Composer: Biagio Marini, Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi
Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, Elena Carzaniga, Maria Galassi, Valerio Contaldo, Monica Piccinini, Sonia Tedla, Andrés Montilla, Raffaele Giordani, Salvo Vitale
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naive
Catalogue: OP7365
Release: 2022
Size: 2.21 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Settimo libro de’ madrigali
01. Sinfonia – “Tempro la cetra, e per cantar gli honori”– Sinfonia
02. [Balletto] – Sinfonia
03. “A quest’olmo, a quest’ombre ed a quest’onde”
04. “Perché fuggi tra salci”
05. “Vorrei baciarti, o Filli”
06. “Tornate, o cari baci”
07. “Eccomi pronta ai baci”
08. “Se i languidi miei sguardi”
09. “Ecco vicine, o bella tigre, l’hore”
10. “Al lume delle stelle”
11. “Non è di gentil core”
12. “Non vedrò mai le stelle”
13. “Oh viva fiamma, oh miei sospiri ardenti”
14. “Augellin, che la voce al canto spieghi”
15. “Amor, che deggio far”
16. Balletto Secondo à 3. & à 4 – Entrata grave
17. “Con che soavità, labbra odorate”
18. “Dice la mia bellissima Licori”
19. “Parlo, miser, o taccio?”
20. “Se’l vostro cor, Madonna”
21. “Oh, come sei gentile”
22. “Interrotte speranze, eterna fede”
23. “Ohimé, dov’è il mio ben? dov’è il mio core?”
24. “Soave libertate”
25. “Vaga su spina ascosa”
26. “Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella”
27. “Ah, che non si conviene”
28. “Tu dormi? Ah, crudo core”
29. “Se pur destina e vòle”
30. “Chiome d’oro, bel tesoro”
31. Tirsi e Clori
At the turn of the seventeenth century, the madrigal migrated from the seclusion of private rooms to the theatre. With this came new expectations in order to create a greater spectacle for viewers. Among them was the demand for increased dramatic expressiveness.
Monteverdi’s Seventh Book of Madrigals (1619) was written when the composer had settled in Venice. He finally enjoyed complete freedom directing the Cappella Marciana, the choir of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. This, combined with the artistic vivacity that runs through the City of the Doges provides a libretto that is fascinating in its polyphonic explorations and written complexity. This is a stark contrast to the Sixth Book, published five years earlier. The quest for a perfect, almost physical equivalence between the text and the music has led to instrumentation that serves as an ideal setting for the vocals.