Claudio Monteverdi – Il canto alla viola da gamba
Claudio Monteverdi is the father of modernity in music. He did not merely invent opera; he was quite simply the pioneer of the expression of …
Italian Music
Guerra Amorosa – Two Women with Tragic Destinies
Clorinda, Ottavia: two tragic figures with strangely symmetrical stories. The first, a valiant warrior, dies at the hands of the very man who loves her. …
Orfeo – Il canoro semideo
Orpheus, a demigod more powerful than the gods themselves. When he sings to the sound of his lyre, the fiercest beasts grow gentle, the stones …
Pomponio Nenna di Bari – Cavallier di Cesare
Recording programme: the complete First Book of Madrigals for Five Voices by Pomponio Nenna (1556 – 1608). Pomponio Nenna was born in Bari in 1556. …