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'Round M: Monteverdi Meets Jazz

1 CD / Glossa Import / 2010-08-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Madrigals, Book 9; Concerto. Settimo libro de madrigali; Giovanni Felice Sances: Cantada sopra il passacaglia "Usurpator tiranno"; Tarquinio M...
Performers: Beccalossi, Fausto; Cisi, Emanuele; Gatto, Alberto Lo; La Venexiana; Mameli, Roberto [Soprano Vocal]; Stolfi, Donato
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: La Venexiana

What happens when you bring the worlds of jazz and Monteverdi together? Is there a musical meeting-point where the two can exist? Claudio Cavina has...continue...
Recording information: Mondovì (Sala Ghisleri), Italy (11/2009).

Taken literally, the slyly clever title 'Round M is a pretty accurate description of this album because it includes not onl...continue...

A New Sappho - Strozzi, Fontei / Favella Lyrica

1 CD / Koch International / 2000-07-25

Works: Barbara Strozzi: Sonetto Proemio dell'opera, for 2 voices & continuo; La riamata da chi amava, for 2 voices & continuo; Gl'occhi superbi, for 2 voices & continuo; I baci, for 2 voices & continuo; Men...
Performers: Dellal, Pamela; Lewis, Carol; Murray, Pamela
Conductors:
Ensemble: Favella Lyrica

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664) is one of the most unusual women in music history. Born in Venice to a household servant, she was adopted by a...continue...