Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727) is not a household name—yet—though we are already discovering what a big influence he had on later composers, namely Handel.
On the disc “The Gasparini Album: Opera Arias,” engaging performances of arias from soprano Roberta Invernizzi, musical ensemble Auser Musici, which explores 16th- and 17th-century works, and its conductor Carlo Ipata (on Glossa) range widely over the career of this undeservedly lesser-known Baroque composer.
