Early Baroque Music of Italy

Early Baroque Music of Italy
New York Pro Musica - Noah Greenberg, dir.
Decca DL 9425 [LP, mono]
Decca DL 7 9425 [LP, stereo]
Brunswick ????

Contents:

    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
  1. Cantate Domino (voices, viola da gamba, positive organ, 2 recorders, 2 sackbuts, dulcian and tenor shawm)
  2. Laetaniae della Beata Vergine (same as above)

    3. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
  3. Toccata nona (harpsichord)
  4. Canzona settima detta la Superba (viola da gamba, harpsichord)
  5. Canzona quinta (2 recorders, viola da gamba, harpsichord)

    6. ----
    Claudio Monteverdi
  6. Nisi Dominus (voices, viola da gamba, positive organ, 2 recorders, 2 cornetts, 2 sackbuts, rackett)

    7. Franceco Turini (c. 1589-1656)
  7. Trio sonata (tenor recorder, flute, viola da gamba, harpsichord)

    8. Claudio Monteverdi
  8. O come sei gentile (2 sopranos, viola da gamba, harpsichord)

    9. Girolamo Dalla Casa (fl. 1584)
  9. Alix avoit (flute, recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord)

    10. Claudio Monteverdi
  10. Lamento della ninfa (soprano, men's trio, viola da gamba, harpsichord)

Playing time: 46' 00" app.

Performers:
New York Pro Musica:
Sheila Schonbrun (soprano), Elizabeth Humes (soprano), Earnest Murphy (counter-tenor), Ray DeVoll (tenor), Arthur Burrows (tenor), Brayton Lewis (bass), LaNoue Davenport (recorders, krummhorns, cornett), Shelley Gruskin (baroque flute, recorders, krummhorns, rauschpfeife), Judith Davidoff (bass viola da gamba), Edward Smith (harpsichord) & assisting artists: Martha Bixler (recorder), Robert Montesi (cornett), Ronald Roseman (alto shawm), Donald Plesnicar (tenor shawm), Arnold Fromme (tenor sackbut), Robert Szabo (bass sackbutt), Kenneth Wollitz (tenor dulcian, rackett)
Noah Greenberg, dir.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1965 or prior];
Rel.: 04/1966 (Decca)

Comments:
Information from owned LP, with additions by Pierre-F. Roberge; for release date, Schwann1 Guide.

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Jon Stringer