COMPOSERS: A Scarlatti
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
WORKS: Bella madre de’ fiori – Cantatas
PERFORMER: Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano); Concerto Soave/Jean-Marc Aymes
CATALOGUE NO: HMG 501725
Three chamber cantatas, including the finest Correa nel seno amato, its opening an outpouring of rare intensity and sustained despair. Tweaking tone controls softened a tungsten edge to Kiehr at full voice. George Pratt