A Sunday hour with early music goodies. Il Pianto, Italian Passion music for All Souls’ day.
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
From Tenebrae Responsoria:
1. Plange quasi virgo
2. Sicut ovis ad occisionem
3. Tenebrae factae sunt
Ensemble Arte Musica conducted by Francesco Cera
(Brilliant Classics 94804, 2014)
Giovanni Antonio Terzi (ca.1570-after 1599)
4. Canzone del Correggio
5. Cosi’ le chiome
6. Liquide Perle
Emanuela Galli, soprano. Gabriele Palomba and Franco Pavan, lute
(CD EL 032313, 2001)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
7. Maddalena alla croce
8. Passacagli
9. Ohimé che fur
Mariana Flores, soprano. Ensemble Clematis conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcon, harpsichord and organ
(RIC 300, 2009)
Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
10. Movetevi a pietà
Andrea Falconieri (ca.1585-1656)
11. La suave melodia
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
12. Possente spirto
Deborah York, soprano. Nicolas Achten, baritone. Lambert Colson, cornetto. Scherzi Musicali under the direction of Nicolas Achten
(DHM 88843078722, 2014)