All’amore immenso: Celestial & Wordly Love from the Two Marys | Glossa GCD923532

All’amore immenso: Celestial & Wordly Love from the Two Marys

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Label: Glossa

Cat No: GCD923532

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th May 2022

Contents

Artists

Jose Maria Lo Monaco (mezzo-soprano)
Divino Sospiro

Conductor

Massimo Mazzeo

Works

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista

La Maddalena a'piedi di Cristo
» Voglio piangere
La conversione di Maddalena
» Fugge il tempo
» In tepidi fiumi

Caldara, Antonio

Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (oratorio)
» In lagrime stemprato

Leo, Leonardo

Salve Regina in C minor

Porpora, Nicola

Il trionfo della Divina Giustizia
» Sinfonia

Scarlatti, Alessandro

Il giardino di rose
» Mentr'io godo in dolce oblio
» Staro nel mio boschetto
Salve Regina in C minor

Scarlatti, Domenico

Salve Regina in A minor

Artists

Jose Maria Lo Monaco (mezzo-soprano)
Divino Sospiro

Conductor

Massimo Mazzeo

About

The two Marys and their great love for the Saviour form the theme of "All'amore immenso"; Mary, the Mother of God, and Mary Magdalene, the sinner who stands with Jesus's mother at the cross of Jesus and meets the Risen Lord at the tomb.

While the Mother of God already found great veneration in the Middle Ages, the figure of Mary Magdalene received special attention in numerous oratorios in 17th- and 18th-century Italy. There, the role of Mary Magdalene moves in the field of tension between earthly and heavenly love and thus offers wonderful material for highly emotional music.

Massimo Mazzeo, director of the Divino Sospiro ensemble, has made a wonderful selection of arias from oratorios and combined them with three Salve Regina settings.

The compositions are by Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Bononcini, Caldara, Porpora and Leo.

The soloist of the recording is the Italian mezzo-soprano Josè Maria Lo Monaco, who is a regular guest at the great opera houses as a baroque and especially bel canto specialist. "All'amore immenso" is her debut solo CD.

Reviews

dynamically contoured and poignant performances by mezzo-soprano Josè Maria Lo Monaco and baroque band Divino Sospirom directed by Massimo Mazzeo.
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