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Filippo Mineccia and Raffaele Pe – two of the most compelling international countertenor voices currently around – unite to deliver a recital of Baroque vocal duets, in A due alti, a programme for Glossa which demonstrates that there was much music of quality being composed in this genre beyond that by Handel. Testament to that is the increasing interest on record in recent years of vocal music by the other composers represented on this recording – Steffani, Bononcini, Caresana and Marcello. Such was the brisk demand in aristocratic circles for these intimate duets from the 1680s onwards (even princesses commissioned them!), especially up through Italy and across the German lands, that active opera composers such as the London rivals, Handel and Bononcini, were as attracted to them as were fervent detractors of opera such as Marcello. In them the Mediterranean sensuality of the vocal line was reconciled with the Northern European taste for counterpoint. With the voices of Pe and Mineccia blending attractively together or taking on distinct characters as demanded by the music, Claudio Cavina brings all his innate musical understanding and experience in shaping this beguiling music and bringing out its delicate subtleties from the cello, harp, theorbo and harpsichord which make up La Venexiana on this occasion. Stefano Russomanno delves into the history of the vocal duet and provides a fascinating commentary to the mellifluous music-making of the two countertenors. © Glossa
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Felice chi vi mira (Benedetto Marcello)
Benedetto Marcello, Composer - Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - Raffaele Pe, Artist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182b (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - Raffaele Pe, Artist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Lamento degl'occhi per non potersi vedere l'un con l'altro (Cristoforo Caresana)
Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - Raffaele Pe, Artist - Cristoforo Caresana, Composer - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Lontan dall'idol mio (Benedetto Marcello)
Benedetto Marcello, Composer - Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - Raffaele Pe, Artist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Io mi parto (Agostino Steffani)
Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Agostino Steffani, Composer - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - Raffaele Pe, Artist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Per la morte di Ninfa (Giovanni Battista Bononcini)
Giovanni Bononcini, Composer - Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Raffaele Pe, Artist, MainArtist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Lasciami un sol momento (Giovanni Battista Bononcini)
Giovanni Bononcini, Composer - Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Duetti da camera, Op. 8, No. 7. Sempre piango - Sempre rido (Giovanni Battista Bononcini)
Giovanni Bononcini, Composer - Claudio Cavina, Conductor - Filippo Mineccia, Artist, MainArtist - Raffaele Pe, Artist - La Venexiana, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Album review
Filippo Mineccia and Raffaele Pe – two of the most compelling international countertenor voices currently around – unite to deliver a recital of Baroque vocal duets, in A due alti, a programme for Glossa which demonstrates that there was much music of quality being composed in this genre beyond that by Handel. Testament to that is the increasing interest on record in recent years of vocal music by the other composers represented on this recording – Steffani, Bononcini, Caresana and Marcello. Such was the brisk demand in aristocratic circles for these intimate duets from the 1680s onwards (even princesses commissioned them!), especially up through Italy and across the German lands, that active opera composers such as the London rivals, Handel and Bononcini, were as attracted to them as were fervent detractors of opera such as Marcello. In them the Mediterranean sensuality of the vocal line was reconciled with the Northern European taste for counterpoint. With the voices of Pe and Mineccia blending attractively together or taking on distinct characters as demanded by the music, Claudio Cavina brings all his innate musical understanding and experience in shaping this beguiling music and bringing out its delicate subtleties from the cello, harp, theorbo and harpsichord which make up La Venexiana on this occasion. Stefano Russomanno delves into the history of the vocal duet and provides a fascinating commentary to the mellifluous music-making of the two countertenors. © Glossa
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:24
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Filippo Mineccia Raffaele Pe La Venexiana Claudio Cavina
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
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