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ALEA III3.5
Baroque Arias from Europe
Thalia Moutopoulou, soprano; Michel Cardin, theorbo; Chrysostomos Kalogridakis, tenor and guitar
ALEA III, 2023
This album, the result of a collaboration between soprano Thalia Moutopoulou and theorbo player Michel Cardin, was born during the annual ALEA III Summer Encounter, which took place, as always, on the Greek island of Naxos. Along with guitarist and tenor Chrysostomos Kalogridakis, the duo offers baroque arias from Italy, France and England, via Bohemia, represented by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer.
The selected repertoire features subtle, refined accompaniment. Cardin expertly brings resonance and colour out of the music to create a charming, intimate atmosphere. As he says in the album’s booklet, “the expressive power of the theorbo alone, the basic instrument of any baroque continuo, allows it to (assume) an orchestral role through (the) careful realization of the basso continuo, combined with the magic of the plucked strings, which sting as much as they caress the contours of such moving music.”
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