Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante - A Souvenir from London (2022)

Five years ago, Stile Galante dedicated a CD recording with the renowned Swedish mezzosoprano Ann Hallenberg to the celebrated soprano castrato Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829). Accompanied by soprano Francesca Cassinari, Stile Galante is now going back to this extraordinary musician and presents his work as a composer of chamber vocal music. Marchesi published during his stay in London two different collections of ariettas with fortepiano and harp accompaniment. The Ariette op. 1 & 2 are sweet musical cameos dominated by remarkable elegance. They perfectly embody the taste of the time and represent Marchesi’s wish to use his popularity as an opera singer to push in front of the audience a more all-round image of himself as an artist. The programme is rounded off with brilliant instrumental pieces for fortepiano and harps by female composers Anne- Marie Krumpholz (1766-1824) and Veronika Rosalia Cianchettini (1769-1833) who worked with Marchesi in London.

Tracklist:
1. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 1, Nice mia, oh Dio, rammenta (03:49)
2. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 2, Che ciascun per te sospiri (03:06)
3. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 3, Sembianze amabili (03:14)
4. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 5, Auretta grata (02:05)
5. Stile Galante – Variations on a Piemontois Air (Arr. A. Krumpholtz for Harp) (08:21)
6. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 1, Tu che parli all'idol mio (02:44)
7. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 3, Che fa il mio bene? (02:57)
8. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 4, Non è ver che l'ira insegni (02:07)
9. Stile Galante – 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos): I. Allegro (07:06)
10. Stile Galante – 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos): II. Aria. Andantino (06:12)
11. Stile Galante – 6 Duets, Op. 5 No. 1 (Version for 2 Cellos): III. Allegro (03:56)
12. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 5, Son vicino al ben che adoro (01:56)
13. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 6, Il capriccio (02:15)
14. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 4, Ah, furbicel d'Amore (02:30)
15. Stile Galante – Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2: I. Allegro moderato (05:58)
16. Stile Galante – Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2: II. Adeste Fideles with 5 Variations (06:47)
17. Stile Galante – Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 2: III. Waltz. Allegro moderato (03:22)
18. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 6, Se guido il gregge al prato (01:28)
19. Francesca Cassinari & Stile Galante – 6 Ariettes, Op. 11: No. 2, Se mai di lei t'accendi (02:00)
20. Stile Galante – Minuet & Variations (Arr. A. Krumpholtz for Harp) (09:03)