GIOVANNI ALBERTO RISTORI (1692-1753): 7 Divoti affetti alla Passione di Nostro Signore, 11 Esercizi per l'Accompagnamento, Sonata per l'Accompagnamento in G Minor.

Description: A composer of the second rank at the Catholic court of Dresden, Ristori provided these Affetti probably towards the end of the 1730s. They are for afternoon prayers on Fridays and Sundays of the Quadragesima and are "sacred chamber duets" of the sort well-known in the output of Agostino Steffani, an obvious influence. The Esercizi are teaching pieces, both for performing basso continuo correctly and for learning improvisation. Latin-English texts. Dorothee Mields (soprano), Franz Vitzthum (alto), Echo du Danube. SACD hybrid.