Special offer. Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) & Stephan MacLeod (baritone)
Concerto Soave, Marc Aymes
Spanning nearly half a century of musical 'jests', Concerto Soave is fresh, light and sparkling as a glass of Prosecco. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto almost self-combusts with pure joy. Irresistable.
Special offer. Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) & Stephan MacLeod (baritone)
Concerto Soave, Marc Aymes
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Spanning nearly half a century of musical 'jests', Concerto Soave is fresh, light and sparkling as a glass of Prosecco. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto almost self-combusts with pure joy. Irresistable.
About
In addition to his books of madrigals, Monteverdi also practised throughout his life less ambitious vocal forms which he designated canzonette, arie or scherzi. Here is a broad selection of these, from the canzonette published in 1584 – when he was only 17 – to the two books of 'Scherzi musicali'.
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Awards and reviews
Spanning nearly half a century of musical 'jests', Concerto Soave is fresh, light and sparkling as a glass of Prosecco. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto almost self-combusts with pure joy. Irresistable.
Early Music Review February 2015
a remarkable testament to the man’s [Festa’s] intellectual and imaginative powers.
Awards Issue 2005
[Kiehr] brings a nice wryness to the mild plaint of 'Ohimè ch'io cado'. Stephan MacLeod blends in well… Jean-Marc Aymes directs with spirit and plays with a fine set of variations by Frescobaldi on the claviorganum.
5th August 2015
It's an entertaining, sensibly varied sequence, beautifully sung, especially by Kiehr, who makes wonderfully expressive use of shading to bleach her voice of all colour at one moment and make it seductively honeyed the next, and which is supported with sparky instrumental playing by the members of Concerto Soave.
