Francesca Campana: Arie a una, due, e tre voci

This Collection contains arias for one, two and three voices written in strophic form, and making ample use of chromaticism and other dramatic features, fully expressing the meaning of the text. Composer: Francesca Campana, Giovanni de Macque & Scipione Stella Artists: Ricercare Antico & Francesco Tomasi (theorbo, Baroque guitar & music direction) Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): More Information: Born in Rome around 1610, Francesca Campana evidently benefitted from an education accorded to very few women of her time. Little of her background is known, but her talent and opportunity combined to cultivate gifts as a singer, keyboard-player and composer. The collection of arias recorded here was published in 1629. It enjoys the notable status of the very first published collection of music solely dedicated to a female composer. Francesca dedicated it to the Mantovan nobleman Luigi Gonzaga, and it was followed the following year by a book of madrigals; after which time she almost falls from the historical record save in her marriage to Giovan Carlo Rossi, brother of the opera composer Luigi Rossi. However, the collection’s 15 arias are well worth investigation on account of their musical as well as their historical significance. Francesca’s style is inclined to dissonance in drawing out the expressive potential of her texts, though not to the extreme degree of Gesualdo or Marenzio. Her imaginative command of form lends great variety to the collection, as it seems to conduct an artfully constructed debate between the values of prima prattica polyphony and seconda prattica motet style; between vertical and horizontal musics, and the age-debate between the primacy of text and music. This first complete recording of Francesca’s collection is undertaken by the Rome-based early music group Ricercare Antico under the direction of its founder-leader and lutenist, Francesco Tomasi. Their previous Brilliant Classics album of arias by Caccini (95794) attracted widespread praise. Tracklist: 0:00:00 Rinaldo dell’Arpa: Canzon Francesca Campana: 0:02:53 È già rotto lo strale 0:06:37 O mio cor tu che malsaggio 0:09:30 Nobil piaga al mio cor 0:12:45 Scipione Stella: Partite sopra la Romanesca Francesca Campana: 0:17:09 S’io ti guardo ti sdegni 0:21:09 Quando ascoltate che col suo volto 0:24:22 Fanciulla vezzosa dhe dimmi perchè 0:27:28 Ippolito Tartaglino: Canzona sopra Susanna Francesca Campana: 0:31:25 Semplicetto augellin che mentre canti 0:33:16 Che ove il mondo superbo hà gl’abitanti 0:34:30 Misero, tu non sai quanti lacciuoli 0:35:49 Vattene via dalle mentite scorte 0:36:53 Voi luci altere 0:40:27 Giovanni de Macque: Partite sopra Ruggiero 0:44:31 Francesca Campana: Perfida gia m’ingannasti hor tanto basti 0:47:29 Francesco Lambardi: Gagliarda 0:49:07 Giovanni de Macque: Prima gagliarda Francesca Campana: 0:50:14 O cervetta che veloce 0:55:20 Amor se questa fera nemica de gl’amanti 1:01:49 Occhi belli occhi amati Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Campana and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #Campana #Arias #Voices #ClassicalMusic #BrilliantClassics #RicercareAntico