Earthly Angels: Music from 17th Century Nun Convents

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Release Date: 1st Mar 2019
Catalogue No: ABCD426
Label: Alba
Length: 56 minutes

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Maria Xaveria Perucona: Sacri concerti de motetti à 1, 2, 3 e 4 voci

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Kajsa Dahlbäck (soprano)
Earthly Angels

Sacri concerti de motetti à 1, 2, 3 e 4 voci: Ad gaudia, ad iubila

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Leonarda: Sacri concenti, Op. 3

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Kajsa Dahlbäck (soprano)
Earthly Angels

Sacri concenti, Op. 3: Volo Jesum

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Rusca, C F: Sacri concerti

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Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)

Sacri concerti: Canzone seconda

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Badalla: Motetti à voce sola

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Kajsa Dahlbäck (soprano)
Earthly Angels

Motetti à voce sola: Non plangete

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Leonarda: Sonata a 4 in D Minor, Op. 16, No. 12

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Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin)
Earthly Angels

Sonata à 4 in D Minor, Op. 16 No. 12

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Motetti à voce sola

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Motetti à voce sola: Pane angelico

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Re, B: Motetti à 2, e 3 voci, Op. 2

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Earthly Angels

Motetti à 2, e 3 voci, Op. 2: Canzona à 4

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Cozzolani: Salmi a otto, motetti et dialoghi, Op. 3

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Kajsa Dahlbäck (soprano), Anna Villberg (soprano)
Earthly Angels

Salmi à otto... motetti et dialoghi, Op. 3: O quam bonus es

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In the Duchy of Milan in what is now northern Italy, it was a common practice in the 17th century for young girls to enter a convent. In many cases, this was because of circumstances rather than devotion and could not be described as voluntary: at the time, the dowry that a bride’s family was expected to pay her groom on marriage had become incredibly large and hence in many cases unaffordable. According to Robert L. Kendrick (Celestial Sirens, 1996), as many as 75% of the daughters of some aristocratic families in Milan became nuns around the turn of the 17th century; in the second half of the 17th century, the percentage was 48%. The nuns of some convents were very well known in the surrounding community and had both an inner church for their own devotions and an outer church that visitors could attend. These two churches were separated by a wall, so that there was no visual contact between the nuns and the visitors. Sound, on the other hand – speech and song – passed freely through openings near the ceiling.

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