Etienne Meyer、 Les Traversees Baroques - Marc Antonio Ziani:La Morte Vinta - Import CD

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Etienne Meyer、 Les Traversees Baroques

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Almost an opera! The Passion oratorio "Sepolcro" (meaning "burial" or "graveyard") was performed in Vienna's court chapels on Good Friday in the second half of the 17th century. This "Death Conquered on the Cross," written by the court music director Marcantonio Ziani in 1706, also features allegorical figures such as "Faith," "Humanity," and "The Soul of Adam. and other allegorical characters, who engage in a rhetorical debate with the "devil," who rejoices in Christ's death, in a work that is almost operatic in its religious content. Expressive recitative and arias appear repeatedly, and the string ensemble is colored by cornet, recorder, sackbut, trombone, and bassoon, as well as sophisticated counterpoint, resulting in richly contrasting music. King International