Francesco Cavalli

In 1738 Georg Frideric Handel penned 'Il Xerse' which was to be his last as well as his most famous opera. However in truth, Handel’s opera is nothing other than the final chapter in the history of a...

'One Opera I saw represented about 16 severall times; and so farr was I from being weary of it, I would ride hundreds of miles to see the same over again (…).' These words are from the travel diary of...

Raymond Leppard's realization of Cavalli's Magnificat for double chorus and orchestra of trumpets, trombones, strings and keyboard continuo.

Francesco Cavalli's "Xerse" (Venice 1655) was one of the most successful operas of the 17th century. Among its numerous revivals, the one for the Parisian court on the occasion of the wedding celebrat...

In 1662, Cavalli's career was at its zenith. The two dozen operas he had written for Venice had helped establish Venice as the world's first operatic superpower. "Scipione Affricano" (Venice 1664), Ca...

La Calisto was first performed in Venice In 1651. The present realization was prepared by Raymond Leppard, initially for performance by Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1970 - the first known performanc...

Mass for double SATB soli or semi-chorus, SATB chorus, 2 cornetti, 3 trombones, harpsichord, 2 organs and strings. Text: Latin.

Besetzung: Soli, Violine (2), Basso continuo

Werkausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe 10SSolo/3ASolo/TSolo/2BSolo/GemCh-SATB/2V/Bc

Instrumentation: Ormindo (T)/Amida (Bar)/Nerillo (M)/Sicle (M)/Melide (M)/Erice (T)/Erisbe (S)/Mirinda (M)/Ariadeno (B)/Osmano (Bar) 2 harpsichord – harp – 2 lute – theorbo – gtr – flue organ – string...

2-volume set.