Rinat Shaham, Jay Bernfeld - Marcello: Salma di Davide (2004)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 358 MB | 01:07:26
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 358 MB | 01:07:26
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique
King David, soldier and poet, was for centuries a figure as attractive to musicians as to artists like the one who sculpted the big unclothed guy in Florence's Uffizi galleries. Benedetto Marcello's settings of the Psalms of David, part of a large collection called the Estro poetico-armonico, were famous during his own lifetime (1686-1739) and beyond, but have been strangely neglected in recent years even as more obscure Baroque repertories have flourished. When they are heard, it is usually because of their exotic Jewish component.