What Artemisia Heard: Music and Art from the Time of Caravaggio and Gentileschi is the profoundly engaging culmination of a unique project envisioned by El Mundo artistic director Richard Savino. Enraptured over the work of female Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, Savino, a baroque guitarist and lutenist, began to question why the music of Artemisia's time is not as widely appreciated as the visual arts of the era. Recognizing a ubiquitous connection in popular music between the aural and visual (through vehicles such as music videos), Savino had the ingenious idea to integrate the sublime painting of Artemisia and her contemporaries directly with the equally sublime music these painters would have heard at the time. Featured alongside paintings by Artemisia and her contemporaries is music by composers Uccellini, Kapsberger, Ferrari, Frescobaldi, Mazzocchi, Gagliano, Caccini, Piccinini, Castello, Monteverdi, Corbetta, Falconieri, Rossi, Giramo, and Lanier, as performed stunningly by El Mundo and distinguished soloists. El Mundo is a chamber group dedicated to the performance of sixteenth through nineteenth century Latin American, Spanish and Italian chamber music. Under the direction of guitarist/lutenist Richard Savino, El Mundo was formed in 1999 and is made up of some of today's finest period instrument performers. As an ensemble, El Mundo has recorded 8 cds on the Koch, Dorian and Sono Luminus labels. These include the premiere of Sebastian Duron's 17th century zarzuela Salir el Amor del Mundo, and The Kingdoms of Castille, which received a 2012 GRAMMYr nomination in the Best Small Ensemble category. El Mundo consists of Jennifer Ellis Kampani, Nell Snaidas, and CÃ©line Ricci (sopranos), Paul Shipper (bass, baroque guitar, and percussion), Adam LaMotte and Lisa Grodin (Violins), William Skeen (cello and viola da gamba), Farley Pearce (Violone), Richard Savino and Adam Cockerham (baroque guitar and theorbo), Paul Psarras (baroque guitar), John Schneiderman (lute and baroque guitar), Cheryl Ann Fulton (baroque harp), and Corey Jamason (harpsichord and organ).

Tracklist:

Sinfonie Boscareccie, Op. 8: Sinfonie Boscareccie, Op. 8: La Gran Battaglia
Libro Secondo Di Villanelle: Libro II Di Villanelle: L'onda Che Limpida
Libro Primo D'intavolatura Di Chitarrone: Libro I D'intavolatura Di Chitarone: Corrente No. 6
Libro Quarto D'intavolatura Di Chitarrone: Libro IV D'intavolatura Di Chitarrone: Capona
Musiche E Poesie Varie, Book 3: Musiche E Poesie Varie, Book 3: Amanti Io VI So Dire
Toccate E Partite D'intavolatura, Book 2: Canzona
Musiche Sacre E Morali: Musiche Sacre, E Morali: Folle Cor Ah Non T'alletti
Sinfonia
Il Primo Libro Delle Musiche: Il Primo Libro Delle Musiche: Lasciatemi Qui Solo
Intavolatura Di Liuto Et Di Chitarrone: Toccata
Il Primo Libro Delle Musiche: Il Primo Libro Delle Musiche: Chi Desia Di Saper
Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno, Book 2: Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno, Book 2: Sonata No. 1
Scherzi Musicali Cioè Arie Et Madrigali: Scherzi Musicali Cioe Arie Et Madrigali, Sv 246-251: No. 5. Et E Pur Dunque Vero
Madrigals, Book 9: Madrigali E Canzonette, Book 9, Sv 168-178: Come Dolce Oggi L'auretta, Sv 173
Varii Capricii: Varii Capricii: Sinfonia A 2
Il Primo Libro Di Canzone: Il Primo Libro Di Canzone, Sinfonie, Fantasie, Capricci, Brandi, Correnti, Gagliarde, Alemane, Volte:
Occhi Belli
Il Primo Libro Di Canzone: Il Primo Libro Di Canzone: Folia Echa Para Mi Senora Dona Tarolilla Di Carallenos
Festa Riso
Symphonia In G Major
No More Shall Meads: No More Shall Meads Be Deck's With Flow'rs
Though I Am Young: Thou I Am Young
Fan Battaglia

UPC: 053479219527
Label: Sono Luminus
Release Date: 9.25.15
Format: CD

Kapsberger / El Mundo / Savino - What Artemisia Heard (CD)