Songs Of Ecstasy And Devotion From A 17th Century Italian Convent - Vizzana / King, Musica Secreta

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (Composer), Musica Secreta (Performer), Catherine King (Performer), Deborah Roberts (Performer), Tessa Bonner (Artist), Mary Nichols (Artist), John Toll (Artist), David Miller (Artist), Paula Chateauneuf (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Musica Secreta, Catherine King, Deborah Roberts
• Composer: Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana
• Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Linn Records
• ASIN: B00000I6M2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #702,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fillii Syon Exultate

2. Filii Syon exultate, motet

3. Paratum Cor Meum

4. Filii Syon exultate, motet

5. Filii Syon exultate, motet

6. Filii Syon exultate, motet

7. Filii Syon exultate, motet

8. Filii Syon exultate, motet

9. O Invictissima Christi Martyr

10. Filii Syon exultate, motet

11. Filii Syon exultate, motet

12. Confiteantur Tibi

13. Filii Syon exultate, motet

14. O Si Sciret Stultus Mundus

15. Filii Syon exultate, motet

16. Filii Syon exultate, motet

17. Filii Syon exultate, motet

18. Filii Syon exultate, motet

19. Filii Syon exultate, motet

20. Filii Syon exultate, motet

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This review is from: Songs Of Ecstasy And Devotion From A 17th Century Italian Convent - Vizzana / King, Musica Secreta (Audio CD)

The vocal ensemble and period-instrument accompanists of Musica Secreta perform vocal works from Componimenti Musicali by the Italian nun and composer Lucrezia Vizzana (1590-1662).

"Vizzana's Componimenti musicali is a collection of devotional motets and spiritual love songs - some addressing Jesus in the quasi-erotic, perfumed language reminiscent of the Song of Songs, others in praise of music. Vizzana's vocal lines, with their surging ecstatic melismas and rhetorical gestures, are appropriately honeyed, and at its best this music could pass for Monteverdi or Barbara Strozzi. ... Musica Secreta specialises in the 'secret music' written by or for women in the 17th century. There is no doubt about the integrity and intelligence of its performances, and the sound of the ensemble's female voices is refined and exquisitely sweet" (BBC Music Magazine)

The works on this recording:

1. Filii Syon Exultate
2. Veni Dulcissime Domine
3. Paratum Cor Meum
4. Protector Noster
5. Ave Stella Matutina
6. Usquequo Oblivisceris Me Infinem?
7. Domine, Quid Multiplicati Sunt
8. Praebe Mihi
9. O Invictissima Christi Martyr
10. Sonet Vox Tua
11. Omnes Gentes, Cantate Domino
12. Confiteantur Tibi
13. Amo Christum, In Cuius Thalamum Introibo
14. O Si Sciret Stultus Mundus
15. Ornaverunt Faciem Templi Coronis Aureis
16. O Magnum Mysterium
17. Domine, Dominus Noster, Quam Admirabile
18. Domine, Ne In Furore
19. Exsurgat Deus Et Dissipentur
20. Omnes Gentes Plaudite Manibus