Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas Robert Crowe & Sandra Röddiger

• Isabella Leonarda (1620 - 1704): Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts):
• 1 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): I. Quam dulcis es quam cara 03:11
• 2 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): II. Si protegis me in terra ignota 02:40
• 3 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): III. Ergo si mihi spirat tuae 00:43
• 4 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): IV. Si per te ò Maria 01:27
• 5 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): V. Tu mei laboris 00:44
• 6 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): VI. Si quod venit ad me à te Virgo 00:28
• 7 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): VII. Si canto si sono 01:11
• 8 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 2 (Excerpts): VIII. Ergo mea 01:14
• Mottetti a 1, 2, 3 e 4 voci, e con due violini, Opera VII, Op. 7:
• 9 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2, 3 e 4 voci, e con due violini, Opera VII, Op. 7: No. 4, Bonum est confiteri Domino 07:26
• Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 10 "Cantata morale" (Excerpts):
• 10 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 10 "Cantata morale" (Excerpts): I. Queste ch'à voi consagro 01:03
• 11 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 10 "Cantata morale" (Excerpts): II. Quell' amor 01:48
• 12 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 10 "Cantata morale" (Excerpts): III. Con rispetto di serva 01:20
• 13 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 10 "Cantata morale" (Excerpts): IV. Hò nel seno un certo affetto 03:30
• 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 1 (Excerpts):
• 14 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 1 (Excerpts): I. Allegro 00:54
• 15 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 1 (Excerpts): II. Largo 02:42
• 16 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 1 (Excerpts): III. Adagio 01:24
• 17 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 1 (Excerpts): IV. Allegro 04:24
• 18 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 1 (Excerpts): V. Vivace 01:09
• Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 2 (Excerpts):
• 19 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 2 (Excerpts): I. Ama mi Iesu care 02:25
• 20 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 2 (Excerpts): II. Si me amas ò Iesu 00:53
• 21 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 2 (Excerpts): III. Pro amore tam suave 02:22
• 22 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 2 (Excerpts): IV. Ergo ergo si amor 01:10
• 23 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola, Opera XV, Op. 15 No. 2 (Excerpts): V. Si solum respiro 03:28
• Mottetti a voce sola con istromenti, Opera XX, Op. 20 No. 3:
• 24 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola con istromenti, Opera XX, Op. 20 No. 3: I. Purpurei flores 01:27
• 25 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola con istromenti, Opera XX, Op. 20 No. 3: II. Lilia candores 02:57
• 26 Leonarda: Mottetti a voce sola con istromenti, Opera XX, Op. 20 No. 3: III. Nostrum cor 02:29
• 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 7 (Excerpts):
• 27 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 7 (Excerpts): I. — 00:48
• 28 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 7 (Excerpts): II. Largo 04:08
• 29 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 7 (Excerpts): III. — 01:19
• 30 Leonarda: 12 Sonatas, Opera XVI, Op. 16 No. 7 (Excerpts): IV. — 00:49
• Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 3 (Excerpts):
• 31 Leonarda: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, Opera XIII, Op. 13 No. 3 (Excerpts): Ad arma 07:39
• Total Runtime 01:09:12

Info for Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas

Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) was a remarkable woman. At a time when female composers were a rarity, she was both prominent and prolific. Although she was cloistered (literally: she was a nun) in Novara in northern Italy, the dedications of her published compositions show her to have been extremely well connected. And her music demonstrates that she was well aware of the music of contemporaries like Carissimi and Corelli. These facts would be of merely historical importance, were her music not so engaging: although most of the works recorded here are devotional, they are full of buoyant rhythms, colourful textures and a surprisingly dramatic approach to the texts she was setting – many probably written by Leonarda herself.

Robert Crowe, soprano (tracks 1, 9, 19, 31)
Sandra Röddiger, soprano (tracks 9, 10, 24, 31)
Emanuele Breda, violin
Barbara Mauch-Heinke, violin
Daniela Wartenberg, cello
Toshinori Ozaki, theorbo
Sofya Gandilyan, harpsichord

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