Songs of lament, sung principally by Anne Sophie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Franz-Josef Selig, bass (in 2nd selection) ; accompanied by Jakob Lindberg, theorbo, and Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel, conductor. Recorded in February and October 1997 in the Sendesaal of DeutschlandRadio, Cologne. Compact disc. Program notes in English by Hansjörg Ewert and texts in Italian or Latin with English translations (15 pages : portrait) inserted in container.
Contents:
Con che soavità / Claudio Monteverdi (4:42) -- Lamento della Regina d'Inghilterra / Antonio Bertali (15:24) -- Il ballo del Gran Duca: Corrente Nona (instrumental) / Giovanni Legrenzi (3:19) -- Cantata: Cessate, omai cessate, RV 684 / Antonio Vivaldi (10:52) -- Lamento d'Arianna / Claudio Monteverdi (11:08) -- Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z. 383 / Henry Purcell (7:27) -- Ciaccona (theorbo solo) / Alessadro Piccinini (1:52) -- Oh solitude! Z. 406 / Henry Purcell (4:58).
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