San Giovanni Battista

Fanfare | July 1, 2008| | Copyright

STRADELLA San Giovanni Battista & * Alessandro de Marchi, cond; Anke Herrmann (Salorne); Martin Oro (San Giovanni Battista); Elena Cecchi Fedi (Herodiade); Antonio Abete (Herod); Fredrik Akselberg (Consigliere); Academia Mentis Regalis * HYPERION 67617 (77:34 *)

* COLISTA Sinfonie a 3: W-K30; W-K32. LONATI Sinfonia

I had finished poking around Porpora and basking in Battista, and came up emotionally and intellectually empty, when I chanced upon this disc. The cover sports a particularly grisly replica of the gray-skinned, severed head of John the Baptist in 3-D relief, created by some ...

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