Various Composers - Sweet Oblivion (Eleni Lydia Stamellou)

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1. Claudio Monteverdi - Sì dolce 'l tormento, SV 332
2. Barbara Strozzi - L'eraclito amoroso
3. Barbara Strozzi - Che si puo fare
4. Jacopo Peri - Torna, deh torna
5. Jacopo Peri - Solitario augellino
6. Jacopo Peri - Bellissima regina
7. Andrea Falconieri - O bellissimi capelli
8. Giulio Caccini - Al fonte, al prato
9. Jacopo Peri - Intenerite voi
10. Giulio Caccini - Amarilli
11. Andrea Falconieri - Bella porta di rubini
12. Giulio Caccini - Amor ch'attendi
13. Barbara Strozzi - L'amante consolato
14. Giulio Caccini - Tu ch'hai le penne amore
15. Girolamo Frescobaldi - Se l'aura spira
16. Claudio Monteverdi - Oblivion Soave

Eleni Lydia Stamellou, soprano

Konstantin Shenikov, lute

Date: 2024

Label: Brilliant Classics

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A beautifully conceived program of Renaissance and early Baroque songs and arias, sung by Greek soprano Eleni Lydia Stamellou, accompanied on the lute by Konstantin Shenikov. The featured composers are Monteverdi (1567-1643), Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Caccini (1551-1618), Strozzi (baptized 1619-1677), Peri (1561-1633) and Falconieri (ca. 1585-1656). The secular texts deal with Love, in both its sublime fulfillment and its melancholy abandonment.

Greek soprano Eleni Lydia Stamellou won Second Prize at the Ferruccio Tagliavini Competition in Austria, with Dame Joan Sutherland as the president of the jury. She subsequently attended masterclasses given by Teresa Berganza, Edda Moser and Christa Ludwig. She sang in opera productions with MusicAeterna conducted by Teodor Currentzis. Her specialization is Renaissance/Baroque and Contemporary Music. She sang in productions of Berio and Hersant.

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