Lettere amorose

Description

Magdalena Kozena performs love songs It is to Monteverdi that Magdalena Kožená borrowed Lettere Amorose, the title of her new album, a magnificent anthology of Italian love songs from the 17th century. These secular airs, true rarities on record, "date from a time when there was no division between classical and popular music: it was simply the music that everyone heard and sang." Lettere Amorose stands out from Magdalena Kožená's previous baroque recordings by its acoustic and improvisational aspect, accompanied by great freedom of interpretation: "this repertoire is based on the fact that everyone is free to make their own arrangements and decide which instruments to use [.] it's a completely different way of thinking about music." The musicians of the ensemble Private Musicke, thanks to their imaginative and non-dogmatic approach, prove to be ideal partners for this fascinating record.