Scintillate Amicae Stellae / Cappella Artemisia
The feast of the Nativity held a special place in the hearts and lives of Italian nuns. In a letter to archbishop Federigo Borromeo, a Milanesenun thanked him for his gift of a lute which “has cheered all of the nuns with me, [...] and thus on the night of Holy Christmaswe went to play Matins to all the nuns, singing Gloria in excelsis [...]”. This recording presents works composed by and for these women that might have been heard or performed at Christmastime, andthey call for a great variety of forces ranging from solo voices to double choirs of both singers and instruments. The nun composers represented include the Ursulines Maria Xaveria Perucona and Isabella Leonarda, author of 20 collectionsof vocal and instrumental music; Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and her conventual sister Rosa Giacinta Badalla from the renownedMilanese convent of Santa Radegonda; and Caterina Assandra, composer and dedicatee of various collections. The CD also featuresworks by eminent male composers (Massenzio, Rota, Reina, Speer et al.) and dedicated to these remarkable cloistered musicians.
Product Description:
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Release Date: October 09, 2012
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UPC: 8007194105100
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Catalog Number: TC280003
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Label: Tactus
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Agostino Soderini, Andrea Rota, Anonymous, Caterina Assandra, Chiara M. Cozzolani, Daniel Speer, Domenico Massenzio, Francesco Rognoni Taeggio, Gasparo Casati, Giovanni Battista Strata, Isabella Leonarda, Maria Xaveria Perucona, Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Sisto Reina, Tiburtio Massaino
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Conductor: Candace Smith
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia
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Performer: Candace, Cappella Artemisia, Smith