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La Pellegrina - Intermedii 1589

By Luca Marenzio, Cristofano Malvezzi, Giulio Caccini, Jacopo Peri, Antonio Archilei, Emilio De' Cavalieri & Giovanni di Bardi

Dorothée Leclair, Monika Mauch (sopranos), Pascal Bertin (alto), Stephan van Dyck, Jean-François Novelli (tenors) & Antoni Fajardo (bass)

Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Collegium Vocale Gent, Skip Sempé

Release Date: 26th Nov 2007
Catalogue No: PA0004
Label: Paradizo
Length: 68 minutes

Malvezzi: Sinfonia, a 6

Work length2:02

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Antonio Archilei, Emilio de Cavalieri: Dalle più alte sfere

Work length5:07

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Dorothée Leclair (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Malvezzi: Noi, che cantando, a 8

Work length1:38

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Malvezzi: Sinfonia, a 6

Work length2:10

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Malvezzi: Dolcissime Sirene, a 6

Work length1:20

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Malvezzi: A voi reali amanti, a 15

Work length2:54

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Malvezzi: Coppia gentil, a 6

Work length1:08

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Marenzio: Sinfonia a 5

Work length0:41

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Marenzio: Belle ne fe’ natura, a 3

Work length1:41

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Monika Mauch (soloist), Pascal Bertin (soloist), Dorothée Leclair (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Marenzio: Chi dal delfino, a 6

Work length1:23

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Marenzio: Se nelle voci nostre, a 12

Work length2:14

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Marenzio: O figlie di Piero, a 18

Work length2:16

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Marenzio: Qui di carne si sfama, a 12

Work length2:16

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Marenzio: O valoroso Dio, a 4

Work length1:20

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Marenzio: O mille volte, a 8

Work length1:56

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Capriccio Stravagante Consort Voices (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Caccini, G: Io che dal ciel cader

Work length1:54

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Monika Mauch (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Malvezzi: Sinfonia, a 6

Work length3:15

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Malvezzi: Or che le due grand’alme, a 6

Work length2:06

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Bardi, G: Miseri habitator, a 5

Work length2:41

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Marenzio: Io che l’onde raffreno, a 5

Work length1:18

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Monika Mauch (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Malvezzi: E noi con questa bella diva, a 5

Work length1:54

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Malvezzi: Sinfonia, a 6

Work length2:53

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Peri, J: Dunque fra torbid'onde

Work length4:22

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Jean-François Novelli (soloist), Vincent Lesage (soloist), Stephan Van Dyck (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Malvezzi: Lieti solcando il mare, a 7

Work length1:41

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Malvezzi: Dal vago e bel sereno, a 6

Work length4:03

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent
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Malvezzi: O qual risplende nube, a 6

Work length1:20

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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Cavalieri: Godi turba mortal

Work length1:39

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Monika Mauch (soloist)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
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Malvezzi: O fortunato giorno, a 30

Work length2:28

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Cavalieri: O che nuovo miracolo, a 5, a 3

Work length7:14

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Live recording May 2007. Florence, 19th October 1587: Francesco de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany dies with his wife under suspicious circumstances. His brother Ferdinando inherits the title, leaves the monkhood for worldly aspirations including finding a wife. On 2nd May 1589, he married Christine of Lorraine, granddaughter of Catherine de Medici, mother of the King of France. As was the custom at European courts, the wedding was accompanied with splendid festivities, each one outshining the last, to convey the image of the new monarchy.

The highlight of the 1589 Medici festivities was the wedding-day performance of La Pellegrina. Less than a decade later, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo was the first opera to rely upon the large and colorful 'intermedii' orchestra. Indeed, at the same time that we are cellebrating the anniversary of Monteverdi's Orfeo,

specialists consider that the Pellegrina can be considered the first opera. Rather than reconstructing a historic event, Skip Sempé has revived a narrative performance style, concentrating on the bold, virtuoso gestures of this exuberant music.

There have been two previous recordings, neither of which is currently available.This new version, recorded in Brussels in May, with the finest soloists in Renaissance repertoire, the famous Collegium Vocale Gent, is also the first CD by the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra for Paradizo.

An exhaustive essay by Skip Sempé illuminates both the research and his views on the performance of La Pellegrina. The work is considered in the context of the history of the Medici Intermedii, the source research, synopsis of the themes and the creators of the Intermedii, along with a section on the invention of modern stagecraft and the creation of opera.A second CD with a 36-minute interview with Skip Sempé and Lindsay Kemp (from BBC and Gramophone) is also included. Complete with numerous musical examples, the interview is conceived as a continuation the booklet in the form of conversation. A perfect way to discover more about La Pellegrina, a milestone in the history of music that celebrates the birth of opera.

La Pellegrina - Intermedii 1589

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