{"id":12932,"date":"2024-04-01T19:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=12932"},"modified":"2024-04-01T19:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:05:57","slug":"beyonce-releases-album-featuring-classic-18th-century-aria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/04\/01\/beyonce-releases-album-featuring-classic-18th-century-aria\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 Releases Album Featuring Classic 18th-Century Aria"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beyonc\u00e9\"<\/p>\n

It seems the whole world is buzzing about Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s latest album release, Cowboy Carter. Described as a love letter to her Southern roots<\/a> and a sprawling Western epic<\/a>, the latest album from the 42-year-old megastar includes her takes on Dolly Parton and Paul McCartney and collaborations with stars including Willie Nelson. But it\u2019s number 11 on the album, \u201cDaughter,\u201d that\u2019s got the classical music world particularly excited<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Talking points:<\/strong> Moody track number 11 on Cowboy Carter, \u201cDaughter,\u201d includes a sampling of \u201cCaro mio ben\u201d by Tommaso Giordano. The aria was composed in the 1780s and has been recorded by Cecilia Bartoli<\/a> and Luciano Pavarotti<\/a> among countless others, and is a fixture in the curricula of many young voice students. In Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s rendition, she branches away from her signature style of singing, lifting her soft palate to unleash the acoustic power and vulnerability of an unamplified, classical singer.<\/p>\n

The takeaway:<\/strong> Since the album\u2019s release, music critics have been almost unanimous in their praise<\/a> of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s ability to defy and reinterpret genres with mastery and singularity. Her take on this 18th-century aria is no exception. Bravissima, Queen Bey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s latest album release, Cowboy Carter includes a sampling of an aria \u201cCaro mio ben\u201d by Tommaso Giordano originally composed in the 1780s,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":12933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[360,3,233],"tags":[414],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Caro-mio-ben-by-Tommaso-Giordano-BEYONCE.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12934,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12932\/revisions\/12934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12932"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=12932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}