Cupid's Ground Bass

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
November 21, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Francesco Cavalli, Carlo Farina, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Claud
    • PERFORMER
      Bellot Ensemble
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      5060216349183
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR183
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Baroque Era
    Works ⌄

    1. Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2: No. 1. Amor dormiglione

      Composer: Barbara Strozzi

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Lucine Musaelian

    2. Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3: Aria quinta sopra La Bergamasca

      Composer: Marco Uccellini

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

    3. Capriccio stravagante: La Lira

      Composer: Carlo Farina

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

    4. Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne, Act III: Lamento: Misero Apollo

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Kieran White

    5. Sinfonia

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

    6. Act I: Delizie, contente che l'alma beate

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Kieran White

    7. Musiche sacre concernenti messa, e salmi concertati con istromenti, imni, antifone et sonate: Canzon a 3

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

    8. Giasone, Act I: Se dardo pungente

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Lucine Musaelian

    9. Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata No. 1

      Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

      Performer: Daniel Murphy

    10. I. Praeludium

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Edmund Taylor

    11. II. Aria allegro - Variations - III. Finale

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Edmund Taylor

    12. Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarone: Capona

      Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

      Performer: Daniel Murphy

    13. L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act II: Oblivion soave (arr. for voice and theorbo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Performer: Kieran White, Daniel Murphy

    14. Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarone: Canario

      Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

      Performer: Daniel Murphy

    15. Arie a voce sola, Op. 8: Che si può fare?

      Composer: Barbara Strozzi

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Lucine Musaelian

    16. Scherzi musicali cioe arie et madrigali, SV 246-251: No. 6. Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, "Ciaccona", SV 251

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble

      Performer: Lucine Musaelian, Kieran White


A prevailing feature of music of the 16th century and earlier was a split between the deployment of voices and instruments: occasionally replacing each other, or used in alternation - a more concerted effort in writing dedicated instrumental music with increasing degrees of complexity and virtuosity was taking place. The penchant for writing stories about love in it's many forms continued, finding a new home in the developing operatic works as well as the ever-popular madrigal genre, as composers continued to find ways to describe the joy, grief, despair and ecstasy of the human experience of love. Cupid's Ground Bass is a celebration of these developing musical aesthetics of early 17th century Italy, focusing particularly on the composers' language of love in all it's forms.