Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg & Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann - Heroines of Love & Loss (2017)

Heroines of Love and Mourning ", this is the perfect characteristic of this album, which soprano Ruby Hugues, the cellist Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann and the lutenist Jonas Nordberg dedicate to a fine handful of works in which the ladies sing both, other. And when one says that "ladies sing", it is in every sense of the word: a soprano, female heroines among which the heartbreaking Dido de Purcell, and also composers of the baroque period such as the famous Barbara Strozzi, the nun Claudia Sessa, Francesca Caccini and Lucrezia Vizzana, all of whom contributed to the music of their time, even though it was hard to see a woman as a full-fledged artist. Alongside these arias, there will also be a few works for Vivaldi's solo cello - a Sonata, whose four movements are distributed throughout the album - and others for the solo lute or theorb of Kapsberger, Piccinini and others of Same period. The subject of the alternation between vocal and instrumental pieces being, of course, to diversify styles and genres, even though the spirit of love vs. Lamento is always present. The soprano Roby Hugues is a regular at the Festival of Edinburgh, Aix-en-Provence, Theater an der Wien with René Jacobs, London Handel Festival and so many others of the same fame.

TRACKLIST

01. Toccata Arpeggiata - Jonas Nordberg
02. Bonduca, Z. 574, "The British Heroine": No. 17. O lead me to some peaceful gloom - RuHughes
03. Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 14, No. 9, RV 42: I. Prelude: Largo - Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann
04. Venus' birds, whose mournful tunes - RuHughes
05. Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 14, No. 9, RV 42: II. Allemande: Andante - Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann
06. Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2: No. 14. L'eraclito amoroso - RuHughes
07. Chaconne - Jonas Nordberg
08. Occhi io vissi di voi - RuHughes
09. The Willow Song - RuHughes
10. Il primo libro delle musiche: No. 3. Lasciatemi qui solo - RuHughes
11. Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7: No. 4. Lamento - RuHughes
12. Cello Sonata in G Minor, RV 42: III. Sarabande: Largo - Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann
13. Cello Sonata in G Minor, RV 42: IV. Gigue: Allegro - Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann
14. Componimenti musicali de motetti concertati: O magnum mysterium - RuHughes
15. Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III Scene 2: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament" (arr. for voice, archlute and cello) - RuHughes
16. O Death Rock Me Asleep - RuHughes