La Donna Musicale’s second CD concludes the first-ever recording of The Seven Psalms of David by 17th century Franco-Italian composer Antonia Padoani Bembo. Here Bembo sets the penitential psalms of her contemporary, poet Elisabeth-Sophie Chéron, providing a musical interpretation of Chéron’s passionate verse. Like Volume I, this new recording also includes instrumental music by Bembo’s contemporary, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
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Historical Background
Text by Thierry Favier, Université de Dijon (PDF)
Program Notes
Text by Laury Gutiérrez (PDF)
CD Contents:
Track and performer listings (PDF)
Performers
Sherezade Panthaki, Margaret Hunter, sopranos; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Frederick Jodry, bass; Na'ama Lion, baroque flute; Laura Gulley, Jennifer Schiller, Cécile Garcia-Moeller, violins; Sonia Lee, Noriko Yasuda, harpsichords; Ruth McKay, organ, harpsichord; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba, director
Acknowledgements:
This recording was produced, in part, through the generous support of Gordon Harris, Navigant Consulting, Inc. and through a grant from the PatsyLu fund for Women's Music Projects of the Open Medows Foundation.