Raffaella Milanesi, Romabarocca Ensemble, Renato Criscuolo & Lorenzo Tozzi - Badia: Cantate per soprano e continuo (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 65:21 minutes | 627 MB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Tactus, Official Digital Download
Carlo Agostino Badia was one of the many Italian musicians making his fortune at the court of Vienna where he was hired as a composer in 1694. We have no news about his education, but the musical historiography is mentioning about his great compositional period lasting forty-four years at the service of the emperors Leopold i and Joseph i, in which he produced in large quantities cantatas, melodramas and oratorios greatly appreciated at the Austrian court. From his musical writing it is clear how he was a “ferryer” of that late Baroque (followed by Antonio Caldara who succeeded him at the Viennese court) anticipating the forms of the imminent galant style.