Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod explores Cavalli's last sacred work, the requiem he composed for his own funeral, and his highly detailed will, which not only provided precise requirements for his annual memorial service, but also for the distribution of his lucrative estate. Son ancor pargoletta Gerard Souzay (tenor) Dalton Baldwin (piano) Claves CD 50-2412, track 1 Missa pro defunctis Paolo Zuccheri, Riccardo Coelati (violins) Vittorio Zanon (organ) Cantica Symphonia Giuseppe Maletto (director) Stradivarius STR 33665, track 6, 7-8, 9-10, 12-13