ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725): Il Dolore di Maria Vergine.
Catalogue Number: 12T014
Label: Brilliant Classics
Reference: 95534
Format: CD reissue
Price: $11.98
Description: A Lenten oratorio in the Italian tradition of sacred opera, this work from 1717 is widely held to be Scarlatti’s outstanding masterpiece in the genre. 2 CDs. Italian texts available online. Rosita Frisani, Anna Chierichetti (sopranos), Gianluca Belfiori Doro (alto), Maria Cecchetti (tenor), Alessandro Stradella Consort; Estévan Velardi. Original 2001 Bongiovanni release.