The very designation ‘Caccini’s Ave Maria’ is one that provokes debate. Who is Caccini? And was the piece actually anything to do with him? The answer to the first question is easy: Caccini was a ...

Lucie Skeaping explores the lives and work of Francesca and Settimia Caccini, the two musical daughters of renowned singer and composer Giulio Caccini. Show more Giulio Caccini was one of the most ...

Madrigals, Book 5 (Il quinto libro de madrigali), Movements: E così, a poco a poco (wds. Guarini) David Bates, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer (La) Nuova Musica (Le) nuove musiche, Movements: ...

She worked for the Medici family, modelling her career on that of her father Giulio Caccini. Although there is evidence to suggest Caccini wrote at least 16 staged works, only one opera by Caccini ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Francesca Caccini and other composers in her circle, including Jacopo Peri, Lorenzo Allegri and her father, Giulio Caccini.

(Le) musiche, Movements: Io moro, ecco ch'io moro (wds. G. Marino) Le Poème Harmonique Claudio Saracini, Composer Vincent Dumestre, Conductor Tutto 'l di piango Vincent Dumestre, Conductor Giulio ...

After releasing a Cd of Italian love songs from the early seventeenth century, Magdalena Kozena and the Private Musicke ensemble are touring a programme based on it. ‘Lettera amorosa’ is the name of a ...