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What Artemisia Heard: Music and Art from the Time of Caravaggio & Gentileschi

9/25/2015, 23 Tracks, 1:16:27

Featuring

  • Richard Savino
  • El Mundo
  • Marco Uccellini
  • Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
  • Benedetto Ferrari
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi
  • Domenico Mazzocchi
  • Marco Da Gagliano
  • Francesca Caccini
  • Alessandro Piccinini
  • Dario Castello
  • Claudio Monteverdi
  • Francesco Corbetta
  • Andrea Falconieri
  • Luigi Rossi
  • Pietro Antonio Giramo
  • Nicholas Lanier

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Historical Context

The music on this recording comes from a period of profound change in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, similar to the artistic revolution led by Caravaggio.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album's concept was born from the idea of integrating music with visual art, after the producer observed how painters inspired more ardent appreciation than contemporary composers.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album is titled "What Artemisia Heard" and explores music and art from the time of Caravaggio and Gentileschi, inspired by the life of painter Artemisia Gentileschi.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's tracklist is organized to correspond with the life stages and geographical locations of Artemisia Gentileschi, a 17th-century painter.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording utilized advanced technology, capturing audio at 24bit, 192kHz in 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound with Merging Technologies Horus.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The musical innovations of this era, including monody and recitative, contributed to what Claudio Monteverdi called the "seconda prattica" or "modern style."

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California, from March 25-27, 2014.

Source: Booklet

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