大象传媒

Vittoria and Raffaella Aleotti were nuns and composers - but were they one person or two? Mystery and music in late 16th-century Italy, with Lucie Skeaping.

Among the music rolling off the busy printing presses of Venice in 1593 was a book of madrigals by Vittoria Aleotti and a book of motets by Raffaella Aleotti, long thought to be her sister. But after 1593 the name of Vittoria vanishes from history, whereas Raffaella became a much-honoured figure in the musical life of her native Ferrara. Lucie Skeaping investigates their history with expert commentary from Candace Smith, and presents their motets and madrigals in performances by Smith's ensemble Cappella Artemisia and special new recordings by the 大象传媒 Singers.