This hour features a new, special CD with early music. The latest CD by Scherzi Musicali conducted by Nicolas Achten.
Il Pianto d’Orfeo or The birth of opera.
By Scherzi Musicali conducted by Nicolas Achten, released on the label Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
Luigi Rossi (c.1598-1653)
1. Sinfonia
2. All’imperio d’Amore
3. Mio ben, teco ‘l tormento
4. Les pleurs d’Orphee, aillant perdu sa femme
5. Lasciate Averno
Emilio de Cavalieri (c. 1550-1602)
6. Aria di Fiorenza (instr)
Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
7. Funeste piagge
Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
8. Funeste piagge
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
9. Rosa del Ciel
10. Tu se’ morta
11. Possente spirto
12. Ahi, vista troppo dolce
Antonio Sartorio (ca. 1630-1680)
13. Orfeo, tu dormi?
14. Se desti pieta
Andrea Falconieri (ca. 1585-1656)
15. La Suava melodia
Scherzi Musicali conducted by Nicolas Achten, baritone. Deborah York, soprano. Lambert Colson, cornetto
label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88843078722, 2015