7090020181219

Formosa Mea

Tone Wik

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Format: CD

Cat No: LWC1109

Release Date:  11 November 2016

Label:  Lawo

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  7090020181219

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

Composer/Series:  Formosa Mea

  • Description

    AN HOMAGE TO BEAUTY
    "Formosa mea" (My Beauty), an expression taken from Song of Solomon, recurs as a theme in a number of the songs on Tone Wik's new CD. The sensual texts are an homage to the Virgin Mary. Her chaste, unattainable beauty is the focus of adoration, lending a quality of innocence to the erotic content of the texts.

    The music is from a period when the church was in the process of accepting the musical influence of street music and folk theatre, which changed the style of church music. "Formosa mea" features two seldom-performed Christmas cantatas, written by the female composer Franscesca Caccini and her colleague, Bonifatio Gratiani.

    Soprano Tone Wik has specialized for years in music of the Baroque period. She is in frequent demand as soloist and performs regularly with early music musicians and ensembles. On this CD she appears with a collection of distinguished performers: Vegard Lund (lute), Karolina Radziej (baroque violin), Johan Nicolai Mohn (recorder) and Christian Kjos (organ).

    "Formosa mea" is Tone Wik's first release on the LAWO Classics label. Her two earlier solo recordings, "Dolcissimo Sospiro" and "Bellezza Crudell", have received glowing reviews in the international press.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Maria, Dolce Maria - Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641)
      • 2. Jubilet Tota Civitas- Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
      • 3. O Dulcissima Dilecta Mea - Stefano Bernardi (1580–1638)
      • 4. Canzona Terza - Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
      • 5. Exulta Filia Sion - Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
      • 6. Toccata IV - Alessandro Piccinini (1566–ca.1638)
      • 7. A Piè Della Gran Croce - Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
      • 8. Toccata Decima - Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
      • 9. O Che Nuovo Stupor - Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641)
      • 10. Toccata VIII - Alessandro Piccinini (1566–ca.1638)
      • 11. Invito All'allegrezza - Biagio Marini (1597–1665)
      • 12. O Quam Tu Pulchra Es - Alessandro Grandi (1575–1630)
      • 13. Nigra Sum Sed Formosa - Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665)
      • 14. Partite Sopra La Monica - Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
      • 15. Torna Il Sereno Zefiro - Sigismondo D’ India 1(582–1629)
      • 16. Prelude VI - Girolamo Kapsberger (ca. 1580–ca. 1651)
      • 17. Gaudia Pastores - Bonifatio Gratiani (1604/05–1664)

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