Amor Roma / Suzie Le Blanc · Tragicomedia

On this CD:

1. A qual dardo, cantata
Composed by Luigi Rossi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

2. Frondosi e verdi boschi, canatata for voice & continuo
Composed by Carlo Caproli
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

3. Spera mi disse amore, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Orazio Michi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

4. Franciulla son io ch'amare non so, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Luigi Rossi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

5. S'io son pazzo, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Italian Anonymous
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

6. Work(s) Unspecified Prelude for lute
Composed by Giovanni Girolamo (Johann Hieronymus) Kapsberger
Performed by Tragicomedia

7. Piangete aure, piangete, cantata for soprano voice & continuo
Composed by Giacomo Carissimi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

8. Fiumicello che son l'onda, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Carlo Eustachio
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

9. Passacaglia
Composed by Luigi Rossi
Performed by Tragicomedia

10. La bella pių bella che il cor me ferė, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Luigi Rossi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

11. Un ferito cavaliero di polve, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Luigi Rossi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

12. Fiumicello che son l'onda, cantata for voice & continuo Instrumental version
Composed by Carlo Eustachio
Performed by Tragicomedia

13. Di sue bellezze altera, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Carlo Caproli
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

14. Sdegno campion audace, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Virgilio Mazzocchi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

15. Mio core languisce e mai non si more, cantata for voice & continuo
Composed by Luigi Rossi
Performed by Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia

Amor Roma / Suzie Le Blanc · Tragicomedia, Music, Luigi Rossi, Carlo Caproli, Orazio Michi, Italian Anonymous, Giovanni Girolamo (Johann Hieronymus) Kapsberger, Giacomo Carissimi, Carlo Eustachio, Virgilio Mazzochi, Suzie LeBlanc, Tragicomedia, Baroque Ground-Based Variations for Orchestra, Cantata, Choral, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Orchestral, Solo Voice and Continuo, Vocal, Vocal Music
Amor Roma / Suzie Le Blanc · Tragicomedia
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "There is fire in its ice" - delirious beauties of Roman cantatas c. 1640
 Amor Roma / Suzie Le Blanc · Tragicomedia
Luigi Rossi , Carlo Caproli , Orazio Michi , Italian Anonymous , Giovanni Girolamo (Johann Hieronymus) Kapsberger , Giacomo Carissimi , Carlo Eustachio , Virgilio Mazzochi , Suzie LeBlanc , and Tragicomedia
Manufacturer: Atma Classique
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000516U0
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

  1. A Qual Dardo Il Cor Se Deve
  2. Frondosi E Verdi Boschi
  3. Spera Mi Disse Amore
  4. Fanciulla Son Io
  5. S'io Son Pazzo
  6. Prld
  7. Piangete Aure, Piangete
  8. Fiumicello Che Son L'onda
  9. Passacaglia
  10. La Bella Piu Bella
  11. Un Ferito Cavaliero
  12. Fiumicello Che Con L'onda
  13. Di Sue Bellezze Altera
  14. Improvisation - Sdegno Campion Audace
  15. Mio Core Languisce

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "There is fire in its ice" - delirious beauties of Roman cantatas c. 1640.......2006-05-21

If you have not already heard the voice of Suzie Le Blanc, this album would be a wonderful beginning to what will undoubtedly be a lifelong love affair. Early music draws many singers of inferior quality to its apparently "easy" shores, but it is a land, a kingdom, in which superiority of voice production, exquisite vocal style, shimmering vocal beauty, marvellous vocal technique and a thorough understanding of the sensuousness, passion and purity implicit and explicit within the vocal oeuvre of this period are not just desirable, but DEMANDED by the requirements of the music.

Too many singers approach early music (i.e., Renaissance and Baroque for the most part) with the idea that one must sound like a young choirboy in order to be "authentic". They forget that the Baroque period did not automatically gag all voices other than those belonging to choirboys. They forget, too, that explicitly vocal manuals of the period made mention of the tasteful use of vibrato, of sighs in the voice, of all the sounds and embellishments of passion to be heard so as to delight the listeners beyond measure.

Suzie Le Blanc, Canadian soprano specialising in early music, is one of the finest exponents of this type of music in the world. It's not just that her voice is unutterably beautiful; it's that she approaches each vocal piece with loving and informed detail, executes the piece with superb technical mastery, and makes the listener feel the meaning of the words - and she does all of this without ever losing the "feel" for the period.

This recording has been one of my favourites from the first moment I purchased it. The music of Luigi Rossi, Giacomo Carissimi, etc., is realised to a degree of exquisite beauty that is difficult to describe.

The opening aria - "A qual dardo il cor si deve" - is given appropriately light and delicate treatment, a fine and sprightly performance that brings a smile to the listener's face. It is followed by Caproli's lamenting "Frondosi e verdi boschi" in truly beautiful and sorrowful style, where sorrow is better than gladness. Throughout the CD, the same aptness and musical intelligence is evident - the standard is consistently and outstandingly high. One doesn't say, "Oh, how nice", or "That's quite pretty" - instead, it's "Delicious!" "Wonderful!" "Oh, God, how gorgeous!".

"Un ferito cavaliero", by Rossi, is the most substantial work on the album. Incorporating a style that moves seamlessly between recitativo and arioso, it magnificently mourns the death of Gustav Adolf, King of Sweden. Suzie le Blanc's singing of the work is faultlessly exquisite, like a string of pearls that weeps tears upon a coloured tapestry.

Perhaps the most beautiful of all the arias here is the piece by Carissimi: "Piangete aure, piangete", although the final aria on the CD is also ravishing. In fact, "Mio core languisce" (Rossi) is a wonderful finish to an album that is a beautiful showcase for the way in which art and nature can be combined to create a performance of outstanding quality.

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