Legrenzi: Mottetti - Concerto Italiano - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano dedicate their new album to the motets of Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), a very influential composer of the seicento, and a reference even after his time in Italy. We rediscover him today. The name Giovanni Legrenzi, almost contemporary with Carissimi and Lully, is largely unknown today. And yet his reputation during and after his time, far exceeded the walls of Saint Mark’s in Venice, where he officiated from 1685 until his death: his numerous pupils included Lotti, Caldara and Vivaldi, his themes wereborrowed by Bach and Handel, and he composed in all musical genres, instrumental and vocal, sacred and profane. It is from these four publications devoted to the motet in Legrenzi’s lifetime that Rinaldo Alessandrini has drawn the pieces for this new programme.

Label: Naive | Origin: Holland