The Early Music Show - Valentine's Music - Love is a Many Splendoured Thing!

Lucie Skeaping presents a Valentine's programme exploring some of the complexities of love. The music reflects themes of longing, jealousy, and the influence of Cupid, by composers such as Machaut, Monteverdi, Campion and Vivaldi. Playlist: Purcell: Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive Sylvia McNair Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord Laurence Dreyfuss, cello Philips 446 081 2 Tr 16 Anon: Michi confer, venditor from Carmina Burana Catherine Bott (soprano) Michael George (bass) Pavlo Beznosiuk (vielle) Oiseau Lyre 417 3732 Tr 6 Segue to: Ockeghem: Ma Maistresse The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham ASV CD GAU 186 Tr 3 Segue to: Monteverdi: Una donna fra l'altre Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (director/harpsichord) Naïve OP 30423 Tr 6 Campion: Fire, Fire Michael Chance (countertenor) Nigel North (lute) Linn CKD 105 Tr 10 Segue to: Machaut: Mors sui, se je ne vous voy Gothic Voices Avie AV 2089 Tr 2 Segue to: Anon: Les tendres souhaits Le Poeme Harmonique Alpha 513 Tr 7 Vivaldi: Gelosia (Ottone in villa) Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) Teatro Lirico Stephen Stubbs (director) Virgin Classics VC 5452632 Tr 10 Segue to: Charpentier: Crois-tu mon malheur (Medee) Medee ...... Lorraine Hunt (mezzo-soprano) Nerine ...... Noemi Rime (soprano) Les Arts Florissants Erato 4509 96558 2 CD 2 Tr 17 Anon: The Bloody Battle at Billingsgate (Two Fish-Women) Lucie Skeaping, Catherine Bott (soprano) Narrator: Douglas Wootton The City Waites Lucie Skeaping (director) (from CD entitled The English Stage Jig) Hyperion CDA 67754 (released April 2009) Bernart de Ventadorn: Can l'erba fresch Duo Trobairitz: Faye Newton (soprano) Hazel Brooks (vielle) Hyperion CDA 67634 Tr 8 Handel: Recit: Romilda infida and Duet: Troppo altraggi la mia fede (Serse) Nuria Rial (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) Kammerorchester Basel Laurence Cummings (harpsichord/director) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697 214722 Trs 2, 3.