BERNARDO PASQUINI (1637-1710): La sete di Christo.

Description: This 1689 Passion Oratorio, striking for Pasquini’s potent sense of musical drama, also shows how much influence he was to have on such later generations of composers as Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and even Handel. Italian-English texts. Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Luca Cervoni (tenors), Mauro Borgioni (baritone), Concerto Romano; Alessandro Quarta.