A Souvenir from London Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante

• Luigi Marchesi (1754 - 1829): 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano):
• 1 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 1, Nice mia, oh Dio, rammenta 03:49
• 2 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 2, Che ciascun per te sospiri 03:06
• 3 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 3, Sembianze amabili 03:14
• 6 Ariettes, Op. 11:
• 4 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 5, Auretta grata 02:05
• Martin-Pierre Dalvimare (1772 - 1839): Variations on a Piemontois Air (Arr. A. Krumpholtz for Harp):
• 5 Dalvimare: Variations on a Piemontois Air (Arr. A. Krumpholtz for Harp) 08:21
• Luigi Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11:
• 6 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 1, Tu che parli all'idol mio 02:44
• 7 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 3, Che fa il mio bene? 02:57
• 8 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 4, Non è ver che l'ira insegni 02:07
• James Cervetto (1748 - 1837): 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos):
• 9 Cervetto: 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos): I. Allegro 07:06
• 10 Cervetto: 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos): II. Aria. Andantino 06:13
• 11 Cervetto: 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos): III. Allegro 03:56
• Luigi Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano):
• 12 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 5, Son vicino al ben che adoro 01:56
• 6 Ariettes, Op. 11:
• 13 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 6, Il capriccio 02:15
• 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano):
• 14 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 4, Ah, furbicel d'Amore 02:30
• Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíková (1769 - 1833): Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2:
• 15 Dusíková: Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2: I. Allegro moderato 05:58
• 16 Dusíková: Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2: II. Adeste Fideles with 5 Variations 06:48
• 17 Dusíková: Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2: III. Waltz. Allegro moderato 03:22
• Luigi Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano):
• 18 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 6, Se guido il gregge al prato 01:28
• 6 Ariettes, Op. 11:
• 19 Marchesi: 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 2, Se mai di lei t'accendi 02:00
• Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1747 - 1790): Minuet & Variations (Arr. A. Krumpholtz for Harp):
• 20 Krumpholz: Minuet & Variations (Arr. A. Krumpholtz for Harp) 09:03
• Total Runtime 01:20:58

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Five years ago, Stile Galante dedicated a recording with the renowned Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg to the celebrated soprano castrato Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829). Accompanied by soprano Francesca Cassinari, Stile Galante is now going back to this extraordinary musician and presents his work as a composer of chamber vocal music.

Marchesi published during his stay in London two different collections of ariettas with fortepiano and harp accompaniment. The Ariette Op. 1 and Op. 2 are sweet musical cameos dominated by remarkable elegance. They perfectly embody the taste of the time and represent Marchesi’s wish to use his popularity as an opera singer to push in front of the audience a more all-round image of himself as an artist.

The program is rounded off with brilliant instrumental pieces for fortepiano and harps by female composers Anne-Marie Krumpholz (1766-1824) and Veronika Rosalia Cianchettini (1769–1833) who worked with Marchesi in London.

Francesca Cassinari, mezzo-soprano
Stile Galante
Stefano Aresi, direction

Francesca Cassinari
Die Sopranistin Francesca Cassinari widmete sich vor allem der vokalen Polyphonie vom Mittelalter über die Renaissance bis zur Barockmusik und sang mit den bedeutendsten italienischen Ensembles. Sie ist Mitglied der COMPAGNIA DEL MADRIGALE, LA VENEXIANA, IL CANTO DI ORFEO und LA FONTE MUSICA und trat mit Ensembles wie CONCERTO ITALIANO, COLLEGIUM 1704, LA DIVINA ARMONIA, L'ASTRÉE und CLUB MÉDIÉVAL auf. Mit COMPAGNIA DEL MADRIGALE hat sie > Madrigale und Polyphonie < von Gesualdo und Monteverdi aufgenommen, mit LA VENEXIANA Monteverdis Opern und > Madrigalen < von Luzzaschi. Francesca singt regelmäßig Werke des Spätmittelalters und der Frührenaissance mit LA FONTE MUSICA, einem aufstrebenden Ensemble im Repertoire von Ars Nova, und mit CANTICA SYMPHONIA für die Polyphonie des XV. Jahrhunderts.

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