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Label:
   Channel Classics - http://www.channelclassics.com/
Serial:
   CCS SA 17002
Title:
   Love & Lament - Cappella Figuralis
Description:
   "Love & Lament" - Monteverdi, Della Ciaia, Carissimi etc

The Netherlands Bach Society
Cappella Figuralis
Jos van Veldhoven (conductor)
Details:
   1. Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (from Madrigali Guerrieri et amorosi)
2. Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata 2a in F (from Suonate d’intavolatura del Sig. Girolamo Frescobaldi)
3. Domenico Mazzocchi: Lamento di David (from Sacrae Concertationes)
4. Johann Kapsberger: Toccata Settima (from Libro quarto di chitarrone)
5. Alessandro Della Ciaia: Lamentatio Virginis in dispositione Filii de cruce (from Sacri modulatus)
6. Michelangelo Rossi: Settima Toccata (from Toccate e correnti d’intavolatura d’organo e cimbalo)
7. Giacomo Carissimi: Historia di Jephte
Genre:
   Classical - Vocal
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
Recording type:
   DSD
Recording info:
  
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Reviews: 3
Review by nickc July 10, 2004 (0 of 1 found this review helpful)
Performance:  Sonics:
Recording of 400 year old Italian music, probably an acquired taste for most classical music lovers. I found the Monteverdi piece the best. Several instrumental interludes where you almost feel the instrument (harpsichord, lute) in your room! The recording is almost holographic in its realism. On CD period instruments were generally harsh-sounding but on Channel SACDs they are smooth as silk.

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Review by jbcortes April 25, 2003 (0 of 2 found this review helpful)
Performance:  Sonics:
I can't say the performing is first rate (listen to Alessandrini's recording of the Lamento della Nympha), but it's okay. Sound is not bad, ranging from 5 stars on pure instrumentals to three and a half on vocals. Overall, a nice package.

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Review by Monteverdi July 5, 2004
Performance:  Sonics:
This is a beautiful sounding recording, with fine performances of Monteverdi, Della Ciaia, Carissimi and other gems of the early Baroque from the Netherlands Bach Society under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven.
In my ears, Channel Classics continues to deliver the most consistantly excellent recordings in the SACD format.
©AE 2004

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