Scherzi Musicali (1632)
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MONTEVERDI
Scherzi Musicali (1632)
La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (director)
[ Glossa / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 November 2009
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"It is a strange album of "musical jokes" that ends with one of the most heart-rending outpourings of grief ever written for the theatre: the Lamento d'Arianna...Here, in a discreet "orchestration" by Cavina, it is the climax of a programme by the soprano Emanuela Galli, sumptuous in tone, noble in demeanour and trenchant in delivery of the Italian text." Sunday Times, 26th July 2009 ****
"Purists may snip at the friskiness of Claudio Cavina's period band in these mostly jocular Monteverdi madrigals - sometimes they seem about to discover baroque jazz. Those even more pedantic might cast aspersions at the solo soprano Emanuela Galli for her earthy timbre and for teasing the notes. Myself, I appreciate La Venexiana's energy." The Times, 8th August 2009 ***
"Claudio Cavina's orchestration is discreet; Galli's singing blazingly theatrical; it's the perfect ending to a wonderfully varied and always imaginative recital." The Guardian, 7th August 2009 **** (about Lamento d'Arianna)
"It is a strange album of "musical jokes" that ends with one of the most heart-rending outpourings of grief ever written for the theatre: the Lamento d'Arianna...Here, in a discreet "orchestration" by Cavina, it is the climax of a programme by the soprano Emanuela Galli, sumptuous in tone, noble in demeanour and trenchant in delivery of the Italian text." Sunday Times, 26th July 2009 ****
Tracks:
Con que soavità
Ohime ch'io cado
Sì dolce è'l tormento
Maledetto sia l'aspetto
Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
Eri già tutta mia
Ecco di dolci raggi
Et è pur dunque vero
La mia turca
Voglio di vita uscir
Più lieto il guardo
Perchè se m'odiavi
Lamento d'Arianna 'Lasciatemi morire'
