Assisi Christmas Cantatas: Ehrhardt / L’arte Del Mondo

ASSISI CHRISTMAS CANTATAS

Melani: Sonata a 5 fur 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Bc
Porpora: Stelle lucide
Benedetti: Pastori o voi
Benedetti: Salve regina
Del Finale: Oh quam jubilat
Lazzari: Canto Solo per Natale
Corelli: Concerto grosso op. 8 Nr. 6 "Notte di natale"

Includes World Premiere Recordings

Ruth Ziesak - soprano
Reinhold Friedrich - trumpet
L’Arte Del Mondo
Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

Digital Recording: 2008

Music researcher and conductor Werner Ehrhardt has attracted a lot of attention this year with his two recordings on Phoenix of Joseph Martin Kraus. He returns once again, this time premiering Christmas Treasures from the library of the Sacro Convento in Assisi, something most researchers had been denied access to up until this point.

The library contains a variety of works from the last 700 years that had been unknown until now. This program of works gives us an insight into the musical culture of Assisi during the 18th century. As most musicians from Assisi came from Naples at the time, the music is very strongly influenced by the Neapolitan tradition. In the 18th century the number of musicians was limited so most music was chamber music in form which made the works captivating through their simplicity and contemplative character.