He was amazingly productive. His more than three-hundred compositions cover all the genres of the period: operas; oratorios; secular, sacred and moral cantatas; prologues and intermezzos; motets and madrigals; incidental music for a spoken play; and sonatas for one or two solo instruments.
On 25 February 1682, for reasons that are still unclear, an assasin thrust a dagger into his back three times and killed him instantly. He was buried in one of the most aristocratic churches of Genoa, Santa Maria delle Vigne, an enormous number of candles were lit for him, and twenty-four masses were to be said for his soul.
from notes by Carolyn Gianturco ©
Albums
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Italian Baroque Trumpet Music
CDH55192
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
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Complete works available for download |
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Il barcheggio
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The Parley of Instruments
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Sinfonia No 22
Convivium
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Sonata a otto Viole con una Tromba
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
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Alphabetical listing of all musical works |
| Il barcheggio (Stradella) |
| San Giovanni Battista (Stradella) |
| Sinfonia No 22 (Stradella) |
| Sonata a otto Viole con una Tromba (Stradella) |
