Emma Kirkby – Alto CD

Arie Antiche

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:39:13 +0000

Remembering something joyfully special about those sessions; the place, the music, colleagues, little incidents, can flood back in as we listen ! In the case of anything made at Forde Abbey, this pleasure is guaranteed… Two or three years ago I returned for a concert there, and in the rehearsal, as I sang my first notes in the Great Hall, I knew again that these acoustics are among the most beautiful anywhere in the world, for chamber music and for voices. Add to that the beauty of the house and its grounds, the peace of deepest Somerset, and you can recall sessions as near to a holiday as any work could be !.. One could take any of these pieces and add clusters of accompaniment for larger theatrical spaces, or, as we did, one can search for the essence of each drama with voice, just one plucked instrument and a special space.” (Dame Emma Kirkby, 2012)

[1] Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini) 2:32
[2] Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini/Johann Nauwach) 3:04
[3] Tempesta di dolcezza (Johann Nauwach) 1:44
[4] Parlo, misero, o taccio? (Guilio Caccini /Angelo Notari 4:07
[5] Ahi, che s’accresce in me (Angelo Notari) 2:45
[6] Toccata (Claudio Saracini) (lute solo) 3:25
[7] L’Astratto (Barbara Strozzi) 8:33
[8] Lamento di Maria Stuarda (Giacomo Carissimi) 9:04
[9] Ariadne’s Lament (Henry Lawes) 10:03
[10] Sappho to the Goddess of Beauty (John Blow) 5:21
[11] The blessed Virgin’s Expostulation (Henry Purcell) 6:18
[12] Nature Framed Thee (John Weldon) 6:25

Monteverdi: Madrigale Erotici e Spirituale

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:39:12 +0000

“The performances of the madrigali erotici are more overtly impassioned than I have ever heard before…thoroughly ingenious recital” (Gramophone) “a gem of its type. Performances are powerful, direct, accurate, totally in tune and totally committed. I quote ‘What was outward, erotic and theatrical became inward, devotional and thoroughly christianised.’ So, highly enjoyable recordings and fascinating insight into the painstaking art of not allowing the Devil to have the best tunes !” (MusicWeb)

1. Quel augellin che canta (EK ET JC AK SG) 2:06
2. Qui laudes (EK ET JC AK SG) 2:25
3. Sfogava con le stelle (EK ET MN JC SG) 3:52
4. O stellae (EK ET MN JC SG) 3:36
5. Armato il cor (JC AK AR) 2:41
6. Heu bone vir (EK ET AR) 2:58
7. Parlo miser’o taccio (EK ET MN AR) 5:02
8. Longe, mi Jesu (JC AK SG GM) 5:36
9. Pianto della madonna (ET MN JC AK SG) 13:38
10. Piagn’e sospira (EK ET MN AK SG) 3:48
11. Plorat amare (EK ET MN AK SG) 4:01
12. Si ch’io vorrei morire (ET MN JC AK SG) 3:10
13. O Jesu, mea vita (ET MN JC AK SG) 3:23
14. Io mi son giovinetta (EK ET MN JC AK SG) 2:09
15. Rutilante in nocte (EK ET MN JC AK SG) 2:36

Monteverdi Duets and Solos

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:13 +0000

TEXTS TO THE DUETS HERE

1 – Claudio Monteverdi: Chioma d’oro
2 – Claudio Monteverdi: O come sei gentile
3 – Claudio Monteverdi: Se pur destina e vole
4 – Claudio Monteverdi: Non è di gentil core
5 – Claudio Monteverdi: Ohime, dovè il mio ben, dovè il mio core
6 – Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento di Penelope: Di misera Regina
7 – Claudio Monteverdi: Io son pur vezzosetta
8 – Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino canticum novum
9 – Claudio Monteverdi: Sancta Maria succere miseris
10 – Claudio Monteverdi: Laudate Dominum in sancta Eius
11 – Claudio Monteverdi: Venite, sitientes ad aquas
12 – Claudio Monteverdi: Exulta filia Sion
13 – Claudio Monteverdi: O bone Jesu, o piissime Jesu
14 – Claudio Monteverdi: Iste confessor

Released under licensed from The Consort of Musicke. Previously released as RRC 1060.