Countertenor David Bates formed the chamber music group La Nuova Musica, and here he is joined by some of Europe's most talented Baroque specialists to perform the works of Italian composer Giulio Caccini and his disciples. As a composer and singer, Caccini took part in the sumptuous "intermedi" of the time, the elaborate dramatic and musical spectacles that were one of the precursors of opera. He was hugely influential, training dozens of musicians to sing in a new style, and here that style and influence are both explored and celebrated. Exquisite.
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[hifilofi] 01-E cosi a poco a poco (Monteverdi) (3:11)
[hifilofi] 02-Movetevi a pieta (Caccini) (2:52)
[hifilofi] 03-Queste lagrim'amare (Caccini) (4:42)
[hifilofi] 04-Dolcissimo sospiro (Caccini) (2:18)
[hifilofi] 05-Tasteggio Soave (Castaldi) (4:11)
[hifilofi] 06-Amor io parto (Caccini) (2:46)
[hifilofi] 07-Sfogava con le stelle (Monteverdi) (3:43)
[hifilofi] 08-Non piu guerra pietate (Caccini) (2:34)
[hifilofi] 09-Non piu guerra (Monteverdi) (2:45)
[hifilofi] 10-Tasteggio Soave (Kapsberger) (2:13)
[hifilofi] 11-Perfidissimo volto (Monteverdi) (2:52)
[hifilofi] 12-Perfidissimo volto (Caccini) (3:19)
[hifilofi] 13-Toccata Decima (Frescobaldi) (4:30)
[hifilofi] 14-Vedro'l mio sol (Caccini) (3:27)
[hifilofi] 15-Amarilli mia bella (Caccini) (2:31)
[hifilofi] 16-Cruda Amarilli (Monteverdi) (3:15)
[hifilofi] 17-Amarilli di Julio Romano (Philips) (4:00)
[hifilofi] 18-Sfogava con le stelle (Caccini) (2:39)
[hifilofi] 19-Fortunato augellino (Caccini) (3:06)
[hifilofi] 20-Quel augellin (Monteverdi) (1:56)
[hifilofi] 21-Dovro dunque morire (Caccini) (2:08)
[hifilofi] 22-Filli mirando il ciclo (Caccini) (3:08)
[hifilofi] 23-Ineffabile ardore (Caccini) (1:09)