Carlotta Colombo, Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri & Giulio Prandi - Alessandro Scarlatti: Christmas at the Bethlehem of the West. Music from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. (2025) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Carlotta Colombo, Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, Giulio Prandi
Title: Alessandro Scarlatti: Christmas at the Bethlehem of the West. Music from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Arcana
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:09:10
Total Size: 325 MB / 1.29 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Alessandro Scarlatti: Christmas at the Bethlehem of the West. Music from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Arcana
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:09:10
Total Size: 325 MB / 1.29 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissimo Natale: I. Kyrie (3:57)
2. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissimo Natale: II. Gloria (10:12)
3. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissimo Natale: III. Credo (7:22)
4. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissimo Natale: IV. Sanctus (1:14)
5. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissimo Natale: V. Agnus Dei (3:36)
6. Scarlatti: Beata Mater (3:59)
7. Scarlatti: Non so più qual m'ingombra, H. 476 "Cantata pastorale": I. Recitativo. Non so più qual m'ingombra (2:45)
8. Scarlatti: Non so più qual m'ingombra, H. 476 "Cantata pastorale": II. Aria. Che sarà? Chi a me lo dice? (5:01)
9. Scarlatti: Non so più qual m'ingombra, H. 476 "Cantata pastorale": III. Recitativo. È nato al fin mi dice (1:13)
10. Scarlatti: Non so più qual m'ingombra, H. 476 "Cantata pastorale": IV. Aria pastorale. Nacque col Gran Messia (7:14)
11. Scarlatti: O magnum mysterium (6:20)
12. Giorgi: Messa per la Notte di Natale: I. Kyrie (2:26)
13. Giorgi: Messa per la Notte di Natale: II. Gloria (4:23)
14. Giorgi: Messa per la Notte di Natale: III. Credo (6:15)
15. Giorgi: Messa per la Notte di Natale: IV. Sanctus (0:55)
16. Giorgi: Messa per la Notte di Natale: V. Agnus Dei (2:30)
In the heart of Baroque Rome, the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the principal Marian sanctuary of the Eternal City. For centuries it has guarded not only the relics of Jesus’s cradle and swaddling-clothes, but also the celebrated marble Nativity Scene by Arnolfo di Cambio (1291), the first of its kind in the history of art, thus earning it the title of “Bethlehem of the West”.
Here, in 1707, Alessandro Scarlatti was employed as maestro di cappella. Though a brief appointment – it lasted little more than a year – it was long enough to leave a deep impression, above all on the repertoire for Christmas, which was celebrated in the basilica with particular solemnity.
For the 300th anniversary of the composer’s death, Giulio Prandi and Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri dedicate their fifth album for Arcana to Scarlatti’s unique, splendid music for a Roman Christmas.
Here, in 1707, Alessandro Scarlatti was employed as maestro di cappella. Though a brief appointment – it lasted little more than a year – it was long enough to leave a deep impression, above all on the repertoire for Christmas, which was celebrated in the basilica with particular solemnity.
For the 300th anniversary of the composer’s death, Giulio Prandi and Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri dedicate their fifth album for Arcana to Scarlatti’s unique, splendid music for a Roman Christmas.
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