Credits:

Andrs Montilla, Riccardo Pisani

Description:

Stefano Landi (15871639), a contemporary of Monteverdi and an innovative figure of the Roman Baroque, was a composer renowned for his religious works and the opera *Saint Alexius*; however, he also possessed a surprisingly worldly side that combined irony, melancholy, theatricality.This album features a collection of arias and duets by Landiwho built a unique world by exquisitely fusing the refined imagery of the poet Giambattista Marino with a popular, grotesque styleinterspersed with instrumental works by his contemporaries. This album demonstrates that Randis creativity was highly regarded not only in Rome but throughout Europe.Tokyo M Plus