COMPANY: Pentatone
ARTIST: Magdalena Kozena
CATEGORY: SACD
COMPOSER: Various Composers

Product: 827949072567

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On her first Pentatone album, Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena returns to the baroque repertoire that launched her early career. Il giardino dei sospiri is a collection of scenes from secular cantatas on tragic love, ranging from Handel’s Qual ti riveggio to new editions of works by Leo (Angelica e Medoro), Marcello (Arianna abbandonata) and Gasparini (Atalia). These vocal works are connected through instrumental pieces by Handel (sinfonia of Agrippina), Vinci (sinfonia from Maria dolorata) and Sarro (introduzione from Didone abbandonata). Initially conceived as a scenic project, Il giardino dei sospiri offers a richly-faceted and profoundly moving aural drama. Kozena interprets the tragic heroines of these love stories with fervor, accompanied by Vaclav Luks and Collegium 1704.