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Monteverdi - Tasso Madrigals | Brilliant Classics 93811

Monteverdi - Tasso Madrigals

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93811

Barcode: 5028421938110

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 15th June 2009

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Contents

Works

Monteverdi, Claudio

Dolcemente dormiva la mia Clori
E dicea l'una sospirando allora
Madrigals, Book 1: SV23-39
» Ardi o gela a tua voglia
» Ardo si, ma non t'amo
» Arsi et alsi a mia voglia
Madrigals, Book 2: SV40-59
» Dolcissimi legami
» Donna, nel mio ritorno
» Mentr'io mirava fiso
» Non sono in queste rive
» Se tu mi lassi, perfida
Madrigals, Book 3: SV60-74
» Io pur verro
» La tra 'l sangue e le morti
» Ma dove, o lasso me
» Poi ch'ella in se torno
» Vattene pur, crudel
» Vivro fra I miei tormenti
Non si levava ancor l'alba novella
Piagn'e sospira

Artists

Concerto Italiano

Conductor

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Works

Monteverdi, Claudio

Dolcemente dormiva la mia Clori
E dicea l'una sospirando allora
Madrigals, Book 1: SV23-39
» Ardi o gela a tua voglia
» Ardo si, ma non t'amo
» Arsi et alsi a mia voglia
Madrigals, Book 2: SV40-59
» Dolcissimi legami
» Donna, nel mio ritorno
» Mentr'io mirava fiso
» Non sono in queste rive
» Se tu mi lassi, perfida
Madrigals, Book 3: SV60-74
» Io pur verro
» La tra 'l sangue e le morti
» Ma dove, o lasso me
» Poi ch'ella in se torno
» Vattene pur, crudel
» Vivro fra I miei tormenti
Non si levava ancor l'alba novella
Piagn'e sospira

Artists

Concerto Italiano

Conductor

Rinaldo Alessandrini

About

Monteverdi, like many composers of the early Baroque, produced a sizeable body of madrigals. This was partly due to the insatiable public demand for what was high quality domestic music - small instrumental forces, talented singers and music set to words by some of the most popular poets of the day. Needless to say, Monteverdi’s madrigals are among the very finest examples, and he was among the last composers that brought the form to its pinnacle. The later baroque had no place for the form.

It was probably during his time at the court of Mantua in the 1580s that he became acquainted with the works of Torquato Tasso (1544-95). He had been working with fellow composer Giaches de Wert, an enthusiastic madrigal producer of some fame, and no doubt guided by de Wert, took to producing his own. The first set was published in 1587, the second in 1590, a third in 1592, and the fourth and final set in 1603.

The madrigal was a short work lasting no more than five minutes for a small group of voices, each singing a solo part. The subject matter was nearly always of worldly matters, a speciality of Tasso. The influence of church music can be detected in the earlier books, but in the later works more freedom of expression, often highly dramatic, can be heard. In essence, they become miniature operatic scenes. All of Monterverdi’s Tasso settings were written prior to 1600, and all of his operas come after that year. However, in these works we can clearly detect the emergence of the first great operatic composer.

Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano have been critically acclaimed for their recordings of Monteverdi’s Madrigals. Authoritative performance practice and an all-Italian cast give idiomatic performances of these early Monteverdi madrigal settings.

Contents:
1. Donna, nel mio ritorno
2. S’andasse Amor a caccia
3. Dolcemente dormiva la mia Clori
4. Non si levava ancor l’alba novella
5. E dicea l’una sospirando allora
Primo Libro dei Madrigali (1587)
6. Ardo sì, ma non t’amo
7. Ardi o gela a tua voglia
8. Arsi et alsi a mià voglia
Terzo Libro dei Madrigali (1592)
9. Vivrò fra i miei tormenti
10. Ma dove, o lasso me
11. Io pur verrò
Secondo Libro dei Madrigali (1590)
12. Non sono in queste rive
13. Se tu mi lassi, perfida
14. Dolcissimi legami
15. Mentr’io mirava fiso
Terzo Libro dei Madrigali (1592)
16. Vattene pur, crudel
17. Là tra l’sangue e le morti
18. Poi ch’ella in sè tornò
Quarto Libro dei Madrigali (1603)
19. Piagn’e sospira

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