Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer (1660–1725)
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He wrote more than six hundred chamber cantatas and reshaped Italian opera into the form that would dominate Europe for a century. His contemporaries called him "the Italian Orpheus" — the architect who gave the aria its final form and invented the three-movement overture that became the blueprint for the symphony.
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Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti was born on 2 May 1660 in Italy and split his working life between Naples and Rome, composing much of his output for the papal city. He inherited a dramatic tradition from Monteverdi, Cesti, and Cavalli, then pushed it to its limit: he designed the da capo aria that every opera house in Europe would copy, invented the Italian overture in three movements, and developed the four-part sonata that prefigured the string quartet. Handel studied his theatrical music closely and carried its influence forward. Scarlatti moved fluently across every genre of his era —…
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- Opera omnia per tastiera, Vol. V2016
- Judith Blegen - Frederica von Stade2016
- Bella Immago2016
- Missa defunctorum, Magnificat, Miserere, Salve Regina2016
- I musicisti dell’imperatore2015
- Con eco d'amore2015
- Orfeo(s): Italian & French Cantatas2015
- Sinfonie de Concerto Grosso Opere per flauto e continuo2014
- Dixit Dominus2013
- A. Scarlatti - Profano e Sacro2013
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