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Leonardo Garcia Alarcon

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A Must-Hear for Baroque Vocal Music Fans! The Worlds First Recording of the Masterpiece The Great Flood, Depicting Noahs Flood!This new recording is a must-listen for fans of Baroque vocal music. Michelangelo Farvetti (16421692) was a composer born in Palermo, Sicily. In 1682, he was appointed music director at the cathedral in Messina, a port city on the islands eastern coast, and *The Great Flood* premiered there that same year. The Great Flood refers, of course, to the flood famous from the Old Testament story of Noahs Ark; this work is a type of oratorio based on a religious theme. However, the musicstrongly imbued with the spirit of southern Italyis free of any stuffy, sacral air and possesses a bright, crystalline beauty. Furthermore, Falvetti predates the elder Scarlatti by two generations and still bears strong traces of the styles of Monteverdi and Cavalli. The libretto cons