Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod explores the music of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, whose death at the age of 26 gave him a mythical status, causing many works to be falsely ascribed to him. Attrib. Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B flat (1st mvt) Concerto Koln CAPRICCIO 10378 - Tr 4 Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona (opening) Serpina ...... Patricia Biccire (soprano) Uberto ...... Donato Di Stefano (bass) La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken (violin/director) ACCENT ACC96123 - Trs 16-18 Pergolesi: Mass a 5 Ensemble Turicum Luiz Alvez da Silva, Mathias Weibel (directors) K617 K617159 - Trs 1-9 Pergolesi: Quando corpus (Stabat mater) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (director) DECCA 4661342 - Tr 12.