Luigi Rossi - Oratorio per la Settimana Santa
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Label: Etcetera
Cat No: KTC1586
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 13th April 2017
Contents
Works
Sonata decimaquinta a 4 (libro 2)Toccata
Toccata
Oratorio per la Settimana Santa
Orfeo
Artists
cantoLXEnsemble de La Chapelle Saint-Marc
Conductor
Frank AgsteribbeWorks
Sonata decimaquinta a 4 (libro 2)Toccata
Toccata
Oratorio per la Settimana Santa
Orfeo
Artists
cantoLXEnsemble de La Chapelle Saint-Marc
Conductor
Frank AgsteribbeAbout
The Oratorio per la Settimana Santa is an oratorio volgare, meaning that the libretto is not in Latin but in Italian, and it is the earliest example of an oratorio based on the Passion of Christ. Its treatment of the Passion narrative is quite unusual, as it distances itself from the canonical gospels, adding characters like the Demons that seem to come straight out of an opera.
Luigi Rossi (Torremaggiore 1597-Rome 1653) was the pupil of the Flemish composer Giovanni de Macque, himself famous for his madrigals. From 1633 Rossi was the organist of S. Luigi dei Francesi and worked for Cardinal Antonio Barberini, writing operas, cantatas and oratorios. After the death of Urban VIII in 1644, he was invited to Paris by Cardinal Mazarin, where his opera Orfeo (1647) was a great success. His music was widely known and his style imitated throughout Europe.
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