Various Composers - Terra Mater (Christina Pluhar; Malena Ernman)

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1. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Sonata representativa: II. Nachtigal
2. John Bennet - Venus' Birds
3. Tarquinio Merula - Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Op. 12: No. 1, La gallina
4. Thomas Arne - When Daisies Pied "The Cuckow"
5. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Sonata representativa: III. CuCu
6. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Sonata representativa: IV. Frosch
7. Traditional English - The Frog and the Mouse
8. Traditional English - Wallom Green (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master")
9. Traditional English - The Taylor and the Mouse
10. Traditional English - Mulberry Garden (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master")
11. Georg Caspar Schürmann - Die getreue Alceste, Act 1: Sinfonia pour la tempête
12. George Frideric Handel - English Songs, HWV 228: No. 19, The Faithful Maid. "'Twas When the Seas Were Roaring"
13. Pietro Torri - L'innocenza difesa dai Numi: "Son rosignolo"
14. Claudio Monteverdi - Il settimo libro de madrigali "Concerto": No. 4, O come sei gentile, SV 120 (Instrumental Version)
15. Giovanni Bononcini - La gara delle quattro stagioni: "Brilla in cielo"
16. Traditional English - Newcastle (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master")
17. Francesco Gasparini - Già dal platano antico: "Senti quell'usignolo"
18. Giuseppe Maria Orlandini - Nerone, Act 1: "Muore il cigno"
19. Giulio Taglietti - Arie da suonare, Op. 3: No. 19, Il canto del cigno
20. Eden Ahbez - Nature Boy

Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano

L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar, arrangements, direction & theorbo

Date: 2025

Label: Warner Classics/Erato

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A hymn to nature envisioned by the unparalleled Christina Pluhar, featuring the extraordinary Swedish mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman, in a program that embraces the four winds! This is a unique blend that L'Arpeggiata, under Pluhar's direction, masterfully creates—drawing from the rumblings of the sea, sunny canarios, cuckoos and nightingales, whispers and tempests. With a fusion of baroque repertoire, traditional music, and improvisations, it promises a vibrant celebration of vocal and instrumental artistry, all under the banner of the nourishing earth.

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