Steffani: Cantate Da Camera
) | Label: NEWTON Catalog: 8802163 Format: CD QUADRO ASOLANOSteffani is reliably credited with only seven solo cantatas, dating probably from his Munich period. The two solo cantatas on this CD illustrate, among other things, the nature of the aria cavata. The duet movements are characterized by what one writer called “smoothly finished counterpoint…which even Handel could only imitate but not surpass.”  Price: $19.98 |