Alla salma infedel (Handel) Sonia Prina

“Alla salma infedel“ from Handel’s Chamber Cantata “La Lucrezia“ (HWV 145) Sonia Prina, contralto La Sfera Armoniosa Mike Fentross, director “Alla salma infedel porga la pena.“ [Do justice to my faithless body.] The chamber cantata ’O Numi eterni!’ which Handel titled “La Lucretia“ is one of his earliest Italian cantatas, probably dating to 1706 before his arrival in Rome. The cantata recalls, in her own voice, the tragic story of Lucretia, who was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of Tarquin