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Virtuoso Italian Vocal Music
(2007)
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performed by
Catherine Bott (soprano), New London Consort, Philip Pickett (recorder), Philip Pickett (conductor)
composed by
Biagio Marini, Cipriano de Rore, Claudio Monteverdi, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Francesca Caccini, Francesco Rasi, Giacomo Carissimi, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giulio Caccini, Luigi Rossi, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Marco da Gagliano, Stefano Bernardi
This recording, made in the late '80s, was among those that opened up the monodic style -- the virtuoso recitative-like vocal, accompanied by a small continuo group, that helped pave the way for opera -- to an understanding beyond the world of specialists. Although other singers have come along and, to borrow an expression from the bluegrass world ...
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