Magdalena Kožená: Monteverdi

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Kožená teams up with crack period band La Cetra, whose virtuoso solo contributions are a delight, yet the voice isn't quite what it was - more diffuse, painting with broader tonal brushstrokes.... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…

Release Date: 19th Feb 2016
Catalogue No: 4794595
Label: DG Archiv
Length: 76 minutes

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Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali

Work length6:59

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Anna Prohaska (soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Zefiro torna, SV 251

Track length6:59

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Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi

Work length8:08

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Luca Tittoto (bass), Michael Feyfar (tenor), Jakob Pilgram (tenor)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Lamento della ninfa, SV 163

Track length8:08

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Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali

Work length4:00

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto, SV 247

Track length4:00

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Uccellini: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3

Work length5:04

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca

Track length5:04

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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308 / Act 1

Work length5:10

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Disprezzata Regina!

Track length5:10

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Monteverdi: Settimo libro de madrigali

Work length5:28

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Con che soavità, SV 139

Track length5:28

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Merula: Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Op. 12, Book 3

Work length2:09

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Ballo detto Pollicio

Track length2:09

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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308 / Act 3

Work length4:24

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Addio, Roma! Addio, patria! Amici, addio!

Track length4:24

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Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali

Work length2:55

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Luca Tittoto (bass), David Feldman (countertenor)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Damigella tutta bella, SV 235

Track length2:55

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Marini, B: Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, da chiesa, e da camera, Op. 22

Work length6:12

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Passacalio a quattro

Track length6:12

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Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi

Work length21:21

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153

Track length21:21

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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308 / Act 3

Work length5:14

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Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Anna Prohaska (soprano)
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon
Recorded: 2014-11-14
Recording Venue: St. German von Auxerre, Seewen

Pur ti miro

Track length5:14

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Magdalena Kožená is back with another early music adventure on Archiv Production after her highly acclaimed ‘Vivaldi’ and ‘Lettere Amorose’ albums. In this recording, Kozena explores the early Italian Baroque Music of Claudio Monteverdi. She duets with Anna Prohaska on tracks ‘Pur ti miro’ and ‘Zefiro torna’, plus there are guest performances from David Feldman, Jakob Pilgram, Michael Feyfar and Luca Tittoto. Kozena sings with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel and Andrea Marcon.

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April 2016

Kožená teams up with crack period band La Cetra, whose virtuoso solo contributions are a delight, yet the voice isn't quite what it was - more diffuse, painting with broader tonal brushstrokes. Here in Monteverdi that proves itself, at times, an advantage, giving greater scope to Octavia's emotionally charged recitatives from L'incoronazione di Poppea

March 2016

With compete assurance [La Cetra] deliver fresh and vibrant playing totally in accord with the needs of Kožená and her partners...It is hard to fault this marvellous recording featuring Kožená at the peak of her powers.

October 2016

Kožená gives an involving performance of Combattimento, touching in the celestial phrases at the end, but her decision to sing it as a solo piece—taking the parts of both lover-adversaries and narrator—is not something new, contrary to what one might infer from her remarks. The superbly played interludes illustrative of the action are typical of the imaginative approach of Marcon and his musicians.

Classics Today January 2016

These are not chaste performances—they’d never be mistaken for readings from an English group, for instance...Kožená may be in strange territory, but she makes it her own. Ottavia’s two arias from L’incoronazione di Poppea are richly sung, fiercely vivid, and would be welcomed in a complete performance.

Opera News June 2016

Kožená uses violent accents, straight tones and extreme dynamics to great effect yet retains plangent vulnerability...The disc’s highlight is Kožená’s aggressive and virtuosic rendition of the great scena Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda...Here the mezzo realizes her instincts for color and expression with dramatic force.

Magdalena Kožená: Monteverdi

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