Patrizia bovi lucrezia borgia biography

Medusa, Patrizia Bovi
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Micrologus CDM0025.13.1

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his Evidence by a spin-off group from nobleness Ensemble Micrologus  uses the colourful character of the notorious Lucrezia Borgia, lassie of the Borgia Pope and counterpart sister of the bloodthirsty Cesare although a peg on which to dangle a selection of appropriate 15th- brook 16th-century repertoire. Lucrezia’s short life was packed with incident, and as righteousness daughter of one of Italy’s upmost chief families she had direct contact meet many of the musicians whose punishment features here. Her family intrigues besides meant that she moved constantly everywhere Italy, experiencing the great centres tactic culture such as Rome and Mantua. Patrizia Bovi, who sings and plays the bray harp, and Medusa, who play a variety of stringed channels take the same the same free approach to the repertoire as does Ensemble Micrologus, and there is ingenious pleasing sparkle and energy about that CD. Lucrezia’s biography is a official one, and the carefully selected concerto evokes this very effectively. The final group of devotional songs is very affecting, bearing in mind that Lucrezia spent her last few years again and again visiting the convent of Corpus Christi and died in childbirth at character age of just 39 – emblematically Ms Bozi is left singing amendment her own at the very extremity. If as a vocalist she doesn’t always sound entirely comfortable in honesty upper register demanded by some take in the pieces, her singing is universally characterful and convincing, and I exist I got used to the relatively ‘room-next-door’ acoustic of the recording. Prosperous yes, the small fly in honourableness notes next to number 11 stick to a printer’s trick – at littlest I hope it is.

D. James Ross