Secret Music of Luzzasco Luzzaschi

The Secret Music of Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Madrigali a uno, due e tre soprani (1601)
Musica Secreta
Amon Ra 58

Contents:

  1. Occhi del pianto mio (trio)
  2. Aura soave (solo)
  3. T'amo mia vita (trio)
  4. O primavera (solo)
  5. Toccata del quarto tono (harpsichord)
  6. I' mi son giovinetta (duet)
  7. O dolcezz'amarissime d'Amore (trio)
  8. Ch'io non t'ami cor mio (solo)
  9. Piccinini: Toccata No. 12 (chitarrone)
  10. Non sa che sia dolore (trio)
  11. Deh vieni ormai cor mio (duet)
  12. Stral pungente d'Amore (duet)
  13. Canzon à 4 (harpsichord)
  14. Ricercare (harpsichord)
  15. Cor mio (duet)
  16. Troppo ben può (trio)

Performers: Deborah Roberts (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Suzie Leblanc (soprano), Mary Nichols (alto), Paula Chateauneuf (lute, chitarrone), John Toll (harpsichord)

Playing time: 46'

Recording date: December 1991

Other recordings by the present ensemble:

Strozzi: Virtuosissima Cantatrice
Musica Secreta
Amon Ra 61
Songs of Ecstasy & Devotion
Lucrezia Vizzana: Componimenti Musicali (1623)
Catherine King / Musica Secreta
Linn 071
Dialogues with Heaven
Motets by Cozzolani
Musica Secreta / David Miller / John Toll
Linn 113
Dangerous Graces
Music by Cipriano de Rore and his pupils
Musica Secreta
Linn 169
Grandi
Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens
Divine Art 25062
From Darkness Into Light
Brumel: Complete Lamentations of Jeremiah for Good Friday
Musica Secreta - Deborah Roberts & Laurie Stras
Obsidian 719

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Todd M. McComb