Debut album: Cupid’s Ground Bass
FARINA
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BIBER
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CAVALLI
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MONTEVERDI
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STROZZI
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KAPSBERGER
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UCCELLINI
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FARINA ● BIBER ● CAVALLI ● MONTEVERDI ● STROZZI ● KAPSBERGER ● UCCELLINI ●
We’re excited to share out first single from our upcoming debut album Cupid’s Ground Bass, due to be released on the 21st of November 2025!
Please do give our first single Strozzi’s Che si può fare a listen and a save on Spotify or pre-order it on the First Hand Records website here.
Released on a DigiSleeve CD and on all digital platforms: 21 November 2025
Track list:
Barbara STROZZI (1619–1677)
1. Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2: No. 22. Amor dormiglione
Lucine Musaelian soprano
Marco UCCELLINI (1603–1680)
2. Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3: Aria quinta sopra ‘La Bergamasca’
Carlo FARINA (1600–1639)
3. Pavane, Gagliarde, Libro 2: Capriccio stravagante a 4: La Lira
Francesco CAVALLI (1602–1676)
4. Gli amori d’Apollo e di Dafne, Act III: Misero Apollo
Kieran White tenor
Il Giasone (1649)
5. Sinfonia
6. Act I: Delizie, contenti che l’alma beate
Kieran White tenor
7. Musiche sacre: Canzon à 3
8. Il Giasone: Act I: Se dardo pungente
Lucine Musaelian soprano
Giovanni Girolamo KAPSBERGER (1580–1651)
9. Intavolatura di chitarone, Libro 4: Toccata No. 1
Daniel Murphy theorbo
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 1 in D minor, ‘The Annunciation’
10. Præludium
11. Variatio – Aria allegro – Variatio – Adagio – Finale
Edmund Taylor violin
KAPSBERGER
12. Intavolatura di chitarone, Libro 4: Capona
Daniel Murphy theorbo
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)
13. L’incoronazione di Poppea, SV308, Act II: Oblivion soave
Kieran White tenor
Daniel Murphy theorbo
KAPSBERGER
14. Intavolatura di chitarone, Libro 4: Canario
Daniel Murphy theorbo
STROZZI
15. Arie a voce sola, Op. 8: Che si può fare?
Lucine Musaelian soprano, viola da gamba
MONTEVERDI
Scherzi musicali cioè arie et madrigali, SV 246–251: No. 6. Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251
Lucine Musaelian soprano
Kieran White tenor
BELLOT ENSEMBLE
Lucine Musaelian soprano, viola da gamba
Kieran White tenor
Olivia Petryszak recorder
Edmund Taylor, Maxim Del Mar violin
Jacob Garside cello
Nathan Giorgetti viola da gamba
Daniel Murphy theorbo, baroque guitar
Matthew Brown harpsichord, organ
Recorded at St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow, London, UK, 8–11 November, 2024
Produced by Tom Pickering
Recorded by John Croft (Chiaro Audio)
24bit, 96kHz high resolution recording, editing and mastering
This recording was kindly supported by The Continuo Foundation
