La Fenice~Carlo Agosinto Badia (1672-1738) was one of the court composers in Vienna for 44 years from 1693. This cantata, written for Countess Sousin, one of the court ladies, consists of four recitative-aria pairs, the outer arias for soprano, two recorders and two violins, and continuo, while the middle pair are accompanied by solo recorder and violin respectively.
The text compares the fame of the phoenix of the title with that of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor...
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here.~~Two scores and parts|BAD001.2|Score|BAD001.1|~2664~2669~cantata, fenice, recorder, flute, flauto, vienna~