Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643):
- Con che soavità (from: Settimo libro de' madrigali) (soprano,
violino I/II, viola, violoncello I/II, violone; b. c.)
- Lamento d'Arianna (soprano; theorbo)
Antonio Bertali (1605-1669):
- Lamento della Regina d'Inghilterra (soprano, bass; viola I-III;
continuo [violoncello, harpsichord])
Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690):
- Il ballo del Gran Duca op. 16: Corrente Nona (violin I/II, viola
I/II; continuo [violoncello, theorbo, harpsichord])
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
- Cantata "Cessate, omai cessate" RV 684 (soprano; violin
I/II, viola; b. c.)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695):
- Incassum, Lesbia, rogas Z.383 (soprano; b. c.)
- Oh solitude! Z.406 (A song on a ground - soprano; theorbo)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c. 1638):
- Ciaccona (theorbo)
Playing time: 59'41
Performers: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano); Franz-Josef Selig (bass); Jakob Lindberg (theorbo); Florian Deuter, Reinhard Goebel, Laura Johnson, Andrea Keller, Sebastian Griewisch, Ulrike Kunze, Volker Möller, Gerhard Peters (violin); Victoria Gunn, Reinhard Goebel, Wolfgang von Kessinger (viola); Markus Möllenbeck, Joachim Fiedler (cello); Dane Roberts (violone); Michael Freimuth, Michael Dücker (theorbo); Christian Rieger (harpsichord, positive organ).
Recording Date: 2 and 10/1997.
Comments: A beautiful collection of baroque "Lamenti". The instrumental playing is first rate, as usual with Goebel: colourful, sweet, but brisk when needed, and enriched by Lindberg's wonderful theorbo. Anne Sophie von Otter has a fine voice, maybe a bit out of range in Vivaldi; in my opinion, other singers can do better in this repertoire. Monteverdi's "Con che soavità" was also released in The Artist's Album of Annie Sofie von Otter (Deutsche Grammophon 457 688-2 G H (1 CD)).
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