The Queen's Music: Italian vocal duets and trios
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CARISSIMI / ROSSI / CESTI / etc
The Queen's Music: Italian vocal duets and trios
Emma Kirkby / Susanne Ryden (sopranos) / Peter Harvey (baritone) / Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
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Release Date: Wednesday 1 September 2010
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The programme on this disc consists of a selection of Italian 17th-centruy vocal duets and trios from the Whitelocke manuscript, with Carissimi's large-scale cantata I Naviganti at its heart. These duets and trios form a kind of refined entertainment music for intimate occasions: emotionally charged, yet playful songs about love and passion intended for an aristocratic audience. The combination of simple yet elegant melodies and colourful, sometimes even bold, harmonies lends these songs a particular sweetness which is here brought out by a close-knit group of some of the finest performers in the field of period performance today, with Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Susanne Rydén and Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann. They are joined by the Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen, who also adds variety to the programme with instrumental solos by Frescobaldi.
Tracks:
anon.:
Parlate per me
Pian piano mio core
Partitevi da me
Occhi belli
E' di ragion
Carissimi:
Sciolto havean dall'alte sponde
Cesti:
Già son morto
Frescobaldi:
Toccata ottava
Canzona Settima detta la Superba (o Tuccina)
Toccata nona
Toccata Seconda (1627)
Rossi, Luigi:
Tu sarai sempre
Dite o Cieli
O Cieli pietà
Lasso benché mi fugga
Pene che volete
Pietà, spietati lumi
Vorrei scoprirti
