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Lux et Umbrae - In Handel's Shadow: Vocal Music by his Rivals in Eighteenth-Century London (2023) [Digital Download 24/48]

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Lux et Umbrae - In Handel's Shadow: Vocal Music by his Rivals in Eighteenth-Century London (2023) [Digital Download 24/48]

Lux et Umbrae - In Handel's Shadow: Vocal Music by his Rivals in Eighteenth-Century London (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 65:14 minutes | 691 MB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

The figure of George Frideric Handel cast a long shadow over musical London in the first half of the eighteenth century, condemning many of his contemporaries – fine composers themselves – to long years of obscurity. This recording throws light into forgotten corners and discovers some glittering gems, some of them demanding dazzling vocal fireworks from their performers. Several of these composers set scenes from Classical mythology or Old Testament narratives – but they also explore the underside of the Baroque psyche in one of David’s darkest psalms and in a representation of Arcadian madness.

Robert Crowe & Sandra Röddiger - Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas (2022) [Official Digital Download]

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Robert Crowe & Sandra Röddiger - Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Robert Crowe, Sandra Röddiger, Emanuele Breda, Sofya Gandilyan, Barbara Mauch-Heinke, Daniela Wartenberg, Toshinori Ozaki - Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 69:07 minutes | 652 MB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

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.