Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Libro secondo d’arie — Songs of Human and Divine Love
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580–1651) was one of the most innovative and original composers in early seventeenth-century Rome, and a virtuoso on the lute and chitarrone, or theorbo. His Second Book of Arias, published in Rome in 1623, for one and two voices, are extraordinary works that reveal both his vivid imagination in setting poetry to music, and his flair for dramatic gestures, making him one of the most quintessentially 'Baroque’ composers of his time.
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Victor Coelho, director
Listen To This Recording:
- Libro secondo d’arie (1623)
- Voi, che dietro a fallaci
- Corrente (Kapsberger, 1626)
- Alma che fai, che pensi
- Sonata 2.a (Bellerofonte Castaldi, 1622)
- Tu dormi
- Pargoletto son io
- I’vo piangendo i miei passati tempi
- Dolcissimo Signore
- Canzona (anon.)
- T’inaspri à miei lamenti
- Dunque con stile lieto, dolcissimo
- Pietà di chi si more
- Popol diletto mio
- Monica (anon.)
- Ancora Il Rè nasce piangendo in terra
- Toccata (anon.)
- O come in van credei
- Mustazzin corrente (Castaldi)
- Perché Pietà
Garry Higginson :
“this is as good a recording of early music as I have ever heard.” —Garry Higginson, MusicWeb International
Zak Ozmo :
“The CD features some first-class singing, especially from the group’s tenor, Gian Paolo Faggoto.… Overall, this polished and pleasurable recording is a welcome reminder of the musical versatility of one of the 17th century’s most original composers.” —Zak Ozmo, Goldberg Magazine