Lamenti Amorosi

Newly discovered cantatas from the Neapolitan archives
Orpheus, Narcissus, Leandros and other heroes of antiquity
in 17th-century Neapolitan music

Cristofaro Caresana, Orazio Antonio Fagilla, Francesco Provenzale, Mario Savioni, Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani u. a.

Il Narciso – Cantata for soprano and basso continuo
Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani (Florence 1638 – Pistoia 1692)

Gionto il fatal dì – Cantata for mezzo-soprano and basso continuo
Francesco Provenzale (Naples 1632 – Naples 1704)

Lamento d’Orfeo – Cantata for soprano and basso continuo
Orazio Antonio Fagilla (Naples, second half of the 17th century)

Hor che già stanco il sole – Cantata for two sopranos, alto and basso continuo
Mario Savioni (Rome cca 1606 – Rome 1685)

Eva Benett – Soprano
Kamila Zbořilová – Soprano
Monika Jägerová – Alto
Dalibor Pimek – Baroque cello
Marek Kubát – Theorbe and Baroque Guitar
Ondřej Macek – Harpsichord

Recorded live in the Schüttkasten Primmersdorf on July 22, 2021