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Tragicomedia
12+ albums
baroqueluteSteven Stubbstragicomediaearly music performer
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Tragicomedia is a group of four instrumentalists founded in 1987 and specialized in the Baroque repertoire. It is composed by Erin Headley, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs and Alexander Weimann - four of the world’s leading Baroque instrumentalists. With its unusual instrumentarium of viola da gamba, lute, chitarrone, and harpsichord, the group has played a major role in realizing the musical riches of the basso continuo era. In 1600 Agostino Agazzari described the enormous palette of instrumental color - including lutes, chitarrones, keyboards and lirones - necessary for the effective realization of an accompaniment. This was the inspiration for Tragicomedia. In repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Bach, Tragicomedia explores every musical genre from lute song to fully-staged Baroque opera. Many of the group’s recordings for EMI, Teldec, Virgin, and Hyperion have won prestigious prizes including a Gramophone award (UK), an Edison award (Holland), and several from the Premio Internazionale del disco ‘Antonio Vivaldi’ (Italy). Tragicomedia has been the continuo ensemble for the Boston Early Music Festival’s productions since 1997; also since 1997 the group has been invited back every year for performances of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 at St. Pieterskerk, Leiden - a live CD recording of the 2002 performance is now out on the ATMA label. Tragicomedia’s recent CD Capritio (Harmonia Mundi USA) has received high critical acclaim. The Observer (August 2001) said: “sublime…Tragicome
top songs
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Purcell : "O dive custos Auriacae domus" Z504 [Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary, 1695]
1232Calavéricas Costumbres
473O dolce vita mia
454Chi la gagliarda
435- Gagliarda seconda -- ...a V
426Non t'aricordi
407O quam pulchra es
328Sonata a due bassi: II. Andante (B. Pasquini)
329Purcell : "Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty King" Z340 [Welcome Song for Charles II, 1680]
3010Passa Galli per la lettera E (G. B. Vitali)
28albums
Capritio - Instrumental music from 17th-Century Italy
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Capritio - Instrumental music from 17th century Italy
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Capritio (Instrumental Music from 17th Century Italy)
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Purcell Essentials
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Vanitas vanitatum [Rome 1650] (DAW 50)
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Essential Renaissance
Purcell Edition Volume 3 : Odes, Anthems & Ceremonial Music
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Vanitas vanitatum [Rome 1650]
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Biber - The Mystery Sonatas
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Calavéricas Costumbres
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Problemas técnicos
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Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) - a selection