Perla Fernandez Lopez - Constantinides Iravani & Lowr - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Iwona Sobotka - Concours Reine Elisabeth Chantzan [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/15/2004

Recorder player Bolette Roed and Arte dei Suonatori present Vivaldi's famous violin concertos, InchThe Four SeasonsInch, combined with other concertos that share a kinship with them, resulting in Vivaldi's Seasons; a programme consisting of sixteen concertos, four for each season, including favorites such as Il rosignuolo and l'Amoroso. Roed's use of the recorder in place of the violin brings a unique sound to these works, whilst simultaneously expanding the recorder repertoire. Bolette Roed is one of the most in-demand recorder players of Europe. After having released Telemann's Garden with the Elephant House Quartet in 2019, she now extends her PENTATONE discography with this solo album. The players of Arte dei Suonatori make their PENTATONE debut, while their leader Aureliusz Golinski already featured on Telemann's Garden.

Named after a scribe at Madrid's Royal Chapel, the Guerra Manuscript is a vital source of the tono humano, a form of secular song characteristic of and exclusive to the Spanish Baroque, from a period when solo accompanied songs were at their most popular. Accompanied by double harp or harpsichord, these texts deal with subjects such as the pain of unrequited love and the balance between suffering and joy, also drawing on mythology and the natural world to symbolize the many facets of the human condition. This is the penultimate volume in a complete edition of these 17th-century gems.