Leonarda: A Portrait of Isabella Leonarda (CD)

Isabella Leonarda 1620-1704

A Portrait Of Isabella Leonarda

1. Gloriosa Mater Domini à 4 7’34

(from Sacri concenti a 1, 2, 3, et 4 voci, Op.3, Milan 1670)

2. Memento rerum à 4 a cappella 2’46

(from Sacri concenti a 1, 2, 3, et 4 voci, Op.3, Milan 1670)

3. Salve regina for solo soprano and 2 violins 9’08

(from Motetti a 1, 2, e 3 e 4 voci, parte con istromenti, Op.7, Bologna 1677)

4. In caelis gloria à 4 9’57

(from Motetti a una, due, e tre voci, con Violini e senza, Op.13, Bologna 1687)

5. Sonata No.9 for 2 violins 4’15

(from Sonate a 1,2,3, e 4, Istromenti, Op.16, Bologna 1693)

6 O flammæ for solo soprano                                                                                                                                       9’50

(from Mottetti a voce sola, parte con due violini, e parte senza, Op.6, Venice 1676)

7. O dulce sonare for 3 voices and 2 violins 7’32

(from Motetti a 1, 2, e 3 e 4 voci, parte con istromenti, e parte senza Op.7, Bologna 1677)

8. O anima mea 6’47

(from Dresden Mus. 1737-E.500 & Uppsala Mus: hs.28:1, arranged for 2 altos and 4 viols by Daniel Speer, Philomela Angelica, Venice 1688)

9. Dialogo: Quo pergis anima à 4 7’43

(from Sacri concenti a 1, 2, 3, et 4 voci, Op.3, Milan 1670)

10. Dixit Dominus for 4 voices and 2 violins 8’35

(from Salmi Concertati a 4 voci con strumenti, Op.19, Bologna 1698)

Cappella Artemisia

Candace Smith director

Total time: 74’59

Recording: 7-10 September 2020, Church of Santa Cristina della Fondazza, Bologna, Italy