Ensemble Musicale San Pietro
G.b. Martini: Pro Defunctis
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MARTINI (1706 - 1784)) De Profundis* Dilexi, quoniam Levani oculos meos Ad Dominum Domine, ne in furore tuo Missa Pro Defunctis Ensemble vocale e strumentale bolognese "San Pietro" Alice Fraccari, soprano - Angela Troilo, alto Paolo Davolio, tenor Giacomo Contro | Mauro Borgioni*, baritones Riccardo Manuel Vartolo | Matteo Anderlini, violins Laura Cacciatori, viola - Anna Camporini, cello Francesco Maria Cataldo, violone Marcello Rossi Corradini, organ and conductor World première recording The catalog of sacred vocal compositions by Padre Martini is vast. From the library of the International Museum of Music and the Diocesan Archdiocesan Archive of the Cathedral of San Pietro in Bologna, the orchestra of "San Pietro" has reconstructed one of the most moving liturgies for the Catholic liturgical year: the rite of the dead, which is proposed here in an accurate selection. To crown this work, an unusual (but not distant) psalm to the Office of the Dead: the De Profundis for solo baritone, filled with 4 voices and strings, representing the pinnacle of Martinis compositional ability and complexity, both in instrumental and choral music.