Magdalena Kožená / Collegium 1704 / Václav Luks IL GIARDINO DEI SOSPIRI

For me, coming back to baroque repertoire is like opening the door to my grandparents’ loft – full of familiar smells, handmade toys and old fairy-tale books. The sort of place where I can stretch myself out on top of a haystack, forget about the outside world for a little while and allow myself to be carried away to the unexplored wilderness of the past. With this recording I would like to take you with me on a particularly exciting journey, not only because we uncovered some pieces which haven’t been performed since they were rst composed, but also because I could hardly imagine more passionate, savage, uninhibited yet loving and caressing companions for these desperate heroines than Václav Luks and the musicians of Collegium 1704. I hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as I loved singing it. (Magdalena Kožená)