In this recital from La Folia Early Music Festival, young French mezzo-soprano Juliette De Banes Gardonne is featured in a program of cantatas by Caresana, Porpora and Alessandro Scarlatti, little known, and in one case, unpublished, Joined by a chamber ensemble composed of harpsichord, theorbo, cello, flute, and violin.
Recorded live in concert in Rougemont, Switzerland’s Church of Saint Nicholas.
Cristoforo Caresana (1640-1709)
Il Narciso, cantata
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Fille, oh Dio, qui t’asconde e dove sei?, cantata
Anonymous
Le Vent du nord, for theorbo
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Bella madre dei fiori, cantata
ARTISTS
Juliette De Banes Gardonne, mezzo-soprano
Paola Erda, harpsichord
Franco Pavan, theorbo
Alberto Gerrero, cello
Olivier Riehl, flute
(violin: no information)
Opening & Closing Theme for Baroque&Before:
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Piva, performed by Musica Reservata (Boston Skyline BSD 123)
