Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651)
Kapsberger
Capona

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Le tre grazie a Venere
Amor dormiglione
Amor non si fugge
L'Eraclito amoroso (Udite amanti)
L'Amante segreto

Francesca Caccini (1587-?1641)
Dispiergata guancie amate
Nube gentil

Diego Ortiz (?1510-?1570)
Ricercar

Michaelangelo Rossi (?1601-1656)
Toccata

Sigismondo d'India (?1582-1629)
Piangono al pianger mio

Luigi Rossi (?1597-1653)
Fan battaglia
Disperate speranze

Caroline Shaw (1982-)
Dolce cantvi

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Toccata

Domenico Mazzochi (1592-1665)
Fortuna sul volto

Anonyme
Passacaglia della vita

Ensemble Tenet

Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Molly Quinn, soprano
Virginia Warnken Kelsey, mezzo-soprano

Josh Lee, viole de gambe
Jeffrey Grossman, clavecin
Hank Heijink, théorbe
Daniel Swenberg, luth
Charlie Weaver, guitare baroque

New York’s leading early music ensemble TENET presents The Secret Lover, a programme that celebrates music by, for, and about women and pays tribute to the 17th century Concerto delle donne, a trio of extraordinarily gifted professional female singers who were renowned for their performances in the courts of the late Italian Renaissance. Three of TENET’s own leading ladies – sopranos Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, and mezzo-soprano Virginia Warnken – honor the spirit of these pioneering women with a recording featuring solos and trios that weave a story thread to create a musical portrayal of three women and their complex emotional lives. As a 21st century tribute, TENET has commissioned a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, which they perform alongside music by Caccini, Rossi, Strozzi and others.