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Scintillate Amicae Stellae / Cappella Artemisia

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Composer
ANONYMOUS ASSANDRA, CATERINA
Artist
Candace, Cappella Artemisia, Smith
Format
CD
Label
Tactus
Released
Jan 01, 2011
Catalog #
TC280003
UPC
8007194105100

About

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.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Messa, salmi intieri e spezzati, Op. 2: Puer natus 03:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Messa, salmi intieri e spezzati, Op. 2: Puer natus
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Francesco Rognoni Taeggio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  2. 2 Sacrarum cantionum, Book 1: O Maria, "In Nativitate Iesu Christi Dialogismus" 03:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sacrarum cantionum, Book 1: O Maria, "In Nativitate Iesu Christi Dialogismus"
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Agostino Soderini
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  3. 3 Motetti a voce sola: Scintillate amicae stellae 07:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Motetti a voce sola: Scintillate amicae stellae
    Duration
    07:22
    Composer
    Rosa Giacinta Badalla
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  4. 4 Noe noe 03:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Noe noe
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Domenico Massenzio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  5. 5 Magi videntes stellam 02:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Magi videntes stellam
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Domenico Massenzio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  6. 6 Concerti sacri, Op. 2: Ecce annuntio vobis 07:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    Concerti sacri, Op. 2: Ecce annuntio vobis
    Duration
    07:47
    Composer
    Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  7. 7 Motetti, Op. 2: Hodie Christus 04:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    Motetti, Op. 2: Hodie Christus
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Caterina Assandra
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  8. 8 Hodie nobis caelorum rex [Nativitas Domini, da Antiphonarium Romanum, Venezia 1606] 01:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Hodie nobis caelorum rex [Nativitas Domini, da Antiphonarium Romanum, Venezia 1606]
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  9. 9 Motectorum, Book 1: Hodie Christus natus est 03:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Motectorum, Book 1: Hodie Christus natus est
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Andrea Rota
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  10. 10 Sacri cantus, Book 2: Quem vidistis pastores? 02:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sacri cantus, Book 2: Quem vidistis pastores?
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Tiburzio Massaino
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  11. 11 Fiorita corona di melodia celeste, Op. 7: Silentium 05:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fiorita corona di melodia celeste, Op. 7: Silentium
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Sisto Reina
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  12. 12 Philomela angelica cantionum sacrarum, "Res Plena Dei": No. 5. O praeclara dies 08:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    Philomela angelica cantionum sacrarum, "Res Plena Dei": No. 5. O praeclara dies
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Daniel Speer
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  13. 13 Arie di musica: O Maria che giubilante partoristi 03:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Arie di musica: O Maria che giubilante partoristi
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Strata
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  14. 14 Il terzo libro de sacri concenti: Natus est Iesus 03:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Il terzo libro de sacri concenti: Natus est Iesus
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Gasparo Casati
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  15. 15 Sacri concerti de motetti a 1,2,3 e 4 voci: Ad gaudia, ad iubila 06:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    Sacri concerti de motetti a 1,2,3 e 4 voci: Ad gaudia, ad iubila
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Maria Xaveria Perucona
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith
  16. 16 Motetti con le litanie della Beata Vergine, Op. 10: Gloria in excelsis Deo 09:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    Motetti con le litanie della Beata Vergine, Op. 10: Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Isabella Leonarda
    Ensemble
    Cappella Artemisia
    Conductor
    Candace Smith