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Title: Music for Francesco II D'este
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421962368
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2020-11-20
Number of Discs: 1

Between 1674 and 1694 the duchy of Modena was ruled by the music-loving Francesco II d'Este: a period of rule that attracted musicians and singers from across northern Italy and farther afield. The music of the chapel was supervised by the duke himself and he established a network of contact with the finest native musicians such as Corelli. Vitali and Domenico Gabrielli both moved to Modena permanently, while the best-known Giovanni Bononcini, member of a formidable musical clan, began his career there and then performed for the grandest courts across Europe. Countless volumes of chamber, instrumental and vocal music were dedicated to the duke thanks to his generous patronage. This recording project has drawn on the remarkably rich resources of the duke's own music library, and it's unique collection of manuscripts affording the opportunity to make several world-premiere recordings of music that has probably lain unheard since the late 17th-century. A case in point is the cantata composed by Vitali to mark the duke's birthday, Sopra la nascita. Now much less familiar a name, Giuseppe Colombi wrote with an audaciously personal style, as the cantata Di Lidia al sen vezzoso reveals. Even more expressively striking is the cantata composed by Bononcini on the subject of the death of Cleopatra, and Gabrielli's cantata Amore m'hai così avinto is an absorbing exploration of sexual jealousy. Interspersed with these cantatas are sonatas and dances by Vitali and Bononcini which radiate brio and rhythmic verve, and the album concludes with another jealousy-themed duet by an unfamiliar name, Pietro Nicolò Sorosina (c. 1645-1732). The project came to life from an invitation on the part of the Grandezze e Meraviglie festival in Modena, and it is performed according to the highest standards of modern period-instrument practice by the festival's house ensemble and led by the local early-music maestro Giovanni Paganelli, born in Modena in 1992.

Tracks:
1.1 Sonata No. 1 for violin and B.C. From Artifici musicali, opera decima terza~I. Largo
1.2 Sonata No. 1 for violin and B.C. From Artifici musicali, opera decima terza~II. Allegro
1.3 Sonata No. 1 for violin and B.C. From Artifici musicali, opera decima terza~III.
1.4 Sonata No. 1 for violin and B.C. From Artifici musicali, opera decima terza~IV.
1.5 Sonata No. 1 for violin and B.C. From Artifici musicali, opera decima terza~V.
1.6 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Recitativo. Coronata d'applausi
1.7 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Aria. Per freggiare un sol che nasce
1.8 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Recitativo. Doppo lieve contesa
1.9 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Aria. Sì bel giorno più splendido e adorno
1.10 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Recitativo. Già l'Invidia e la Sorte
1.11 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Aria. Godan gl'astri e rida il sole
1.12 Coronata d'applausi for soprano, 3 violins and B.C.~Recitativo. Sì disse e fe' ritorno
1.13 Ciaccona for violoncello and B.C.
1.14 Di Lidia al sen vezzoso Cantata for soprano and B.C.
1.15 Giga La Cimicella (from Arie, correnti, sarabande, gighe e allemande a violino e violone, over spinetta, con alcune intavolate per diverse accordature)
1.16 Arie, Correnti, Sarabande, Gighe et Alemande, Op. 4~Sarabanda
1.17 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Per non calcar di Roma
1.18 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Aria. Allegro: Che mi giova di Fortuna
1.19 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Di diane, di febi
1.20 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Aria. Vivo: Ma che pensi, Fortuna crudele
1.21 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Schiava non mi vedrai
1.22 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Aria. Vivace: Non trarrò già scalzo il piè
1.23 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Sì, che morrò da forte
1.24 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Aria. Vago: Oh, dell'aspe che 'l seno m'ancide
1.25 Cleopatra Moribonda, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Ma già con piè veloce
1.26 Amor m'hai così avinto, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Amor, m'hai così avinto
1.27 Amor m'hai così avinto, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Aria Andante. Se a guardar bellezze amabili
1.28 Amor m'hai così avinto, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Ma, almen s'altro non posso
1.29 Amor m'hai così avinto, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Aria. Allegro. Amanti quel volto
1.30 Amor m'hai così avinto, Cantata for soprano and B.C.~Recitativo. Ah, che se alcun vedessi
1.31 nume d'amore Duet for canto, alto and B.C.~Aria. Adagio: Il nume d'amore
1.32 nume d'amore Duet for canto, alto and B.C.~Recitativo. Han sì veloce moto le saette
1.33 nume d'amore Duet for canto, alto and B.C.~Aria. Vivace: Dunque amor le sue facelle
1.34 nume d'amore Duet for canto, alto and B.C.~Recitativo. Sarò sempre costante
1.35 nume d'amore Duet for canto, alto and B.C.~Vivace e a battuta: Che lusinga e inganna / che consola e diletta e l'alma e il core
1.36 Gelosia invidiosa, Duet for 2 sopranos

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