FRANCESCO GASPARINI (1668-1727): Io che dal terzo ciel (Venere e Adone), ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725): Questo silenzio ombroso (Il Sonno), GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759): Amarilli vezzosa (Il duello amoroso), HWV 82, Rondo in G (attr.), Sonata in G (alt. version of HWV 5579), ANTONIO CALDARA (1670-1736): Trio Sonata in E Minor, Op. 1/5.
Catalogue Number: 03P024
Label: Avie
Reference: AV2296
Format: CD
Price: $15.98
Description: Handel's well-known cantata is joined by Gasparini's equally large-scale (25 min.) one of 1716 which also contains two sparring lovers and which was performed, like Handel's, at a meeting of the Roman Arcadian Academy. Italian-English texts. Anna Dennis (soprano), Andrew Radley (countertenor), Sounds Baroque; Julian Perkins.