TENET – The Secret Lover

Contents:

1. Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580 – 1651) Kapsberger
2. Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677) Le tre grazie a Venere
3. Francesca Caccini (1587 – after 1641) Dispiegata guancie amate
4. Diego Ortiz (c.1510 – 70) Ricercar
5. Strozzi Amor dormiglione
6. Anonymous Passacaglia della vita
7. Michelangelo Rossi (1601/2 – 56) Toccata
8. Sigismondo d’India (c.1582 – 1629) Piangono al pianger mio
9. Caccini Nube gentil
10. Luigi Rossi (c.1597 – 1653) Fan battaglia
11. Strozzi Amor non si fugge
12. Strozzi L’Eraclito amoroso (Udite amanti)
13. Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) Dolce cantavi *
14. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 – 1643) Toccata
15. L. Rossi Disperate speranze
16. Kapsberger Capona
17. Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665) Fortuna sul volto
18. Strozzi L’Amante segreto

New York’s leading early music ensemble TENET presents The Secret Lover, a programme that celebrates music by, for, and about women and pays tribute to the 17th century Concerto delle donne, a trio of extraordinarily gifted professional female singers who were renowned for their performances in the courts of the late Italian Renaissance. Three of TENET’s own leading ladies – sopranos Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, and mezzo-soprano Virginia Warnken – honor the spirit of these pioneering women with a recording featuring solos and trios that weave a story thread to create a musical portrayal of three women and their complex emotional lives. As a 21st century tribute, TENET has commissioned a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, which they perform alongside music by Caccini, Rossi, Strozzi and others.