SAMMARTINI: Sacred Cantatas


Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Della Passione di Gesu Cristo (On Jesus Christ's Passion), J-C 124

Mapelli, Silvia, soprano
Yordanova, Miroslava, mezzo-soprano
Tiboni, Giorgio, tenor
Ravizza, Filippo, harpsichord
Symphonica Ensemble
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor


Introduction: Sinfonia 02:21
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble



Recitative I: Oh portenti, oh stupor! (Oh wonders, oh amazement!) (Soprano) 01:13
Mapelli, Silvia, soprano
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble



Aria: S'alma illustre si nasconde (If a divine soul conceals himself) (Soprano) 08:32
Mapelli, Silvia, soprano
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble



Recitative II: Tutto questo m'e noto (All of this I know well) (Alto) 01:30
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble
Yordanova, Miroslava, mezzo-soprano



Aria: So che nel cor volgea (I know that in its heart) (Alto) 07:49
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble
Yordanova, Miroslava, mezzo-soprano



Recitative III: Di cosi ingrati cori (If you want further proof) (Tenor) 01:26
Tiboni, Giorgio, tenor
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble



Aria: D'iniqua mente (He who has an evil mind) (Tenor) 05:42
Tiboni, Giorgio, tenor
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble



Recitative IV: Chi mai pensar potea (Who could imagine) (Soprano) 00:35
Mapelli, Silvia, soprano
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble



Finale: Chorus: Chi si colma il sen d'amore / He whose heart is full of love (Trio) 03:38
Mapelli, Silvia, soprano
Tiboni, Giorgio, tenor
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor
Symphonica Ensemble
Yordanova, Miroslava, mezzo-soprano



L'addolorata Divina Madre (The Sorrowing Divine Mother), J-C 123

Mapelli, Silvia, soprano
Yordanova, Miroslava, mezzo-soprano
Tiboni, Giorgio, tenor
Tannoia, Massimo, cello
Ravizza, Filippo, harpsichord
Symphonica Ensemble
Ferrari, Daniele, Conductor


Introduction: Sinfonia 02:18
Recitative I: Quanta pieta per le sventure altrui (However much compassion for others' misfortunes) (Tenor) 01:16
Aria: Non basto l'immenso affanno (More than the immense pain) (Tenor) 07:28
Recitative II: Oh qual da lunghi stenti amaro frutto (Oh, after the long years of toil) (Soprano) 00:57
Aria: Ben lo predisse (How true was the prediction) (Soprano) 13:16
Recitative III: E pur di qual Alma forte (And yet, whose spirit would have been so strong) (Alto) 01:34
Aria: Non cosi d'Alpe in cima (Not even an ancient oak on an Alpine peak) (Alto) 08:20
Recitative IV: Tronchiam gl'indugi (Let us now delay no more) (Trio) 01:18
Finale: Madre purissima, Fonte d'Amore (Purest of Mothers, Fount of Love) (Trio) 03:32



Total Playing Time: 01:12:45