Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent and Skip Sempe - La Pellegrina - Intermedii 1589 (2007)

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Title: La Pellegrina - Intermedii 1589
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Paradizo
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 69:08 min
Total Size: 405 MB
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Intermedio I: l'Armonia delle sfere

1 Cavalieri (c.1550-1602): Dalle piu alte sfere
2 Cristofano Malvezzi (1547-1599): Noi che cantando
3 Malvezzi: Sinfonia
4 Malvezzi: Dolcissime Sirene
5 Malvezzi: A voi reali amanti
6 Malvezzi: Coppia gentil

Intermedio II: La Gara fra Muse e Pieridi

7 Marenzio (c.1554-1599): Sinfonia
8 Marenzio: Belle ne fe' natura
9 Marenzio: Chi dal delfino aita
10 Marenzio: Se nelle voci nostre
11 Marenzio: O figlie di Piero

Intermedio III: Il combattimento pitico d'Apollo

12 Marenzio: Qui di carne si sfama
13 Mathias Werrecore (d.c.1574): Sinfonia - La Bataglia Taliana
14 Marenzio: O valoroso Dio
15 Marenzio: O mille volte

Intermedio IV: La regione de' Demoni

16 Caccini (c.1545-1618): Io che dal ciel cader
17 Malvezzi: Sinfonia
18 Malvezzi: Or che le due grand' alme
19 Giovanni de' Bardi (1534-1612): Miseri habitator del cieco Averno

Intermedio V: Il canto d'Arione

20 Malvezzi: Io che l'onde raffreno
21 Malvezzi: E noi con questa bella diva
22 Malvezzi: Sinfonia
23 Jacopo Peri (1561-1633): Dunque fra torbide onde
24 Malvezzi: Lieti solcando il mare

Intermedio VI: La discesa d'Apollo e Bacco col Ritmo e l'Armonia

25 Malvezzi: Dal vago el bel sereno
26 Malvezzi: O qual risplende nube
27 Cavalieri: Godi turba mortal
28 Malvezzi: O fortunato giorno
29 Cavalieri: O che nuovo miracolo


Live recording May 2007. Florence, 19th October 1587: Francesco de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany dies with his wife under suspicious circumstances. His brother Ferdinando inherits the title, leaves the monkhood for worldly aspirations including finding a wife. On 2nd May 1589, he married Christine of Lorraine, granddaughter of Catherine de Medici, mother of the King of France. As was the custom at European courts, the wedding was accompanied with splendid festivities, each one outshining the last, to convey the image of the new monarchy.

The highlight of the 1589 Medici festivities was the wedding-day performance of La Pellegrina. Less than a decade later, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo was the first opera to rely upon the large and colorful 'intermedii' orchestra. Indeed, at the same time that we are cellebrating the anniversary of Monteverdi's Orfeo,

specialists consider that the Pellegrina can be considered the first opera. Rather than reconstructing a historic event, Skip Sempé has revived a narrative performance style, concentrating on the bold, virtuoso gestures of this exuberant music.

There have been two previous recordings, neither of which is currently available.This new version, recorded in Brussels in May, with the finest soloists in Renaissance repertoire, the famous Collegium Vocale Gent, is also the first CD by the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra for Paradizo.

An exhaustive essay by Skip Sempé illuminates both the research and his views on the performance of La Pellegrina. The work is considered in the context of the history of the Medici Intermedii, the source research, synopsis of the themes and the creators of the Intermedii, along with a section on the invention of modern stagecraft and the creation of opera.A second CD with a 36-minute interview with Skip Sempé and Lindsay Kemp (from BBC and Gramophone) is also included. Complete with numerous musical examples, the interview is conceived as a continuation the booklet in the form of conversation. A perfect way to discover more about La Pellegrina, a milestone in the history of music that celebrates the birth of opera.