Scarlatti / Choeur De Chambre De Namur Alessandro Scarlatti: Passio Secundum CD

Alessandro Scarlatti's St John Passion was the first Passion setting written in seventeenth-century Italy. Scarlatti treats the role of the Evangelist (composed in the mezzo-soprano register) in highly unusual fashion, giving his narrative numerous emotional passages. The Voice of Christ (bass) is invariably haloed by a string accompaniment. The version presented by Leonardo Garc?a Alarc?n inserts meditations assigned to the chorus; these are taken from Scarlatti's Responsories for Holy Week, polyphonic settings that reveal a little-known genre practiced by this composer.

1. Plange Quasi Virgo 2. Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi 3. Plange Quasi Virgo 4. In Illo Tempore Egressus Est 5. Ecce Vidimus Eum 6. Sequebatur Autem Jesum Simon Petrus 7. Omnes Amici Mei 8. Adducunt Ergo Jesum a Caipha 9. Vinea Mea Electa 10. Hunc Ergo Titulum Multi Judaeorum 11. O Vos Omnes 12. Judaei Ergo, Quoniam Parasceve Erat 13. Aestimatus Sum