Composer: Giovanni de Macque
Performer: Edoardo Bellotti, Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Conductor: Manfred Cordes
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777977-2
Release: 2018
Size: 345 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Cantan gl’ augelli
02. Tu segui o bella Clori
03. Seconde Stravaganze
04. Vidi Fillide mia
05. O gran stupore
06. Tutta leggiadra e bella
07. Ricercare quarto tono
08. I tuoi capelli o Filli
09. Canzona francese
10. Tu ti lagni al mio pianto
11. Fuggia la notte
12. Capriccietto
13. La mia doglia s’avanza
14. Incenerito è’l petto
15. Capriccio sopra re fa mi sol
16. Quella vermiglia rosa
17. Sono acqua viva
18. Consonanze stravaganti
19. Deh se pietosa sei
Giovanni De Macque was a member of the last generation of Franco-Flemish composers during Europe’s early modern period. Although he is hardly known today, he enjoyed great esteem during his lifetime. The lion’s share of De Macque’s oeuvre is formed by madrigals for four to six voices. Moreover, he composed pieces known as madrigaletti (the diminutive refers to the smaller ensemble and the »lighter tone« of the content and the music), a collection of Latin motets for up to eight voices, and instrumental works, some of which are heard in a representative cross section on this CD. All of the pieces heard here are from the Sesto libro de madrigali de cinque voci, which was printed in Venice in 1613, a year prior to De Macque’s death. The collection covers a broad spectrum of verbal and musical registers. The texts set to music draw on Arcadian mythological topoi and also treat moralizing and religious themes. Carefree delight and the vivifying power of nature as well as lover’s grief, despair, and sorrow – De Macque expresses all these feelings, situations, and impressions in his pieces.
