Erin Headley’s award-winning ensemble ATALANTE is named in honour of Leonardo da Vinci’s friend and pupil Atalante Migliorotti, who invented the lirone in 1505. That magic and hauntingly beautiful bowed instrument has been Erin Headley’s domain since 1980, through an astonishing number of performances and recordings that have been acclaimed worldwide. In the 17th century the lirone was associated with the lament, a genre that first appeared during the generation of Monteverdi, reached its culmination in Rome, and has been Atalante’s main specialization.
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Reviews
"Strongly recommended.
Barry Brenesal - Fanfare - September/October 2014
"Christian Immler sings with virtuoso precision and a vivid sense of narrative in Stradella’s solo bass cantata L’incendio di Roma Watson sings with piercing sweetness in Mazzochi’s laments mezzo-soprano Theodora Baka takes centre stage in an impassioned performance of Marazzoli’s Lamento d’Armida and Boden’s honeyed tenor gently describes the group of Mary at the foot of the cross in A pièdel sanguinoso tronco
David Vickers - Gramophone magazine - July 2014
This beautiful CD, with exquisitely recorded performances by the singers and players of Atalante direcyed by Erin Headley, amkes an irresistable case for the wider dissemination of this very fine music. In addition to the lovely and dramatic singing there is some superb viol playing, With the generous accoustic of St John’s Hackney, we are transported to a baroque Roman Academy to enjoy some of the most refined music of the period as did the great Roman aristocratic families of the time.
D James Ross - Early Music Review 160 - June 2014
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