This hour features a new, special CD with early music.
‘Stravaganza d’Amore’, part 2. The CD book ‘The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court’ by Ensemble Pygmalion conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
In late 16th century Florence the ‘intermedio’ was in fashion, which was an attempt to achieve a perfect mix of music and poetry. These interludes were presented as musical intermezzos between the various scenes, whether or not with ballet and scenic tableaus.
Composers such as Peri, Caccini (Euridice, 1600), Monteverdi (L’Orfeo) and Gagliano (Dafne) composed an extended kind of intermedio: a new opera genre.
Raphaël Pichon selected the most beautiful intermedios characterized by Apollo, Orpheus and Euridice and of course Cupid.
- Terzo Intermedio – Le Lagrime d’Orfeo
Scena prima: Le Nozze
22. Gagliarda a 6 “Primo ballo della Notte d’Amore” – Lorenzo Allegri
23. Al canto, al ballo a 5 “Euridice” – Peri / Caccini / Rinuccini
Scena seconda: La Morte d’Euridice
24. Lassa, che di spavento “Euridice” – Peri / Rinuccini
25. Non piango e non sospiro “Euridice” – Peri / Rinuccini
26. Cruda morte. Sospirate aure celesti “Euridice” – Peri / Rinuccini
Scena terza: L’Inferno
27. Sinfonia a 6. Spirto del Ciel “Primo ballo della Notte d’Amore” – Lorenzo Allegri
28. Funeste piagge “Euridice” – Caccini / Rinuccini
29. Udite lagrimosi spirti d’Averno – Marenzio / Guarini
30. Trionfi oggi pietà “Euridice” – Caccini / Rinuccini
Scena quarta: L’Apoteosi d’Orfeo
31. Gioite al canto mio “Euridice” – Peri / Rinuccini
32. Ma che più ? a 5 “Euridice” – Peri / Rinuccini - Quarto Intermedio – Il Ballo degli reali amanti
33. Ballo del Granduca a 7 – Buonamente
34. Dolcissime sirene a 6 “La Pellegrina” – Malvezzi / Rinuccini
35. A voi reali amanti a 15 “La Pellegrina” – Malvezzi / Rinuccini
36. Coppia gentil a 6 “La Pellegrina” – Malvezzi / Rinuccini
37. O che nuovo miracolo a 5, a 3 “La Pellegrina” – de’Cavalieri / Lucchesini
Pygmalion conducted by Raphaël Pichon. Soloists: Sophie Junker, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Renato Dolcini, Lucile Richardot, Luciana Mancini, Virgile Ancely, Deborah Cachet, Zachary Wilder, Safir Behloul, Davy Cornillot, Nicolas Brooymans and Renaud Bres
(CD Stravaganza d’Amore, HMM 902286.87, 2017)
Additional:
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651)
3. Toccata Arpeggiata
Ippolito Tartaglino (1539-1582)
4. Canzon sopra Susanna
Luigi Rossi (1597-1653)
5. Passacaille
Giovanni Pessi, harp. Philippe Pierlot, Kaori Uemura, Rainer Zipperling and Romina Lischka, viola da gamba
(CD Aura Soave, Flora2712)
