This hour features a new, special CD with early music. Two new CDs with string sinfonias by Alessandro Stradella and arias by Mozart for the Weber sisters.
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
1. Sinfonia in A minor no. 8, for two violins and continuo
Allegro- Andante – Allegro – Allegro
2. Sinfonia in D minor no. 1, for violin, cello and continuo
Ensemble Arte Musica conducted by Francesco Cera
(CD Stradella, Complete String Sinfonias; Brilliant Classics 95142, 2015)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
3. (for Aloysia) Popoli di Tessaglia….. Io non chiedo
4. (for Josepha) Schön lacht der holde Frühling
5. (for Constanze) Messe en ut mineur: et incarnatus est
Pygmalion conducted by Raphael Pichon. Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
(CD Mozart The Weber Sisters. Erato 0825646075843, 2015)
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
6. Sinfonia in B flat major no. 2, for violin, cello and continuo
7. Sinfonia in D major no. 4, for 2 violins and continuo:
Grave – Allegro / Allegro / Largo / Presto
Ensemble Arte Musica conducted by Francesco Cera
(CD Stradella, Complete String Sinfonias; Brilliant Classics 95142, 2015)
