At 04:20 PM 12/2/2007, Arthur Ness wrote: >Also associated with Francesco Conti in Vienna was Camilla de >Rossi. A few years ago I looked at some of her oratorios (publ. >ClarNan Editions), and >they often feature prominent part (in pitch notation) for >obbligato theorbo, played doubtlessly by Conti, the >Kapellmeister. The sinfonia for one of >the oratorios is (in effect) a lute concerto. I heard it played >on guitar on a CD that included the recently discovered >Tailleferre concerto for two guitars (an excellent work, although >the guitars get lost in the orchestral texture).
That Rossi sinfonia (assuming you're referring to "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo") also makes an appearance on The Bay Area Women's Philharmonic's "Baroquen Treasures" with Joann Falletta playing the solos (on unspecified "lute"). Best, Eugene -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
