Lamento

Label:  Naïve
Works by Luigi Rossi,  Claudio Monteverdi,  Giacomo Carissimi,  Barbara Strozzi
Romina Basso
Latinitas Nostra
Markellos Chryssicos

This is the first recital recording of mezzo-soprano Romina Basso, yet one of the most touching and outstanding baroque singers of our time. Recorded in Athens with the Greek musicians of Latinitas Notra ensemble and led by Markellos Chryssicos, this striking album offers incandescent and quite unique performances of Italian baroque masterpieces that are among the most heart-wrenchin musical pieces of all time: Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna, Rossi’s Lamento della regina di Svezia, Strozzi’s Lagrime mie, Provenzale’s Squarciato appena avea…