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Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens
Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter: Princess, Nun And Musician – Motets From A 16th Century Convent
Album UK 2017 on Obsidian Records label
Classical (Renaissance)
Musica Secreta: Sopranos: Katherine Carson, Sally Dunkley, Yvonne Eddy, Hanna Ely, Katherine Hawnt, Deborah Roberts; Mezzo-Sopranos: Nancy Cole, Bethany Horak-Hallett; Altos: Kim Porter, Caroline Trevor; Organ: Claire Williams; Bass viol: Alison Kinder. Celestial Sirens: Sopranos: Claire Ashton, Nara Clapperton, Lilla Grindlay, Jenny Hansell, Emily Murphy, Victoria Rowcroft, Rachel Taylor, Rosie Taylor, Chloë Wennersten; Altos: Elspeth Barnett, Maria Birch, Kat Elliott, Sebastian Blue Pin, Silvia Resefgetti, Kate Rouse. Recorded at Bishop Edward King Chapel, Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, 22–26 August 2016. Organ provided by Steven Devine. Organ tuning by Edmund Pickering. Editions by Laurie Stras, Deborah Roberts, and Sally Dunkley. Cover image: Portrait of Lucrezia Borgia (oil on canvas), Pintutticchio, Bernardino Di Betto (c. 1452-1513) / Borgia Apartments, Vatican Palace, Vatican City / © Leemage / Bridgeman Images. ℗ & © 2017 Classical Communications Ltd. Made in Great Britain www.obsidianrecords.co.uk From the back cover: Suor Leonora d’Este (1515–1575), Lucrezia Borgia’s daughter, was a princess, a nun, and a musician. She left little to illuminate her history, but an obscure book of motets may at least help us understand her musical life: the Musica quinque vocum motteta materna lingua vocata, published in Venice in 1543. The book is anonymous, but it contains clues to its origins that lead us to the door of Leonora d’Este’s home, the convent of Corpus Domini in Ferrara, perhaps even suggesting that she was its unidentified composer. This music is the earliest published polyphony for nuns. This recording by Musica Secreta and Celestial Sirens allows it to be heard for the first time through carefully researched performances.
Musicians
 | Musica Secreta , ensemble, album by |
 | Laurie Stras voc, directed by, liner notes, translated by, co-producer, album by |
 | Deborah Roberts voc, album by |
 | Celestial Sirens ensemble |
Producers
| Deborah Roberts directed by |
| David Lefeber engineer, producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tribulationes Civitatum Audivimus | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 5:38 | |
| 2 | Suscipe Verbum, Virgo Maria | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 4:01 | |
| 3 | Haec Dies Quam Fecit Dominus | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 5:57 | |
| 4 | Ego Sum Panis Vitae | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 5:50 | |
| 5 | O Salutaris Hostia | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 3:03 | |
| 6 | Veni Sponsa Christi | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 1:44 | |
| 7 | Salve Sponsa Dei | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 2:06 | |
| 8 | Hodie Simon Petrus | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 3:01 | |
| 9 | Ave Sanctissima Maria | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 2:59 | |
| 10 | Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 1:49 | |
| 11 | Angelus Domini Descendit | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 12:36 | |
| 12 | Felix Namque Es | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 3:58 | |
| 13 | Angustiae Mihi Sunt | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 3:21 | |
| 14 | O Beate Christi Confessor | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 3:49 | |
| 15 | Iste Est Joannes | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 7:45 | |
| 16 | Angeli Archangeli Troni | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens | 5:38 |
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