The Golden Age
Julia Lezhneva & Luca Pianca
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Think lute songs are a thing of the past? Hardly! Julia Lezhneva brings to life exquisite gems of Italian vocal art from the Renaissance and Baroque – arias of timeless beauty, music that speaks straight to the heart.
“The voice”, says Julia Lezhneva, “is the sound of the soul”. With dazzling technique and expressive freedom, she moves through Baroque trills and coloraturas with effortless grace and natural poise. The New York Times once described her soprano as “angelic”. In Luca Pianca, Lezhneva has found a partner with experience. In the Renaissance, the lute was known as the “queen of instruments” – and in Pianca’s hands, it’s easy to hear why. He interlaces the vocal works
with virtuosic solo pieces, before once again cradling Lezhneva’s radiant voice in the warmth of his strings.
Giulio Caccini: Dolcissimo sospiro | La bella man vi stringo | Amarilli, mia bella | Belle rose porporine
Claudio Monteverdi: Ecco di dolci raggi il sol armato (SV 249) | Quel sguardo sdegnosetto (SV 247) from Scherzi musicali cioè arie et madrigali
Vincenzo Bernia: Toccata cromatica – Allemanda for Lute
Pietro Paolo Melli: Preludio – Aria del Gran Duca for Lute | Corrente „La Palatina“ for Lute
Domenico Mazzocchi: Con ghirlanda di rose
Giacomo Carissimi: Tu m’hai preso a consumare
Antonio Vivaldi: Sorge vermiglia in ciel la bella aurora (RV 667)
Manuskript Goëss-Ebenthal: Prélude – Allemande – Gigue – Sarabande – Chaconne for Lute
Giovanni Paisiello: Variationen über Nel cor più non mi sento, from La Molinara
Julia Lezhneva
Soprano
Luca Pianca
Lute
