Credits:

Sergio Valdez, San Pedro Nolasco Capella Musicae Solois.

Description:

A collection of dirges-laments from the Baroque period. The text is accompanied by intense emotional expression, and the songs are sweet and sensual. These deliver a vivid message to the listener's heart. Sanchez's "Lament" unfolds on a simple descending scale. An aria sung near the end of a baroque opera that sings of the terrible emotion of grief. Monteverdi's "Arianna's Lament" on track 1 of CD3 is one of the best known. The tension in Carissimi's Lamento, a well-known oratorio master, is nothing short of spectacular. Naxos Japan