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Scarlatti and Corelli: Music for a Bourbon

Catherine Bott explores the stories surrounding the music and entertainments put on for the occasion of Philip V of Spain's visit to Naples in 1702.

In 1702, the 19-year-old Philip V of Spain came from his native France to Naples for a month. For this occasion, the Neopolitan based composer Alessandro Scarlatti was joined by the other great Italian composer of the day, Arcangelo Corelli, with mixed results! On the 350th anniversary of Scarlatti's birth, Catherine Bott explores the stories that surround the music and entertainments put on for this occasion.

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Sun 17 Oct 2010 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Aria: Andante: Cur, quaeso, crudelis from Infirmata Vulnerata (Motet of 1702)

    Performers: David Daniels (countertenor), Arcardian Academy, Nicholas McGegan (director)

    • CONIFER CLASSICS.
    • 75605 513192.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata Op.4 No 1

    Performer: London Baroque

    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMC 90134243.

  • Santiago de Murcia (Felipe V court鈥檚 guitarist and teacher of his wife)

    Folias Italianas

    Performer: Gerardo Arriaga (guitar)

    • RNE.
    • AME 001.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Sinfonia avanti la Serenata: Clori, Dorino e Amore

    Performers: Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • VC 5454952.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Op.6, No.1

    Performers: Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

    • OPUS.
    • OPS 30147.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata Op.5 No. 5: Adagio and Vivace (movements 3 and 4)

    Performers: Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMU 907298/99.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Essercizi 鈥� B minor (K27)

    Performer: Richard Lester (harpsichord)

    • ACCORD.
    • CDPA12501.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    C minor section from Motet De tenebroso lacu 鈥� Si Fenices sunt ardentes?

    Performers: Il Seminario Musicale, Gerard Lesne (alto)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • VC 5451032.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 May 2010 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sun 17 Oct 2010 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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