Harmonices Mundi

1. Duet. Care labbra che d’amore 2. Duet. Aure fresche, aure volanti 3. Duet. Me ne farete tante che piu non soffriro 4. Duet. Pazienza, finira l’influenza 5. Duet. Ahi, che posar non puote 6. Duet. Fulmini, quanto sa quel sembian

Blind from childhood, Antonio de Cabezon (b.1510) was was appointed organist in the chapel of Queen Isabella at the age of 16, and in 1538, became músico de la cámara to her husband Charles V. After Isabella's death he was appointed the mus

The supreme master of the chamber duet genre was Agostino Steffani, recently celebrated by Cecilia Bartoli, and it is no coincidence that Handel had a manuscript copy of Steffani's famous duets with him at the beginning of his stay in Rome.

Narrator: MARTIN ORO Susanna: GEMMA BERTAGNOLLI First Judge: SERGIO FORESTI Second: Judge MIRKO GUADAGNINI Daniel: ISABEL ALVAREZ Live recording: 10 & 11 August 2011, Schloss Maretsch, Bolzano, Italy