Composer: Philippe De Monte
Performer: Ratas del viejo Mundo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ramée
Release: 2021
Size: 0.97 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. S’io odo alcun felice, e lieto amante / Amor, che sol de i cor leggiadri ha cura
02. Sortez regretz
03. Poi che ‘l mio largo pianto
04. Oimè, che belle lacrime fur quelle
05. O triste ennuy, o fortune meschante
06. Domine Jesu Christe à 6
07. Ombra son io
08. La grand’ amour que mon las cœur vous porte
09. Se tropp’alto desir mi pung’il core / O beata colei, ch’al fin puo dire
10. Adoramus te Christe
11. Di dí in dí vo cangiando il viso e ‘l pelo
12. Quando da gl’occhi del divin mio sole
13. Giunto m’à Amor fra belle et crude braccia
14. Alma ben nata se mi duol e dolse
15. Io son si vago de li miei sospiri
16. Se voi per me sentiste quel ch’io sento
The year 2021 will mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Philippe de Monte. This Flemish Renaissance master was one of the greatest composers of his generation. He held the prestigious position of Hofkapellmeister to the Imperial Court for thirty-five years, first in Vienna and then in Prague. He composed more music than any other composer during the second half of the sixteenth century, producing close to eight hundred works; these included secular and sacred madrigals; forty chansons, forty masses, two hundred and fifty motets, and a handful of other sacred works. His compositions were published and distributed in all the important musical centres of Europe; contemporary records show that they were performed from Lisbon to Danzig and from Naples to Dublin. Whilst he was much appreciated within contemporary professional circles throughout his career, the attention paid to him by musicologists and his resultant appreciation by today’s music lovers is not at all in proportion to the great reputation he enjoyed during his lifetime. This selection of madrigals, motets and chansons is a contribution to the restoration of his much-merited fame.