‘Alleluia’ – 4 motets on disc from Julia Lezhneva and Il Giardino Armonico

‘Alleluia’ – 4 motets on disc from Julia Lezhneva and Il Giardino Armonico

Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva releases her 4th CD Alleluia this week. It is named after the final movement of Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate K165, which is the last of 4 motets on the recording, the others being by Vivaldi (In furore iustissimae irae, RV626), Handel (Saeviat Tellus Inter Rigores, HWV240) and Porpora (In caelo stele clare fulgescant).  The…