GIROLAMO ROSSI (18th cen.): Cantata in onore di S. Antonio da Padova for 2 Voices and Violins, Lectio Quarta for Voice and Continuo.

Description: Rossi is an 18th century Neapolitan of whose life and work very little is known. The main characters of his cantata are allegories - Merit and Glory – who sing the saint’s praises in a tone in keeping with the relaxed sincerity of popular worship. Italian-English texts. Lucia Casagrande Raffi (soprano), Elisabetta Pallucchi (contralto), Romabarroca Ensemble; Lorenzo Tozzi.