It’s a repeat (12 Dec 2016) but that’s fine by me.
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This CoW has been very interesting in that it isn’t so much about Francesca Caccini,s life but more about the world in which she composed. Also we are hearing works by many of her contemporaries, most of whom are unknown to me. Besides all this, the music has been gorgeous.Comment
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Originally posted by doversoul1 View Post
[ ... if this is a repeat, I think I must've missed this the first time round. ]
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I've been thoroughly enjoying it (again
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It is being a fascinating series of programmes - so many incidents that remind me of similar events in the life of her near contemporary, the Painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. And yes - terrific Music.
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Since the original broadcast of this CoW, three CDs of La liberazione di Ruggerio dall'isola di Alcina have been released including by Huelgas Ensemble which is a bit of surprise.
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Excellent news! Many thanks, dovers
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- and that's actually its second appearance on CD recently, following this excellent oneOriginally posted by doversoul1 View Post
I haven't heard the Huelgas Ensemble recording yet but the Sartori is beautiful and colourful and altogether admirable.Comment
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post- and that's actually its second appearance on CD recently, following this excellent one
I haven't heard the Huelgas Ensemble recording yet but the Sartori is beautiful and colourful and altogether admirable. - this was the recording second in dovers' list; there's been three recent recordings of the work, as if spurred by Donald Macleod's closing remarks at the end of today's final installment. I can only repeat, "Excellent news"!
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Yes indeed, I just found the third one. I'm going to listen to at least some of all three this afternoon & shall report back.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post - this was the recording second in dovers' list; there's been three recent recordings of the work, as if spurred by Donald Macleod's closing remarks at the end of today's final installment. I can only repeat, "Excellent news"!
Edit: First of all, the Tozzi recording, despite featuring the wonderfully named Riccardo Primitivo, seems to me not on the same level as the other two, using a much reduced instrumentation compared with the composer's suggestions, and less elegant in both vocal and instrumental departments. Comparing the other two recordings brings up some interesting questions of how such a work would have been performed in 1625. The Sartori recording is a fine example of what has come to be accepted as historically informed 17th century Italian operatic style, in terms of its dramatic and characterful delivery; but how accurate a picture does that give of performance practice at a time before there was any kind of "operatic tradition"? Listening to the Van Nevel recording I thought at first it was far too soft-grained in both vocal and instrumental timbre, leisurely in its pacing, not at all "dramatic". But then maybe that comes closer to what would have been performed and heard at the time, given that the Renaissance with its smooth and unemphatic polyphony had only been so to speak over for a few years, and Sartori's realisation on the other hand might just be theatrically exaggerated to suit the expectations of a 21st century audience for something more urgently theatrical. I can't decide. I find Van Nevel's realisation deeply considered and subtle but also somehow a bit dull.Last edited by Richard Barrett; 21-09-18, 14:01.Comment
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I think this was broadcast on Radio 3. What a pity it wasn’t filmed. It looks great fun.
And let’s hope Concerto Soave will record this.
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Caccini's opera La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina - the first opera to be written by a woman - from the Herne Early Music Festival.
12:31 AM
Francesca Caccini (1587-1640)
La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina
Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes (conductor), Maria Christina Kiehr
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Just found this. 1996!!
Francesca Caccini 1/2 'La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina' (1996) Pro Musica Camerata
From p6 libretto in translation
[ed.] someone is selling a book of this work at £13600
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/Liberazione-Ruggiero-dallIsola-dAlcina-Balletto-Rappta/20591104070/bdLast edited by doversoul1; 22-09-18, 20:56.Comment
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