La Grande Chapelle - Delizie di Posillipo - Musica para el virrey de Napoles - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On 1 March 1620, the festa a ballo Delizie di Posillipo was performed at the Royal Palace of Naples to celebrate the recovery of King Philip III. Promoted by the Viceroy Pedro Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, the spectacle featured splendid stage designs by Bartolomeo Cartaro and music by some of Naples' finest composers Pietro Antonio Giramo, Giacomo Spiardo, Andrea Ansalone, and especially Francesco Lambardi and Giovanni Maria Trabaci, maestro di cappella and organist of the viceregal chapel. As in the great court intermedii, the performance combined arias, canzonettas, and dances, with alternating instrumental groups. On stage, Pan and Venus, symbols of the terrestrial and marine realms, compete for Posillipo, but the contest ends with a solemn final dance. La Grande Chapelle faithfully revives this sumptuous ballo, framed by the religious ceremonies and music organised by the Spanish court in Naples, a brilliant reflection of it's power, multicultural identity, and Baroque splendour. Album Tracks 1. Venite, Exsultemus Domino, Invitatorio a 8 2. O Dulcissime Filiae Sion, Motete a 5 3. Cantate Domino, Salmo a 8 4. Ave Regina Caelorum, a 8 5. Spagnoletta 6. Dal Tuo Torto Sentiero, Madrigal a 5 7. Ancidetemi Cruda, Madrigal a 5 8. Questo Crudo D'amor, Varie Partite Sopra la Ciaccona, a 3 9. Festa, Riso, Gioco E Gioia 10. Nel Gran Giron S'uniro' 11. A Voi, Famoso Eroe, Aria de Tres Sirenas 12. Suono Della Scesa De' Pastori Dal Monte Su'l Ponte Detta la Mendozza 13. Donne Mie Care, Aria de Venus 14. Ballo De' Cigni 15. Lenguas Son de Este Monte 16. Suono Del Ballo De' Selvaggi E Delle Simie 17. Da Quest' Acque, Canzonetta de Amor 18. Tre Arie Del Ballo Di Cavalieri 19. Già Spiega'l Raggio, Madrigal a 4