COMPOSERS: Strozzi
LABELS: Stradivarius
WORKS: Cantatas & Ariettas for solo voice, Op. 7 (Venice, 1659)
PERFORMER: Emanuela Galli (soprano);Ensemble Galilei/Paul Beier
CATALOGUE NO: STR 33487
Protestations of undying love, mostly unrequited, spur Strozzi to striking harmonic experiments in this revolutionary ‘new music’. Galli responds to every nuance, recorded a touch distantly behind Ensemble Galilei’s varied continuo – driving percussive theorboes and guitars and gentle chamber organ. George Pratt
Strozzi: Cantatas & Ariettas for solo voice, Op. 7 (Venice, 1659)
Protestations of undying love, mostly unrequited, spur Strozzi to striking harmonic experiments in this revolutionary ‘new music’. Galli responds to every nuance, recorded a touch distantly behind Ensemble Galilei’s varied continuo – driving percussive theorboes and guitars and gentle chamber organ. George Pratt
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5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:11 pm