Stelle Lucenti - Monteverdi And His Time / La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross

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Label
Zefir Records
Release Date
October 16, 2020
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      La Sfera Armoniosa
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 16, 2020
    • UPC
      8717774570708
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ZEF9673
    • LABEL
      Zefir Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Nò, nò, nò

      Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    2. O come sei gentile, SV 120

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    3. Con le stelle in ciel che mai

      Composer: Biagio Marini

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    4. Recercada primera sobre canto llano

      Composer: Diego Ortiz

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    5. Passamezzo antico: Recercada primera

      Composer: Diego Ortiz

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    6. O primavera

      Composer: Luzzasco Luzzaschi

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    7. Deh vieni ormai cor mio

      Composer: Luzzasco Luzzaschi

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    8. Canario

      Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    9. Ballo delle Stelle: Stelle lucenti

      Composer: Paolo Quagliati

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    10. Aria: Ardo d'amor s'io miro

      Composer: Paolo Quagliati

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    11. L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308: Oblivion soave

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    12. Toccata

      Composer: Ascanio Mayone

      Performer: Emma Huijsser

    13. Lagrime mie, a che vi trattenete

      Composer: Barbara Strozzi

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    14. Tu dormi e 'l dolce sonno

      Composer: Jacopo Peri

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross

    15. Romanesca con partite variate

      Composer: Alessandro Piccinini

      Performer: Mike Fentross

    16. Romanesca: Ohime, dov'e il mio ben, dov'e il mio core?, SV 140

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: La Sfera Armoniosa

      Conductor: Mike Fentross


The music in this programme, featuring two vocal top soloists, Claron McFadden and Nora Fischer, reigns from the turn of the 16th to the 17th century, the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque era, a musically interesting and exciting time! Claudio Monteverdi is without any doubt the biggest Stella Lucente (shining star) of this album. He has always been considered the great master of this period and the title of the album could have been Monteverdi and his time. The highest goal is to touch the listener’s soul. This leads, among other things, to an enormous amount of publications with compositions for solo voice, two sopranos and basso continuo and, subsequently, the birth of the opera. Many musicians work in the courts of the great city-states (such as Ferrara, Florence, Mantua, Venice) and the papal residence in Rome. The Duke of Ferrara employs three sopranos under the name Concerto delle Donne. They are the pride of the court and perform in special concerts attended only by high-ranking courtiers and important guests. Composers are inspired by them, Luzzaschi in particular, who worked as the musical director at the same court. Not only were they highly skilled singers, they were also adept at playing various instruments, some of which you can hear on this album; the harp, viola da gamba and guitar.