Italian musical concepts can be heard in works of Catalonian Francesc Valls, Antonio Soler and Domenico Scarlatti. Iberian folk idioms can be heard in many of Scarlatti’s sonatas written for Maria Barbara, Princess of Portugal, later Queen of Spain. Valls, a generally unknown composer, created a unique setting of Psalm 42. Soler’s setting of the first part of the Lamentations of Jeremiah suit the Lenten season with viola da gamba solo and double bass accompanying the voice. Carolina Pro Musica appears with early instruments and voice.

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