Stradella: Amanti olà. Olà! Alessandro Stradella Consort and Estevan Velardi make their debut on Chandos with these premiere recordings of two great cantatas by the Italian baroque composer Allesandro Stradella.
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Conductor Estevan Velardi elicits superb dramatic playing from his orchestra.
Opera News
His [Stradella’s] scoring is inspired, with unlikely combinations of movements (sinfonia, a cappella madrigal, arioso recitative), fluid, unpredictable shifts between concrtino and concerto grosso, and tender melodies underpinned by a plangent continuo that conjoin to overpower poetry with music. The consort responds with verve, contrasting percussive attacato with soothing cantabile, while continuo realisations always enhance the dramatic movement.
BBC Music Magazine
Beautiful
J Rebollo
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