Sartori

Born in Florence, the cradle of the Italian language, Jean‐Baptiste Lulli was the first Italian musician to settle and be fully accepted in France, at the prestigious and illustrious court of Versailles, the centre of refined taste. Lully not only accepted the French style, even more: he created it. His sacred music is splendidly dramatic, the orchestra is full and sonorous, with important roles for the wind and percussion instruments, a feast of colours, driving rhythms and ornaments!

With this production of Francesca Caccini’s 'La liberazione di Ruggerio dall'isola di Alcina', directed by Elena Sartori, an important stepping-stone in the development of 17th-century opera receives a superb new recording from Glossa. For much of her career - Caccini was a composer, a virtuoso singer, a teacher, a poet and a multi-instrumentalist - she worked at the Medici court, and was commissioned by the grand duchess of Tuscany, Maria Maddalena of Austria, to write this commedia in musica for performance in Florence in 1625.

Découvrez ce que frôler la mort peut nous enseigner sur notre façon de vivre. Bouleversant nos idées préconçues concernant les effets des expériences de mort imminente (EMI) sur notre vie, Dre Penny Sartori puise dans sa vaste recherche doctorale et dans ses années d’expérience comme infirmière aux soins intensifs pour nous ouvrir les yeux aux leçons que nous pouvons tirer des EMI. …