GIOVANNI BATTISTA BASSANI (1657-1716): La morte delusa.

Description: Composed in 1686 to celebrate Pope Innocent XI's victory over the Turks three years before, this is an allegorical oratorio with a regular aria-recitative sequence with da capo arias often interspersed with short instrumental sections. Italian-English texts. Emanuela Galli (soprano), Daniela Del Monaco, Philippe Jaroussky (altos), François Piolino (tenor), Jean-Claude Sarragosse (bass), Ensemble La Fenice; Jean Tubéry. Original 2002 Opus 111 release.