Adriana Fernandez, Marcello Di Lisa, Concerto de' Cavalieri - Alessandro Scarlatti: L'Olimpia, L'Arianna, Su le sponde del Tebro (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 386 Mb | Total time: 48:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | 777 748-2 | Recorded: 2009
Marcello Di Lisa presents three cantate con stromenti that explore the anguish of abandoned lovers; his erudite booklet-note discusses the literary tradition behind the stories of the shepherd Aminta (a stock Arcadian character with roots in Hellenistic poetry), Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on Naxos, and the forsaken Olimpia (heroine of cantos 9-11 of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso), and also provides a penetrating commentary on the musical content of Scarlatti’s cantatas.