Utwory na płycie:

• Vorrei Baciarti, SV 123
• Se I Languidi Miei Sguardi, SV 141
• Ercole In Tebe, Act II: Da Torbido Nembo
• Perchè Fuggi, SV 128
• Ballo Detto Pollicio
• La Cleopatra, Act III: Dove, M’ascondo
• Soave Libertate, SV 130
• Eliogabalo, Act I: Io Resto Solo?… Misero, Così Va
• Toccata Quarta
• Tornate, O Cari Baci, SV 129
• Ercole In Tebe, Act II: Crudo Amor
• Il Trespolo Tutore Act III: Oh Quanti Soli – Così Stà Arioso… – Oblio, Che Lento Aria – Le Mie Fiamme – Ah, Gl’è Meglio Ridere – Ahimè, Gl’è Meglio Piangere
• Se Pur Destina E Vole, SV 142
• Ballo Del Granduca
• Ercole In Tebe, Act II: Entro L’orrida Mole… Se Per Tè Lieto Mi Lice
• Con Che Soavità, SV 139
• L’incoronazione Di Poppea, Act III, SV 308: Pur Ti Miro, Pur Ti Godo

Monteverdi:
‘Vorrei baciarti’
Lettera amorosa, ‘Se i languidi miei sguardi’

Melani:
‘Da torbido nembo’ Ercole in Tebe, Act II Scene 8

Merula:
Ballo detto Pollicio

Castrovillari:
‘Dove, m’ascondo’ La Cleopatra, Act III Scene 11

Cavall:
[8] ‘Io resto solo?... Misero, cosi va’ Eliogabalo, Act I Scene 13

Frescobaldi:
Toccata Quarta

Boretti:
‘Crudo Amor’ Ercole in Tebe, Act I, Scene 3

Stradella:
‘Oh quanti soli... Ahime, gl’e meglio piangere’ I Trespolo Tutore, Act III Scene 5

Legrenzi:
Corrente Nona

Sacrati:
‘Pur ti miro, pur ti godo’

This album is a musical journey drawing back the curtain that obscured these gay love-stories

for centuries. In the 17th-century, Venice offered a liberal safe haven of sorts to the gay com- munity of greater Europe. There are accounts of outed artists escaping to Venice to live and

work amongst its more permissive culture. Almost 400 years later, we reconnect with this uncommonly tolerant place and time to share a history that is yet untold. The album includes vivid and charming duets from Monteverdi’s 7th book of madrigals as

well as his touching musical love letters (lettere amorose). Additionally, there are four mod- ern-day premieres of works by the little-known composers Boretti, Melani, and Castrovillari;

including a moving duet for the lovers Hercules and Theseus as they exit the underworld hand-in-hand. Solo arias by Cavalli and Stradella depict the yearning of hidden love, and the

recording culminates with one of the most beautiful duets of all time, ‘Pur ti miro’ from Mon- teverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. This album is a recognition and celebration of gay love

that spans the centuries.