Composer: Domenico Mazzocchi
Performer: Les Traversées Baroques
Conductor: Etienne Meyer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accent
Catalogue: ACC24384
Release: 2022
Size: 262 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Partitura de’ madrigali a cinque voci
01. No. 1, Uscite à mille, à mille
02. Passacaglie dialogo à trè
03. No. 10, Di marmo siete voi
04. No. 22, Verginelle
05. No. 23, O tempeste
06. No. 24, Aprite il seno
07. No. 3, Lidia ti lasso, O Dio
08. No. 20, Chiudesti i lumi
09. No. 18, Hor che gli armenti
10. No. 17, Sù da’ monti
11. No. 8, Pian piano
12. No. 21, Hor che sepolto
13. No. 19, Dolci godete
14. No. 7, Oh sepoteste mai
Domenico Mazzocchi’s life and career are a prime example of the wealthy and sophisticated status of a highly educated musician in 17th century Rome. Protection by the Aldrobrandini, Barberini, Pamphilij and Borghese families gave him the reputation of a dilettante musician, self-taught or amateur, but his status without financial worries allowed him to compose freely without artistic constraints.
The quality of his art is shown by the fact that his brother, who was the chapel master at St. Peter’s and St. John Lateran, regularly asked him for musical help.
Mazzocchi’s main works are three volumes of madrigals, printed in Rome in 1638 and composed for five voices, the supreme discipline in madrigal composition.
On the threshold of the traditional strictly polyphonic madrigal to the highly emotional style of a Monteverdi, Mazzocchi perfectly reflects the richness of the Roman culture of his time.
The ensemble Les Traversees Baroques presents a selection of his madrigals in a wide variety of settings, from five singers a cappella to colourfully orchestrated movements with large continuo instrumentation.