Sacrifices. La Nuova Musica/bates
) | Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: HMU 807588 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid La Nuova Musica, David BatesCharpentier: Sacrificium Abrahae, Le Reniement de Saint Pierre; Carissimi: Historia di Jephte; Brossard: Symphonie pour le Graduel, Sonate en trio - Sacrifices David Bates leads La Nuova Musica in Sacrifices - a program of intensely dramatic oratorios from the middle Baroque. Included are Carissimi’s Historia di Jephte and Charpentier’s Sacrificium Abrahae and Le Reniement de Saint Pierre. The vocal selections are interspersed with instrumental music by Sébastien de Brossard. Since their founding in 2012, critical praise for Bates and La Nuova Musica has been unanimous. The group’s harmonia mundi label debut featured a world première on CD of the 1712 version of Handel’s Il pastor fido.  Price: $20.98 |