ALL’AMORE IMMENSO
Works by Bononcini, Caldara, Scarlatti et al.

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
1 Aria Mentr’io godo (La Speranza) 5:59
ll Giardino di Rose (1707)

Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747)
2 Aria Fugge il tempo (Amor divino) 5:25
La Conversione di Maddalena (1701)
3 Aria Voglio piangere 4:11
La Maddalena a’ piedi di Cristo (1690)

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Salve Regina in C minor
4 Salve Regina 3:38
5 Ad te clamamus 0:54
6 Ad te sospiramus 1:43
7 Eia ergo 3:19
8 Et Jesum benedictum 2:14
9 O clemens, o pia 2:49

Nicola Porpora
10 Sinfonia in D minor 3:50
Il trionfo della Divina Giustizia (1716)

Giovanni Bononcini
11 Recitativo Al sibilar tremendo 1:06
12 Aria In tepidi fiumi 2:17
La Conversione di Maddalena
Alessandro Scarlatti
Salve Regina in C minor
13 Salve Regina 2:16
14 Ad te clamamus 0:16
15 Exules Filii 0:54
16 Ad te sospiramus 1:40
17 Eia ergo 1:26
18 Et Jesum benedictum 1:22
19 O clemens, o pia 1:41

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
20 Aria In lagrime stemprato (Maddalena) 5:07
La Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (1698?)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Salve Regina in A minor
21 Salve Regina 2:26
22 Ad te clamamus 1:43
23 Ad te sospiramus 1:20
24 Eia ergo 1:29
25 Nobis post hoc exilium 2:51
26 O clemens, o pia 2:36
27 Amen 1:21

Alessandro Scarlatti
28 Aria Starò nel mio boschetto (La Penitenza) 4:04
Il Giardino di Rose

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About this album

The two Maries and their great love for the Saviour form the theme of "All'amore immenso": Mary, the Mother of God, and Mary Magdalene, the sinner who stands with Jesus' mother at the cross of Jesus and meets the Risen Lord at the tomb. While the Mother of God already found great veneration in the Middle Ages, the figure of Mary Magdalene received special attention in numerous oratorios in 17th and 18th century Italy. There, the role of Mary Magdalene moves in the field of tension between earthly and heavenly love and thus offers wonderful material for highly emotional music. Massimo Mazzeo, director of the Divino Sospiro ensemble, has made a wonderful selection of arias from oratorios and combined them with three Salve Regina settings - the compositions are by Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Bononcini, Caldara, Porpora and Leo. The soloist of the recording is the Italian mezzo-soprano Josè Maria Lo Monaco, who is a regular guest at the great opera houses as a baroque and especially bel canto specialist. "All'amore immenso" is her debut solo CD.