Meda/ Cappella Artemisia - Lacrime Amare Format:CD and bass-baritone

and bass-baritone

It's a visionary and deeply jazz-influenced work that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career

Françaix's music features in countless compilations: here is an authoritatively performed opportunity to immerse yourself in his world for 'une heure exquise'

whereas Vanhal's symmetrical design encloses a lovely Adagio within a pair of minuets

Meda/ Cappella Artemisia - Lacrime Amare Format:CD and bass-baritoneEven in the extensive library of little known composers whose music has found a niche on Brilliant Classics, the name of Bianca Maria Meda (1661 1732 33) counts as obscure. Little is known about Meda other than the scant details printed on the title page of the edition of these motets, printed in 1691: her name; her title: donna (indicating her position as professa in a Benedictine convent); and the name of the monastery where she lived: San Martino