the defense offered by the "holy children" - the brothers Giusto and Pastore, to be martyred in Spain during the Persecution of Diocletian in 303/4 - against the charge of being Christians, as leveled against them first by a soldier and then by the Roman governor Daciano. Marta Fumagalli (contralto), Federica Pagliuca (soprano), Luca Cervoni (tenor) and Giuseppe Naviglio (bass) vividly occupy these four vocal roles. Meager additional knowledge about Ricchezza says that he wrote eight other oratorios and, as a bonus, an aria from La gara degli elementi is included here, as are a pair of sinfonias by Ricchezza's contemporary Gaetano Veneziano.

Tracks:
1.1 Sinfonia
1.2 La Fiamma Bambina
1.3 All'armi, All'armi
1.4 Non Sia Chi Non Adori - Ben Vedrà la Destra Irata
1.5 Non Turbarti, O Mio Sire
1.6 Ma Ridotti Al Posto Atroce
1.7 Resta, O Mio Fido
1.8 Mostri Dell'erebo
1.9 A Strage E Ruina
1.10 Alla Scola D'amor
1.11 Insolenti Garzoni - Troppo Tenero
1.12 Qual'infamia - Sempre Il Tronco Adorerò
1.13 Dell'etade Il Fiore Invola
1.14 Che Pretendi Tiranno
1.15 L'intendo E'l Soffro
1.16 Dilatarci Al Sommo Bene
1.17 Ignoranti Che Sete - Ben Si Accordano Insieme
1.18 Che Lieto Aviso
1.19 Sinfonia
1.20 Fra Catene E Ritorte
1.21 Tiranno Pietoso
1.22 Io Non So Qual Magia - la Nativa Crudeltà
1.23 Quando, Deh Quando, Oh Dio
1.24 Sete Vicini
1.25 Sinfonia I
1.26 Ingannato Dagli Aspetti - Non Può Rigido Ferro
1.27 Non Sai Tu, Daciano
1.28 Qual Maestro V'insegnò
1.29 Che Tanta Dolcezza
1.30 Alme Di Scoglio
1.31 Morì Come Un Infame
1.32 Che Si Aspetta
1.33 Fra Poco Osservarete
1.34 Sinfonia II
1.35 Giusto Mio - O Pastore
1.36 Udite Impertinenza! - Sia Trionfo
1.37 O Fiamme Volanti
1.38 La Pietà Di Goccia Ardente

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