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

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
November 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Giovanni Antonio Boretti, Daniele da Castrovillari, Francesco Cavalli, Girolamo Frescobali, Giovanni
    • PERFORMER
      Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Laurence Cummings, Academy Of Ancient Music
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 03, 2023
    • UPC
      635212076927
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD769
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
    Works ⌄

    1. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Vorrei baciarti, o Filli, SV 123

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    2. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Se i languidi miei sguardi, SV 141

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    3. Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 8: Da torbido nembo

      Composer: Jacopo Melani

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    4. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Perché fuggi, SV 128

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    5. Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Book 3, Op. 12: Ballo detto Pollicio

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    6. La Cleopatra, Act III Scene 11: Dove, m'ascondo

      Composer: Daniele da Castrovillari

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    7. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Soave libertate, SV 130

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    8. Eliogabalo, Act I Scene 13: Io resto solo? - Misero, così va

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    9. Toccata No. 4

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Laurence Cummings

    10. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Tornate, o cari baci, SV 129

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    11. Ercole in Tebe, Act I Scene 3: Crudo Amor

      Composer: Giovanni Antonio Boretti

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    12. Il Trespolo tutore, Act III Scene 5: Oh, quanti soli - Ahimé, gli è meglio piangere

      Composer: Alessandro Stradella

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    13. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Se pur destina e vole, SV 142

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    14. Balletti e correnti a 5, Op. 16: Corrente No. 9

      Composer: Giovanni Legrenzi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    15. Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 14: Entro l'orrida mole - Se per te lieto, mi lice

      Composer: Giovanni Antonio Boretti

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    16. Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, con altri generi de canti), SV 117-145: Con che soavità, labbra adorate, SV 139

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings

    17. L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III Scene 8: Pur ti miro - pur ti godo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado

      Conductor: Laurence Cummings


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.