Word: afettuoso
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...thirty mile trip. Even more extraordinary was the representation that the two women and four men in the sextet gave of characters in the boat. As Venetian fishermen, they echoed each other with subtle dynamic control. Director and basso Piero Cavalli led one texture smoothly into another. A Madrigale afettuoso, a bit too obvious in intent to touch the modern listener properly, followed fine contrapuntal fun on simple scale practices. In spite of a cough, soprano Liliana Rossi filled Sanders with a beautifully clear tone, while the rest of the sextet took the part of a lute...
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