Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord and chamber organ ; Jakob Lindberg, theorbo, lute, and Baroque guitar ; Anders Ericson, theorbo
Compact disc.
Program notes in English, and texts with English translations in container.
Recorded Feb. 2004, Berwaldhallen, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm.
Sung in Italian and English.
Amanti, io vi so dire / Benedetto Ferrari (4:51) -- Se l'aura spira / Girolamo Frescobaldi (2:33) -- Dovrò dunque morire? / Giulio Caccini (2:31) -- Ecco di dolci raggi (2:17) ; Quel sguardo sdegnosetto (1:58) / Claudio Monteverdi -- La capona / Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1:27) -- L'incoronazione di Poppea. Adagiati, Poppea / Claudio Monteverdi (3:34) -- Udite, amanti / Barbara Strozzi (7:05) -- Ciaccona / Bernardo Storace (6:13) -- Saraband with division (1:16) ; Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses (3:15) ; The tempest. Dear, pretty youth (2:01) ; Oedipus. Music for a while (2:52) ; Rule a wife and have a wife. There's not a swain (1:29) ; Harmonia sacra, 1688. An evening hymn (3:42) / Henry Purcell -- Arpeggiata / Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (2:18) -- In darkness let me dwell (4:26) ; Can she excuse my wrongs? (The Earl of Essex's galliard) (2:39) ; Weep you no more, sad fountains (5:25) ; What if I never spped? (2:16) / John Dowland -- Fantasia / Robert Johnson (3:41)