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After a bewitching recording dedicated to several motets (OP30579, 2023) by Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano continue their exploration of 17th century Italian motets. This time they bring their attention to a fascinating and highly rewarding composer Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682), principally celebrated today for his oratorios and operas. This album presents five of his seventeen motets, deposited in the Bibliotheque Estense in Modena at the end of the seventeenth century. They are for the most part a world premiere.Rinaldo Alessandrini gathered together motets that are mainly relevant to the cult of the Virgin Mary, written for specific circumstances such as the Nativity (Nascere virgo), or the Immaculate Conception (Convocamini, congregamini), or for more generic feasts (Sixtite sidera, In tribulationibus), on texts chosen for each occasion, including one by Stradella himself (Exultate in Deo fideles). Album Tracks 1. Symphonia for 2 Violins and basso continuo in D major~Grave 2. Symphonia for 2 Violins and basso continuo in D major~Allegro 3. Symphonia for 2 Violins and basso continuo in D major~Allegro 4. Symphonia for 2 Violins and basso continuo in D major~Adagio - Allegro 5. Symphonia for 2 Violins and basso continuo in D major~Allegro 6. In Tribulationibus, in angustiis motet for five voices, and two violins~No. 1. In tribulationis, in angustis 7. In Tribulationibus, in angustiis motet for five voices, and two violins~No. 2. Aria. Ad montem venite 8. In Tribulationibus, in angustiis motet for five voices, and two violins~No. 3. Ad floridum montem - Ritornello 9. In Tribulationibus, in angustiis motet for five voices, and two violins~No. 4. Hic spirant leniter - Ritornello 10. In Tribulationibus, in angustiis motet for five voices, and two violins~No. 5. O mons delitiarum - Ritornello 11
