NELLA ANFUSO
The revelation of
Caccini’s singing art
Never before the Preface to the Nuove Musiche of 1601 by
Giulio Caccini could reach such a big audience as it will now thanks to
the publication of its original anastatic print. For the first time in
the history of discography the music pieces contained in the above
mentioned preface are performed in accordance with all the original
expression marks (crescere e scemare della voce, cascata scempia,
cascata doppia, ribattuta di gola, esclamazione languida, esclamazione
spiritosa, sprezzatura, trillo, gruppo); the song “Io che dal ciel” from
the Intermedi Fiorentini of 1589, originally sung by Lucia Caccini, is
here performed for the first time; and this is also true of “Favellare
in armonia” from the Dafne scene (Euridice 1600). Finally, for the first
time Caccini’s madrigal comes back to life in the magnificence and
expressive variety originally demanded by him: after four centuries we
can listen again to “Amarilli” in the full expressive richness given by
all its original “esclamazioni”.
The special quality of the recording can render, as never before, the
wonderful voice of Nella Anfuso in all its splendour.
The essay by Annibale Gianuario is a fundamental vademecum for the
comprehension of the refined singing of Giulio Romano. |