Various Artists - On the Breath of Angels - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

During the height of it's popularity, from the mid-16th century into the 18th, the cornetto was frequently depicted in art as an instrument of angels. Paintings, sculptures, and engravings abound in which the cornetto takes a prominent place among choirs of angelic musicians, usually paired with at least one voice and with other instruments such as the organ, viol, lute, harp, violin and trombone. For this project Bruce Dickey and Hana Blažíková take the image of angel musicians as a point of departure for an aural journey ranging from 1600 to the present day. From sacred monodies and motets of the early 1600s to opera arias from the end of the century, via a brief diversion to Erik Satie, we arrive at two specially commissioned contemporary works, all the while focusing on the angelic and radiant pairing of the cornetto with the human voice. Album Tracks 1. Panis angelicus, Toccata e mottetto (from the Carlo G Manuscript, c. 1600) 2. Sicut sponsus matris (from the Carlo G Manuscript, c. 1600) 3. Mater Hierusalem (from the Carlo G Manuscript, c. 1600) 4. Angelus Domini 5. Videte miraculum a 3 6. Sonata a 3 7. O quam suavis 8. Vision of the Archangels 9. Trionfo di Camilla~Sinfonia 10. Trionfo di Camilla~Prenesto. Se Ninfa o Dea tu sei 11. Trionfo di Camilla~Camilla. È pur ver ch'a soffrir 12. Trionfo di Camilla~Prenesto. Tutte armate 13. Trois mélodies~Les Anges 14. O Archangels and Angels 15. Sonata 5, Op. 6 16. Comodo Antonino~Antonino. Coronato di lauri 17. Comodo Antonino~Antonino. Cara e dolce rimembranza 18. Comodo Antonino~Pompeiano. Il desio di vandicarmi