Venere, Adone, e Amore: serenatas and cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti

‘Venere, Adone e Amore: Serenatas and Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti’ represents the culmination of 20 years’ performance research and study of primary sources of Scarlatti’s secular vocal music. Priority was given to use of autograph material so that the performances are based where possible on composer’s original readings and performance indications. The choice of a wide range of works, covering 30 years of the composer’s output in this three-disc set, is designed to show how the richness and originality of Scarlatti’s musical invention bridges seventeenth and eighteenth-century music styles.