Amanda Forsythe & Opera Prima - Tormento Seicento

Amanda Forsythe & Opera Prima -Tormento Seicento “ In many ways, the music of the early Baroque period bears a stronger relationship to jazz improvisation than to the late Baroque composers,”writes soprano Amanda Forsythe in her program notes. “ Musicians of the early Baroque were masters of improvisation and they invented melodies and harmonies with skill and confidence. The goal of this period in music was expression — the singer was at an advantage, with the text and melody notated, but the heart of this operation was the Basso Continuo, the musicians that interpreted the figured bass line. ”