Johann Gottlieb Naumann - La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Johann Gottlieb Naumann - La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (libretto by Pietro Metastasio
EAC RIP | WAVPACK + CUE + LOG | SCANS HQ | 570 Mb
CPO Recorded: 2006 | Released: 2008

 

First and only recording of this rare but striking beautiful Oratorio by J. G. Naumann. It is composed in the italian style of the late XVIII century (like Salieri's Passione) and contains 2 concertante arias: one with violin, one with bassoon (!!!) which show how good Naumann really was. CPO delivered us a wonderful recording by a great italian specialist: Sergio Balestracci, conducting La Stagione Armonica (chorus) and Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. The singers are first rated as well, like the japanese tenor Makoto Sakurada in the role of Pietro

Monica Bragadin, mezzo-soprano (Maddalena)
Makoto Sakurada, tenore (Pietro)
Raffaele Giordani, tenore (Giovanni)
Alfredo Grandini, basso (Giuseppe)
Coro La Stazione Armonica
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Sergio Balestracci