Cristofano Malvezzi (1547-1599) / Vittoria Archilei (1560-1645)
- Dalle più alte sfere
from „Intermedii et concerti“ (Venezia, 1591)

Erika Tandiono | Sopran
Bernhard Reichel | Chitarrone
Julius Lorscheider | Cembalo

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Recorded by Piotr Furmanczyk

Giuseppe Pavoni about Vittoria Archileis performance of the madrigal at the Uffizi theatre on 2 May 1589:

„ (…) a woman seated on a cloud with a lute began to play and sing a madrigal very sweetly. And thus playing and singing she came, being lowered down little by little, hiding herself among certain rocks, and finishing the madrigal among those rocks with an echo so wonderful that it seemed like its reflection was a good mile away.“

Lyrics:

Dalle più alte sfere
Di celeste Sirene amica scorta
L’armonia son, ch’a voi vengo, ò mortali,
Poscia, che fino al Ciel Battendo l’ali
L’alta fama n’apporta,
Che mai si nobil coppia il sol non vide
Qual voi nuova Minerva, e forte Alcide.

From the highest spheres,
As friendly escort to the celestial sirens,
I, Harmony, come down to you, O mortals:
Because beating their wings
Important tidings have come all the way up to the sky,
Because the sun has never seen such a noble couple,
As you new Minerva, and strong Hercules.

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