The Queen’s Music: Italian vocal duets and trios

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Many of the settings exploit the sensual intertwining of two soprano voices over a basso continuo...Emma Kirkby, dewy-voiced as ever, and Swedish soprano Susanne Rydén make exquisite partners,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2010
Catalogue No: BISCD1715
Label: BIS
Length: 68 minutes

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anon.: Parlate per me

Work length2:08

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Rossi, Luigi: Tu sarai sempre

Work length2:20

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Cesti: Già son morto

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Rossi, Luigi: Dite o Cieli

Work length1:40

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Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

anon.: Pian piano mio core

Work length2:48

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, libro primo

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, libro primo: Toccata ottava

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Carissimi: Sciolto havean dall'alte sponde (I naviganti)

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Peter Harvey, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Frescobaldi: In partitura il primo libro delle canzoni

Work length4:44

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Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Canzona settima detta la Superba (o Tuccina) [arr. For cello and harpsichord]

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Rossi, Luigi: O Cieli pietà

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Rossi, Luigi: Lasso benché mi fugga

Work length2:54

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Susanne Rydén, Peter Harvey, Mikael Bellini, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, libro primo

Work length2:18

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, libro primo: Toccata nona

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Rossi, Luigi: Pene che volete

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Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Rossi, Luigi: Pietà, spietati lumi

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Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

anon.: Partitevi da me

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Rossi, Luigi: Vorrei scoprirti

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

anon.: Occhi Belli

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Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, libro secondo

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

Toccata seconda

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anon.: E’ di ragion

Work length3:46

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Susanne Rydén, Peter Harvey, Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Recorded: May 2008
Recording Venue: Lanna Church, Sweden

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The programme on this disc consists of a selection of Italian 17th-centruy vocal duets and trios from the Whitelocke manuscript, with Carissimi’s large-scale cantata I Naviganti at its heart. These duets and trios form a kind of refined entertainment music for intimate occasions: emotionally charged, yet playful songs about love and passion intended for an aristocratic audience. The combination of simple yet elegant melodies and colourful, sometimes even bold, harmonies lends these songs a particular sweetness which is here brought out by a close-knit group of some of the finest performers in the field of period performance today, with Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Susanne Rydén and Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann. They are joined by the Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen, who also adds variety to the programme with instrumental solos by Frescobaldi.

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January 2011

Many of the settings exploit the sensual intertwining of two soprano voices over a basso continuo...Emma Kirkby, dewy-voiced as ever, and Swedish soprano Susanne Rydén make exquisite partners, ever-sensitive to the music's subtle nuances and graceful ornamentation.

26th November 2010

Harvey’s few contributions to the BIS disc, a collection of Italian vocal duets and trios from the court of the legendary 17th-century Queen Christina of Sweden, are wonderfully stylish, but the recital is dominated by the sopranos and Lars Ulrik Mortensen’s spirited harpsichord playing.

May 2011

[Mortensen's] captivating harpsichord accompaniments also play a vital part in helping to share the appealing merits of refined miniatures such as Antonio Cesti's duet 'Già son morto'...Luigi Rossi's 'Dite o cieli' is sung by Kirkby and Harvey with marvellous lightness and I particularly admired Carissimi's trio I Naviganti.

March 2011

[Kirkby, Rydén and Harvey], all specialists in the historically informed performance of Baroque music, have the light, brilliant, flexible voices necessary to do these lovely works full justice. Kirkby is warmer than the more crystalline-sounding and considerably younger Rydén, but she is no less agile and thus the two sopranos are a perfect match.

14th November 2010

The vocal colours of Kirkby and her fellow soprano Susanne Rydén complement each other beautifully, while Peter Harvey’s resonant baritone and the countertenor Mikael Bellini add other shades.

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