Gemma Bertagnolli - 1700: Century of the Portuguese - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Deità Silvane, Song Cycle for Soprano & Piano, P. 107 1. I Fauni 2. Deità Silvane, Song Cycle for Soprano & Piano, P. 107 2. Misuca in Horto 3. Deità Silvane, Song Cycle for Soprano & Piano, P. 107 3. Egle 4. Deità Silvane, Song Cycle for Soprano & Piano, P. 107 4. Acqua 5. Deità Silvane, Song Cycle for Soprano & Piano, P. 107 5. Crepuscolo 6. Stornellatrice, Song for Soprano & Piano, P. 69 (From Opera 're Enzo') 7. Rispetti Toscani, Songs (4) for Soprano & Piano, P. 103 1. Quando Nasceste Voi 8. Rispetti Toscani, Songs (4) for Soprano & Piano, P. 103 2. Venitelo a Vedere I Mi Piccino 9. Rispetti Toscani, Songs (4) for Soprano & Piano, P. 103 3. Viene Di LÀ, Lontan Lontano 10. Rispetti Toscani, Songs (4) for Soprano & Piano, P. 103 4. Razzolan, Sopra L'aja, Le Galline 11. Tanto Bella!, Song (Romanza) for Voice & Piano, P. 12 12. Evviva Rosabella, for Voice & Piano 13. Arrangement 'Antiche Cantate D'amore', P. 98 1. Al Tramontar Del Giorno 14. Arrangement 'Antiche Cantate D'amore', P. 98 2. Quanta Invidia Mi Fai, Bel Gelsomino 15. Arrangement 'Antiche Cantate D'amore', P. 98 3. Cantata 16. Arrangement 'Antiche Cantate D'amore', P. 98 4. Son Come Farfalletta 17. L' Ultima Ebbrezza!, Song (Romanza) for Soprano & Piano, P. 8 18. Canti All'antica, Songs (5) for Mezzo-Soprano & Piano, P. 71 1. L'udir Talvolta 19. Canti All'antica, Songs (5) for Mezzo-Soprano & Piano, P. 71 2. Ma Come Potrei 20. Canti All'antica, Songs (5) for Mezzo-Soprano & Piano, P. 71 3. Ballata 21. Canti All'antica, Songs (5) for Mezzo-Soprano & Piano, P. 71 4. Bella Porta Di Rubini 22. Canti All'antica, Songs (5) for Mezzo-Soprano & Piano, P. 71 5. Canzone Di Re Enzo 23. Scherzo, Song for Soprano & Piano, P. 68

Welcome into the Birgittine sisters' world of Gregorian chant! Also known as Frälsarorden, the Birgittine Order is the only one with Scandinavian origins. Saint Birgitta (ca 1303-1373) and her collaborator and confessor, Petrus Olavi of Skänninge, laid it's foundations in Rome, in the 1350s. Birgitta had moved there in 1349, and remained in that city for the rest of her life. After the first Birgittine abbey opened in Vadstena in 1384, the order rapidly spread across Europe. The chants on this recording are from the Birgittine Abbey, Maria Refugie in Uden, The Netherlands and this is the first time that chants from the rich collection in Maria Refugie have been recorded. It is also the first recording of the Birgittine repertoire from sources dating after the Middle Ages. The ensemble has selected 37 chants that reflect the musical and textual richness of Cantus sororum. The material spans more than 400 years, yet forms a coherent repertoire that belongs to the Gregorian chant tradition in all important aspects, with a Birgittine twist. Album Tracks 1. Trinum Deum 2. O Trinitatis 3. Maria Summe 4. Omnia Mandata 5. Regem Angelorum 6. Angeli, Archangeli 7. In Throno Deo 8. Angelorum Domina 9. Magnificetur Rex 10. Filium Dei 11. Benedictus Sis Tu 12. Omnem Potestatem 13. Victum Vitalem 14. Ortum Virginis 15. Solem Justicie 16. Nativitas Gloriose 17. Nativitatem Recolamus 18. Ave Maria 19. Congratulamini Filio Deo 20. O Admirabile Commercium 21. Benedicamus Devotis Mentibus 22. Germinavit Radix Jesse 23. Regem Virginis 24. Benedictum Sit Nomen 25. Spineo Serto 26. Tremor Terre 27. Annuntietur in Universa 28. In Honorem Virginis 29. Que Est Ista 30. Assumpta Est Maria 31. Que Est Ista 32. Maria Virgo Assumpta 33. Ad Coronam Leticie 34. Jam Letaris 35. O Quam Glorifica 36. Maria, Maria 37. Cum Ioc

The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, with their director Edward Wickham, have collaborated once again for this album of Renaissance motets and hymns in praise of St Catharine - one of the most ubiquitous and beloved saints of the Middle Ages who also lends her name to the college (founded in 1473) where both groups are resident. This diverse programme spans a century in which the cult of St Catharine was at it's height, representing the prayers and exhortations of pious communities towards a saint who might represent their interests in the court of heaven. St Catharine's College lies at the historic centre of Cambridge and at the heart of the University's distinguished musical tradition. Founded in 1473, there has been a choir associated with the college for over a hundred years. The mixed student choir currently consists of around 24 undergraduate and graduate members, augmented by former choristers from the Girls' Choir; and sings regular services in the college's eighteenth century chapel. Album Tracks 1. Ave Katherina Martir 2. [Ave Katherina Martir] / Costi Regis 3. O Gemma Clarissima 4. Ave Virginum Gemma 5. Ave Virginum Gemma 6. Virgo Sancta Katherina 7. Virgo Sancta Katherina 8. Virgo Flagellatur 9. Virgo Flagellatur 10. [Katherinae Collaudemus] / Fulta Fide Katherina 11. Nobilis Et Pulchra 12. Kyrie 'Deus Creator Omnium' from Missa Nobilis Et Pulchra 13. Inclita Sancte Virginis Catherinae 14. Inclita Sancte Virginis Catherinae 15. Inclytae Sanctae Virginis Catherinae 16. Ave Virgo Katharina 17. Passionem Gloriose 18. Gaude Rose Sine Spina