Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion - Stravaganza d'Amore! - La nascita dell'opera alla corte dei Medici (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 548 Mb | Total time: 102:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMM90228687 | Recorded: 2016
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 548 Mb | Total time: 102:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMM90228687 | Recorded: 2016
Late sixteenth-century Florence was a theatre: first and foremost a political one, in the eyes of the dynasties that wished to use the arts to display their power. A humanist one too, as is shown by these intermedi (interludes) that sought to achieve the perfect blend between music and poetry, the ideal of a certain Renaissance. Inserted into plays imitating the ancient writers, these entertainments were presented with lavish visual and musical resources. After reaching an initial peak in 1589 with the intermedi composed for Bargagli’s La pellegrina, this tradition was prolonged in the burgeoning genre of opera by such composers as Peri, Caccini (Euridice, 1600) and, very soon, Monteverdi (L’Orfeo) and Gagliano (Dafne).