Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
La principessa fedele, Sinfonia
Gli equivoci nel sembiante
Il rosignuolo, cantate
Cantata di lontananza

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonate K. 81

Renata Fusco, chant
Massimo Lonardi , archilute
Matteo Mela, guitare baroque
Lorenzo Micheli, théorbe, guitare baroque

Over sixty operas and seven hundred cantatas, thirty-five oratorios, masses and motets (to cite only his vocal music) define a musical career that lasted almost fifty years: and yet the process of discovery and appreciation of the music of Alessandro Scarlatti is far from complete. There were some fundamental steps that were made (the first, in chronological order, is the monograph by Edward J. Dent, “Alessandro Scarlatti : his life and works”, London, Arnold 1905) and there have been some sporadic flares of interest since then (such as the week of Scarlattian studies, conceived by Alfredo Casella and Sebastiano A. Luciani and organized by the Accademia Chigiana of Siena in 1940); but for the most part, the immense production of the Sicilian maestro remains shrouded in a thick fog of oblivion. This CD pays homage to the musical art of one the greatest Italian composers of all time.