I already know that some will say the idea of having a countertenor sing the Lamentations is a bit out of place, but I would like to draw attention to the music and unfortunately there is no other recording of the first one, which alone is worth a genius award for the composer, and so in some way one must force oneself to settle... besides, if they had been by Mozart, there would be at least 300 different recordings...
If you are interested in the subject, I would delve into opera seria in the second half of the 18th century and specifically Jommelli, who expresses the thoughts of numerous opera composers of his era and maintains the importance of overcoming the model represented by Metastasio's librettos. In essence, he criticizes the separation between recitative and aria and the repetitiveness of the aria text.
It is also worth saying that Jommelli's compositions were well known to the Mannheim school; in fact, along with pieces by Traetta, they essentially constituted their repertoire; Mozart also knew him well; indeed, during his Italian travels (which proved very important for his artistic and musical development), in addition to coming into contact with musicians such as Piccinni, Sammartini, and G. B. Martini in Bologna (where he was admitted to the prestigious local Accademia Filarmonica) … he had the opportunity to listen to and attend performances of serious and comic operas by the Neapolitan masters … and in particular Jommelli
Therefore, a rich but also quite well-known subject
