Sarri: Dixit Dominus, Missa

Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Jung, Matthias, Saechsisches Vocalensemble

CPO 777726

Domenico Sarri (according to another spelling: Sarro) numbered among the composers who enjoyed great success with their operas in Naples during the early eighteenth century but gained renown throughout the rest of Europe principally with their sacred music. Sarri spent most of his life at the Naples court, first as Vicemaestro di Cappella and then as Maestro di Cappella, and ranked with Leonardo Leo and Johann Adolf Hasse as one of the best-known Neapolitan composers of his time. Long before the era of the European Union international exchange and cultural relations flourished on the Continent – with alliances formed by royal marriages strengthening these ties. The relations between Saxony-Poland and the Kingdom of Naples had been very intensive ever since the marriage of King Charles IV and the Saxon Princess Maria Amalia in June 1738, and in Dresden there had always been a keen interest in good church music. It is thus hardly surprising that compositions by Sarri are also found in the State Library of Saxony in Dresden, and two wonderful works from this collection are now being presented by the Sächsisches Vocalensemble under Matthias Jung.

CD x 1

CPO

8/20/12

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