SALOMONE ROSSI (c.1570-c.1630): Sonatas: detta la Moderna, sopra l'aria di un Balletto, Secondo, sopra lAria di Tordiglione, sopra un'Aria francese, sopra l'Aria id Ruggiero, in dialogo detta la Viena, Sinfonias: Seconda (2), Decima, Nona, Settimadecima, Psalms 8, 137 & 80, Great Kedusha, Wedding Ode, 2 Prayers, Full Kaddish.

Description: A recital concentrating on the two "lesser" areas of Rossi's composition: very early examples of what would become the baroque trio sonata with pairs of flutes or flute and violin or cornet and violin with continuo; and his Hebrew settings in the older, conservative, polyphonic vocal style of the Renaissance, works which may have been intended both for the synagogue and for domestic singing. Hebrew-English texts. Profeti della Quinta, Ensemble Muscadin.