Tsatsanis's voice is miraculous, immediately appealing and still magnetic over repeated listenings.
And I Remain shows the joys and sorrows of love expressed in the three great art song traditions of the seventeenth century. This debut album from soprano, Linda Tsatsanis and lutenist, John Lenti gives a prismatic portrait of the chambers of the human heart. Elegant French court airs de cour, charming Elizabethan songs and passionate Italian monody tell the eternal story of love and loss. Canadian-born soprano Linda Tsatsanis enjoys an active and diverse career. Hailed "ravishing" (New York Times) for her performance at the Boston Early Music Festival and blessed with "crystalline purity" (Seattle Times), Ms. Tsatsanis divides her time between early opera and concert performance. John Lenti has appeared as a solo recitalist and chamber musician on lute, theorbo and guitar throughout the United States. He studied lute with Jacob Heringman and Elizabeth Kenny in London and with Nigel North at Indiana University.
Track Listing:
1. Doux Charme du Printemps 3:00 Michel Lambert
2. Le Printemps et L'amour 1:31 Michel Lambert
3. Ah! Que Vous êtes Heureux! 3:13 Sébastien Le Camus
4. Chaconne 2:20 Robert de Visée
5. Laissez Durer la Nuit 5:49 Sébastien Le Camus
6. Que Ta Voix Divine Me Touche! 2:22 Sébastien Le Camus
7. Frogg Galliard 2:13 John Dowland
8. A Galliard 2:38 John Dowland
9. The Earle of Essex Galliard 1:55 John Dowland
10. Can She Excuse My Wrongs 2:23 John Dowland
11. Shall I Strive With Wordes to Move 2:35 John Dowland
12. A Dream 5:35 John Dowland
13. In Darknesse Let Mee Dwell 3:25 John Dowland
14. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite 4:35 John Dowland
15. Hor Che Gli Augelli 2:05 Jacopo Peri
16. Piangono al Pianger Mio 3:48 Sigismondo D'India
17. Quest'humil Fera 3:47 Jacopo Peri
18. Arpeggiata a Mio Modo 3:02 Bellerofonte Castaldi
Performers:
LINDA TSATSANIS - voice
JOHN LENTI - theorbo & lute
Production Info:
Executive Producer: John Gordon Hill
Engineered, Produced, & Mastered by Al Swanson, Sept. 15-17, 2008
in Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Photography by Valerie Loiseleux, Nathan Whittaker
Reviews of And I Remain: Three Love Stories
All About Jazz (C. Michael Bailey)
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century vocal music with lute or theorbo has been enjoying a modern renaissance as evidenced by the recent releases of Monika Mauch and Nigel North's Musical Banquet (ECM, 2008) and Nigel North's Dowland recordings for Naxos. This is period music that immediately evokes images such as those captured in Ken Follett's Pil ...