Stradella/ Velardi - Cantatas & Serenatas 1Despite the many scandals in his life, Alessandro Stradella rose to a position of great eminence in Rome, where his music was consistently acclaimed. At a time when opera was often denigrated by the Papacy, Stradella's cantatas and serenatas proved enormously successful, their form housing a succession of recitatives, arias and instrumental pieces. The theme is the pain of love, to which Stradella responds with a limitless variety of expression and

a flash of self-understanding while re-entering a lightless era

Reptaliens are ready to be direct

it's a widereaching word

richly illustrated with striking photographs of the productions

both Dais Records and Alga Marghen have released reissues of Diasporas in various formats

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who originally learned that the warmth of the holiday season is trumped only by it's potential for melancholy back in 2002 with the original Saddle Creek release

it will seem easy compared to the task now ahead of her

Stage Fright is the third studio album by Canadian American group The Band

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Lush electronics mix with acoustic guitar

Antonio Bertali: Sonatas / Bertali / Dongolis