Michelangelo Falvetti - Nabucco (oratorio, 1683) (320kbps mp3)

Michelangelo Falvetti - Nabucco (1683) (320kbps mp3)

Jonathan Swain presents a rare performance of the oratorio Nabucco by Michelangelo Falvetti from the 2016 Wallonie Festival in Brussels. Falvetti was born in 1642 in Palermo. He had a successful career in Messina, and was appointed maestro di cappella at the cathedral there in 1682. The conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón has championed this little-known composer, and brings out the unusual colours in this rare work.  

Fernando Guimarães, tenor, Nabucco
João Fernandes, bass, Daniele
Christopher Lowrey, countertenor, Arioco
Caroline Weynants, soprano, Anania
Mariana Flores, soprano, Azaria
Lucia Marín-Cartón, soprano, Misaele
Matteo Bellotto, bass, Eufrate
Namur Chamber Chorus
Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón