Composer: Leonardo García Alarcón, Cataldo Amodei, Sigismondo d’India, José Marín, Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer: Cappella Mediterranea, Matteo Bellotto, Valerio Contaldo, Léo Fernique, Mariana Flores, Ana Vieira Leite
Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1037
Release: 2024
Size: 2.38 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Amore siciliano
01. Liguori, Tozzi: Fermarono i cieli / Qual suono
02. Carapella: Ho vinto, Amor (I)
03. anon.: U’ ciucciu
04. Carapella: Ho vinto, Amor
05. Amodei: Va, ché l’hai fatto a me
06. Carapella: Ho vinto, Amor (II)
07. anon.: La canzone di Cecilia
08. Amodei: Va, ché l’hai fatto a me
09. India: Mercè! grido piangendo
10. Carrozza: Amantissime Jesu (Sinfonia)
11. Amodei: In solitare arene
12. Amodei: In solitare arene: ‘Lo strale di Cupido’
13. anon.: La canzone di Cecilia
14. Bonfiglio: Caro amante
15. Marín: Ojos, pues me desdenáis
16. India: Dispietata pietate
17. Amodei: La parca
18. Amodei: Tirannide vezzosa
19. anon.: La canzone di Cecilia
20. anon.: A riturnella
21. Murcia, Huete: Tarantella española
22. anon.: La canzone di Cecilia
23. Scarlatti: Mori, mi dici (I)
24. India: Piangono al pianger mio
25. Alarcón: Fuga a 5 voci sopra la canzone di Cecilia
26. Scarlatti: Mori, mi dici (II)
27. anon.: La canzone di Cecilia
Love, drama and betrayal under the Sicilian sun: this ‘pasticcio’ of folk melodies and music by ‘learned’ composers was born of the love of Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and the singers and musicians of the Cappella Mediterranea for Calabrian, Sicilian and Neapolitan songs dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We hear music by Alessandro Scarlatti and Sigismondo d’India, both born in Palermo, as well as works from the extraordinarily rich collection of St John’s
Co-Cathedral in Malta (notably by Vincenzo Tozzi). Leonardo Garcia Alarcon even composed a five-part fugue on La canzone di Cecilia, associated with the heroine of the drama. The music was arranged by Quito Gato. This tribute to southern Italy by Cappella Mediterranea has triumphed on stage for years; now this recording immortalises it.