An exceptionally beautiful and masterful hommage to the alleged Queen of Heaven! Scarlatti was a genius, and I trust in his mastery of musical formulas, considering he once declared to someone how indebted he was to musical theory by Palestrina. I adore them both! Vale, Signore Palestrina ed unque Scarlatti ♥️💐♥️
Another remarkable female baroque composer. Her religious works are intense and her lifetime composing as a Nun must have raised ample funds for her calling.
Michael Nyman based his "Time Lapse" (from the Peter Greenaway film "A Zed and Two Noughts") on the second episode in the Dies irae movement of this mass.