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Giulio Caccini was one of the principal creators of the stile recitativo which, at the very end of the Renaissance, led to the meteoric ascent of the solo voice. The decoration of the arias in his Nuove Musiche is never gratuitous, but always at the service of the passions of the soul, the affetti. The whole art of this style consists in maintaining the expressive sprezzatura, characterized by its elegance and agility. With his humble interpretative approach and fine deep bass voice, Joel Frederiksen breathes new life into the theatricality of the nascent Baroque.