Composer: Amante Franzoni, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Benedetto Pallavicino, Salamone Rossi, Giaches de Wert
Performer: Biscantores
Conductor: Luca Colombo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A545
Release: 2023
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Monteverdi: Confitebor tibi III alla francese, SV267
Pallavicino: Dum complerentur
02. I. Dum complerentur
03. II. Cum ergo Essent
04. Rossi: Keter yitnu
05. Wert: Adesto dolori meo
06. Monteverdi: Laetaniae della Beata Vergine a 6 voci
07. Wert: Omnis homo primum
08. Gastoldi: Magnificat VIII toni
09. Pallavicino: Misericordias Domini
10. Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
11. Franzoni: Dixit Dominus VI toni
12. Wert: Speremus meliora omnes
13. Rossi: Yesusum midbar
14. Gastoldi: Regina coeli
Mantua and the Gonzaga family represent one of the summits of European humanistic and Renaissance expression. This project addresses one of the city’s greatest periods with sacred works by the leading musicians of the Gonzaga court, at a time when music was the primary tool employed by the Gonzaga dukes to assert their prestige over other Italian cities; this golden age began with the foundation of the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara and its cappella under Giaches de Wert during the rule of Guglielmo Gonzaga in 1565 and lasted until the sack of Mantua in 1630. The Ensemble Biscantores specialise in the performance of late Renaissance and Baroque music; here, thanks to the research, study and transcriptions made by its director Luca Colombo, they explore the Mantuan court of the Gonzagas and the liturgy specific to the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara.