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Celebrating 17th-century Venice as a place of tolerance for gay artists - Infinite Refrain: Music of Love's Refuge
Infinite Refrain: Music of Love's Refuge: Monteverdi, Cavalli, Boretti, Melani, Castrovillari; Randall Scotting, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings; Signum ClassicsReviewed 3 November 2023A wonderful album that celebrates Venice as a place of tolerance for gay artists in the 17th century, with music by Monteverdi and Cavalli, alongside modern-day premieres by the little-known composers Boretti, Melani, and Castrovillari During the 17th and 18th centuries, Venice had a reputation, particularly during the Carnival, where people could wander around masked and all sorts of activities could take place. Exciting things that would not be possible elsewhere. Tourists flocked, and entertainment for them stretched from the lucrative trade of prostitutes right through to the opera. It was fun for young heterosexual men, of course, women were far more available, but it was even bigger a draw for gay men.Thanks to disputes between the Venetian authorities and the church, there was […]
2020-07-19 23:00:00
Mozart: Così fan tutte K588 - Rosbaud (live, Aix-en-Provence 1957)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791) CD1 Così fan tutte - Act ICD2 Così fan tutte - Act IITeresa Stich-Randall (Fiordiligi)Teresa Berganza (Dorabella)Mariella Adani (Despina)Luigi Alva (Ferrando)Rolando Panerai (Guglielmo)Marcello Cortis (Don Alfonso)Choeurs du Conservatoire; Membres de l'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du ConservatoireHans Rosbaud (continuo et direction)Recorded live 26 July 1957, Aix-en-Provence Festival (Théâtre de l'Archevêché)INA Memoire Vive IMV 023 (rel 1993) out of printXLD rip .flac, cue, webcovers, tracklist392 MB (2 CDs)links:1fichier ici (for 7 days) ici Overture 02 Act I Scene 1: Terzetto: La mia Dorabella03 Act I Scene 1: Terzetto: E la fede delle femmine04 Act I Scene 2: Terzetto: Una bella serenata05 Act I Scene 2: Duetto: Ah guarda, sorella06 Act I Scene 2: Barbaro fato! Vorrei dir, e cor non ho07 Act I Scene 2: Quintetto: Sento, o Dio08 Act I Scene 2: Coro: Bella vita militar!09 Act I […]
2018-11-13 01:22:00
Marenzio Madrigals Rooley
Luca Marenzio (1553-1599)'Baci soave e Cari'MadrigalsThe Consort of MusickeAnthony RooleyThe Monteverdi CircleMusica Oscura/Columns 070992 (flac & scans)Download
2018-07-13 10:32:00
[…] half the stage space) and full of inventiveness and humour. A most lamentable comedy … or should that be comical lament? Either way it is a good evening out. Whether it qualifies as ‘the finest baroque opera ever’, as Adrian Chandler suggests in a programme note, is perhaps more debatable. I did find Brescianello’s endless sequential repetitions became a bit tedious in the end. But Licori’s ‘L’amare è follia’ was good fun and her ‘Cari orrori’ had a lovely affekt of wistful regret; Piramo’s ‘Pace, pace’ was a fine show-off aria, and Tisbe’s ‘Fiero leon’ likewise full of life. Repeated on 17th July.
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