The Birth of Dawn by Tomaso Albinoni

ALBINONS
The Birth of the Dawn
Pastoral feast for five voices, strings and basso continuo by Tomaso Albinoni

Daphne KAORI YAMADA, soprano
Zephyr MARTINA BARRECA, soprano
Flora FRANCESCA LIONE, soprano
Apollo FEDERICA CASSATI, contralto
Peneus LUIS JAVIER JIMÉNEZ GARCÍA, tenor

In the Vale of Tempe, crossed by the river Peneus in Thessaly, Olympian deities and nymphs celebrate the birth of Aurora, praising her characteristics with verses and songs that refer to rivers and flowers. The text – by an unknown author – alludes to a princely birth: probably that of Maria Theresa of Austria (1717), daughter of Charles VI, Emperor of Austria, and his wife Elisabeth-Christina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.