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Infinite Refrain – Music of Love's Refuge / Scotting, Navarro Colorado, Cummings, AAM
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Infinite Refrain – Music of Love's Refuge / Scotting, Navarro Colorado, Cummings, AAM

Baroque Dramatic Romantic Exotic Spiritual
$19.99

Details

Composer
Giovanni Antonio Boretti, Daniele da Castrovillari, Francesco Cavalli, Girolamo Frescobali, Giovanni
Artist
Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Laurence Cummings, Academy Of Ancient Music
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Nov 03, 2023
Catalog #
SIGCD769
UPC
635212076927

About

The first of its kind, this duet album is a musical journey that draws back the curtain which has obscured gay love-stories for centuries. In the 17th century, Venice offered a liberal safe haven of sorts to the gay community of greater Europe. There are accounts of outed artists escaping to Venice to live and work amongst its more permissive culture. Almost 400 years later, we reconnect with this uncommonly tolerant place and time to share a history that is yet untold. The album includes vivid and charming duets from Monteverdi’s 7th book of madrigals as well as his touching musical love letters (lettere amorose). Additionally, there are four modern-day premieres of works by the little-known composers Boretti, Melani, and Castrovillari; including a moving duet for the lovers Hercules and Theseus as they exit the underworld hand-in-hand. Solo arias by Cavalli and Stradella depict the yearning of hidden love, and the recording culminates with one of the most beautiful duets of all time, ‘Pur ti miro’ from Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. This album is a recognition and celebration of gay love that spans the centuries.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Vorrei baciarti, o Filli, SV 123 04:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Vorrei baciarti, o Filli, SV 123
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  2. 2 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Se i languidi miei sguardi, SV 141 06:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Se i languidi miei sguardi, SV 141
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  3. 3 Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 8: Da torbido nembo 03:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 8: Da torbido nembo
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Jacopo Melani
    Performer
    Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  4. 4 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Perché fuggi, SV 128 03:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Perché fuggi, SV 128
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  5. 5 Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Book 3, Op. 12: Ballo detto Pollicio 02:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Book 3, Op. 12: Ballo detto Pollicio
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Tarquinio Merula
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  6. 6 La Cleopatra, Act III Scene 11: Dove, m'ascondo 03:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    La Cleopatra, Act III Scene 11: Dove, m'ascondo
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Daniele da Castrovillari
    Performer
    Randall Scotting
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  7. 7 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Soave libertate, SV 130 03:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Soave libertate, SV 130
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  8. 8 Eliogabalo, Act I Scene 13: Io resto solo? - Misero, così va 02:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Eliogabalo, Act I Scene 13: Io resto solo? - Misero, così va
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Francesco Cavalli
    Performer
    Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  9. 9 Toccata No. 4 03:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Toccata No. 4
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi
    Performer
    Laurence Cummings
  10. 10 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Tornate, o cari baci, SV 129 02:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Tornate, o cari baci, SV 129
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  11. 11 Ercole in Tebe, Act I Scene 3: Crudo Amor 01:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ercole in Tebe, Act I Scene 3: Crudo Amor
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Giovanni Antonio Boretti
    Performer
    Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  12. 12 Il Trespolo tutore, Act III Scene 5: Oh, quanti soli - Ahimé, gli è meglio piangere 08:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    Il Trespolo tutore, Act III Scene 5: Oh, quanti soli - Ahimé, gli è meglio piangere
    Duration
    08:39
    Composer
    Alessandro Stradella
    Performer
    Randall Scotting
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  13. 13 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Se pur destina e vole, SV 142 05:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Se pur destina e vole, SV 142
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  14. 14 Balletti e correnti a 5, Op. 16: Corrente No. 9 02:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Balletti e correnti a 5, Op. 16: Corrente No. 9
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Giovanni Legrenzi
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  15. 15 Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 14: Entro l'orrida mole - Se per te lieto, mi lice 02:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 14: Entro l'orrida mole - Se per te lieto, mi lice
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Giovanni Antonio Boretti
    Performer
    Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  16. 16 Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Con che soavità, labbra adorate, SV 139 05:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Con che soavità, labbra adorate, SV 139
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings
  17. 17 L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III Scene 8: Pur ti miro - pur ti godo 05:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III Scene 8: Pur ti miro - pur ti godo
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado
    Ensemble
    Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Laurence Cummings