Credits:

Christophe Rousset

Description:

[Lusses Long-Awaited New Recording from Alpha! Featuring Pio, Pergolesis Masterpiece of the Neapolitan School]Christophe Lusse, whose fall 2019 tour of Japan was met with widespread acclaim nationwide, is releasing an unexpected new recording on Alpha.In 1995, a quarter-century after his recording for DECCA/OISEAU-LYRE, this program features a new recording of Pergolesis magnum opus, *Stabat Mater*, alongside carefully selected masterpieces by two undisputed masters of the Neapolitan School. While the previous recording was dedicated entirely to Pergolesi, this new release promises to shed fresh light on a masterpiece that already boasts numerous acclaimed recordings.Pergolesis *Stabat Mater* was completed shortly before his untimely death, modeled after a work by Alessandro Scarlatti, a master of the Neapolitan school, and intended to surpass it. The restrained beauty of this work, featu