New Release Total Time: 1:12:19 Federico Ferri Anna Caterina Antonacci DUE OUT: SEPTEMBER 2015 1 CD Concerto 2094

The new Concerto Classics series “The Magic of Live”: the best live recordings from classical music festivals

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 2015 cOncerTO cLassics P Manufactured and printed in italy www.concertoclassics.it INTRODUCTION An extraordinary musical journey leads us models), exploring the very different styles of very own genre just as Dido’s Lament in Dido from Montiverdi’s Mantova to Strozzi’s Venice, madrigals, cantatas and opera alongside the and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. This tormented from Corelli’s Roma to Martini’s Bologna. From concerto grosso, symphonies and dance music. adventure is accompanied by exceptional Italy we are then transported to England, The common theme is the sublime human performers: the Accademia degli Astrusi, the home of Purcell and Händel (who both expression: crying for love. directed by Federico Ferri, and the extraordinary took influence from the Italian and French In the 1600s the ‘lament’, developed into its voice of Anna Caterina Antonacci.

title: Lagrime mie RECORDING PROGRAM:

Arcangelo Corelli Henry Purcell ConcertoG grosso in G minor, Op. VI no. 8 10G Chaconne Artists: “Christmas Concerto” (Amsterdam 1714) from The Fairy Queen (London 1692) 2:53 Accademia degli Astrusi, orchestra 1 Vivace, Grave 1:17 11 «Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid Federico Ferri, conductor 2 Allegro 2:15 in earth» (Dido’s Lament) Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano 3 Adagio, Allegro, Adagio 6:19 from Dido and Aeneas (ca. 1688) 3:51 4 Vivace 0:58 Giambattista Martini RECORDING: 5 Allegro 1:54 G 6 Pastorale 3:25 Concerto a quattro pieno in D major (1754) December 21st, 2010 - Teatro Comunale, Bologna. 12 Allegro 2:28 Barbara Strozzi 13 Andante 2:44 7G «Lagrime mie, a che vi trattenete?» 14 Allegro 3:06 from Diporti di Euterpe, Op. VII (Venice 1659) 8:07 Claudio Monteverdi Category: G Francesco Geminiani 15 Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Venice 1624) Vocal and instrumental Baroque music. 8G Follia from Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi from Concerti grossi (London 1727) 10:51 (Venice 1638) 18:53 In cooperation with: Claudio Monteverdi Georg Friedrich Händel Kaleidos, Fondazione Mariele Ventre. 9G «Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi» 16G «Lascia ch’io pianga» from L’Orfeo (Mantua 1607) 1:57 from Rinaldo (London 1711) 4:41 Major highlights: Vocal and instrumental Baroque arias sung by the extraordinary voice of Anna Caterina Antonacci. Total time: 1:12:19

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