La Borgia

Les papes, qui avaient quitté Rome pour Avignon depuis plus d'un siècle, inaugurent par leur retour en 1420 le triomphe de la société de cour. La cour de Rome, c'est au moins deux mille personnes qui administrent l'État le plus complexe, le plus cosmopolite de l'époque, gèrent d'immenses fortunes et instaurent un mode de vie brillant dont les fêtes, les fastes, le luxe ostentatoire marqueront profondément le siècle. Mais c'est aussi une cour érudite, dont les grands esprits novateurs, inspirés de vastes desseins, assurent la renommée de Rome "capitale des Lettres"…

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI - Dinastia Borgia - Chiesa e potere nel Rinascimento (2010) [3CD+DVD] {Alia Vox}
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Classical / Renaissance

Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Borgia, Fourth Duke of Gandia, Jordi Savall and Alia Vox offer a visually lavish and artistically comprehensive new release entitled Dinastia Borgia. Savall’s latest musicological/historical quest focuses on music from the time of the Borgia dynasty, including works by composers such as Isaac, Dufay and Morales, from Pope Alexander VI/6 and two of his children, Cesare and Lucrezia, through to Francis Borgia, Jesuit priest and, perhaps, composer. For five centuries, scholars have studied and debated the role of the Borgias in Renaissance history. Although their name is synonymous with Papal corruption and they were undoubtedly malevolent and immoral, as patrons of the arts, the Borgias were also instrumental in the period’s explosive growth of culture.

Lucrezia: La figlia del Papa Borgia (1480-1519) - Medusa, Patrizia Bovi (2013) {Micrologus CDM0025.13.1}
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Classical / Renaissance / Harp / Lute

This CD by a spin-off group from the Ensemble Micrologus uses the colourful life of the notorious Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of the Borgia Pope and twin sister of the bloodthirsty Cesare as a peg on which to hang a selection of appropriate 15th- and 16th-century repertoire. Lucrezia’s short life was packed with incident, and as the daughter of one of Italy’s foremost families she had direct contact with many of the musicians whose music features here. Her family intrigues also meant that she moved constantly throughout Italy, experiencing the great centres of culture such as Rome and Mantua. Patrizia Bovi, who sings and plays the bray harp, and Medusa, who play a variety of stringed instruments take the same the same forthright approach to the repertoire as does Ensemble Micrologus, and there is a pleasing sparkle and energy about this CD.

Rodrigo de Borja est devenu le pape Alexandre VI en 1492. Père de César et de Lucrèce, il a inspiré Machiavel lors de l'écriture du Prince. La famille Borgia, telle une hydre à trois têtes, a intrigué contre les puissantes familles de la Renaissance : les Sforza, les Visconti, les Orsini…

« Si les hommes connaissaient les raisons de ma peur, ils seraient en mesure de comprendre ma douleur. » - Lucrèce Borgia.
L'Espagnol Rodrigo Borgia devient le pape Alexandre VI, une nouvelle ère s'ouvre à Rome. …

Mythes et réalités d'une des plus fascinantes familles de la Renaissance, du fondateur Alonso au rédempteur Francesco. …

This live recording from Paris in 1972 has two main attraction: the chance to hear a very young - 25 years old, in fact - José Carreras at the outset of his career and, more importantly, I think, the opportunity to hear Vasso Papantoniou, an excellent soprano largely unknown outside her native Greece where she has made her career and who at times sounds uncannily like her compatriot, Maria Callas, especially in the middle of her voice and in her deployment of highly expressive downward portamenti. Her vibrato is faster and, like Callas, top notes can be shrill, be she is a complete artist who obviously impressed the Parisian audience. To hear her at her best either her opening or closing aria will do; listen to her from "M'odi, ah! mo'di" to the end of the opera, where she opts to use the virtuoso aria Donizetti wrote especially for diva Henriette Méric-Lelande and very good she is too.