Canta La Maddalena

Maria Cristina Kiehr - soprano Concerto Soave Jean-Marc Aymes - director

1 Gloria (Giovanni-Battista Agneletti) 4'11 2 Pender non prima vide sopra vil tronco (Luigi Rossi) 13'50 3 Dove, dove sparir (Girolamo Frescobaldi) 2'24 4 Toccata per l'arpa. Canzon 3'05 5 A piè della gran Croce 2'38 6 Toccata Settima per clavicembalo (Michelangelo Rossi) 3'55 7 Dominus illuminatio mea (Bonifatio Gratiani) 8'18 8 Dunque ove tu Signor (Domenico Mazzocchi) 2'00 9 Lagrime Amare 5'01 10 Toccata per liuto (Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger) 2'18 11 Homai le luci erranti (Domenico Mazzocchi) 3'28 12 Heu me miseram et infelicem (Ercole Bernabei) 5'12 13 Queste pungenti spine (Benedetto Ferrari) 13'58

Magdalene at the foot of the Cross. The theme of the deploration represents one of the keystones of the Italian baroque revolution in the first half of the 17th century. These lamenti constituted the ideal framework for putting into practice the latest discoveries in expressive solo singing. Freed from the subtleties of counterpoint, it was now able to communicate the emotion expressed in the words directly to the listener. In this respect sacred music was not far behind and it is easy to understand why the plaints of Mary Magdalene at the foot of the Cross were so abundant, especially in Rome where religious music had always occupied a more important position than elsewhere. The solo motets of Rossi, Agneletti, Mazzocchi and Frescobaldi bear dazzling witness to this specifically Roman musical activity.

Price: $22.98