Choir; Orchestra; Early
Music
SKU:
UT.NAP-3R
La
Santissima Vergine del
Rosario. Oratorio for 5
Voices and Instruments
(1707). Critical
Edition. Composed by
Alessandro Scarlatti.
Edited by Giampiero
Locatelli Nicolò
Maccavino. Napoli e
l’Europa (Naples and
Europe). Classical. Vocal
Score. Ut Orpheus #NAP
3R. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.NAP-3R).
ISBN 9790215323186.
7.7 x 10.6
inches.
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erformance Material on
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From the
beginning of 1703
throughout the whole
duration of his residency
in Rome (prolonged until
the end of 1708, with the
exception of the Venetian
visit), the composition
of oratorios was one of
the principal activities
of Alessandro Scarlatti,
who added to his already
noteworthy output with
the creation of new
masterpieces. Among these
Il giardino di
rose – the subject
of the present critical
edition – stands out
for its stylistic
innovations as well as
for its intrinsic musical
qualities. Authoritative
scholars have indicated
for some time that this
piece may be considered
as one of the best
compositions of the
Palermitan musician; and
recently Saverio Franchi
(to whom we owe the first
critical edition), as
well as pointing to the
beauty of the music, its
fine expressive
qualities, has drawn
attention to its
modernity, going as far
as to consider the
oratorio ‘an exemplary
work, a model of European
stature, to which Handel
himself had to measure up
in order to create his
Resurrection
Oratorio. This was
performed (in 1708)
barely a year after Il
giardino di rose in
the same place, for the
identical occasion, and
for the same
commissioning patron, the
Marchese Francesco Maria
Ruspoli.