Monteverdi: Madrigali Erotici
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Composer or Director: Claudio Monteverdi
Label: Florilegium
Magazine Review Date: 5/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 61
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 421 480-2OH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: Chiome d'oro, bel thesoro |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: Con che soavita (wds. Guarini) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: Ohimè, dovè il mio ben? (wds. B. Tasso) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: Parlo, miser'o taccio? (wds. Guarini) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: S'el vostro cor, madonna (wds. Guarini) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: Tempro la cetra (wds. Marini) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 7 (Concerto: settimo libro de madr, Movement: Tornate, o cari baci (wds. Marini) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Paul Elliott, Tenor Poppy Holden, Soprano Richard Wistreich, Bass |
| Madrigals, Book 8 (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi., Movement: Hor ch'el ciel e la terra (wds. Petrarch) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke Emma Kirkby, Soprano Judith Nelson, Soprano Poppy Holden, Soprano |
| Madrigals, Book 8 (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi., Movement: Ogni amante è guerrier |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Paul Elliott, Tenor |
| Madrigals, Book 8 (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi., Movement: Mentre vaga Angioletta ogn'anima (wds. Guarini) |
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer
Andrew King, Tenor Anthony Rooley, Conductor Claudio Monteverdi, Composer Consort of Musicke David Thomas, Bass Paul Elliott, Tenor |
Author: Iain Fenlon
The eye-catching title of this record, underlined by a carefully-selected moment from Titian's famous painting of Venus and the Luteplayer on the cover of the accompanying booklet, should not obscure the fact that most of these pieces are taken from Monteverdi's path-breaking Seventh Book of Madrigals. Its title, Concerto, indicates that its contents require instrumental accompaniment, and most of them are written for only two, three of four solo voices with continuo. There is, then plenty of textural variety in this selection, and plenty of musical variety too from the single ingenuity of the canzonetta Chiome d'oro to the rather learned Venetian manner of the opening piece, Con che soavita. The singers provide a sequence of committed and convincing performances, with Paul Elliott and Andrew King turning in a notably virtuosic and breathtaking account of Mentre vaga Angioletta.
The Consort's approach to Monteverdi has changed somewhat in the eight years since this record was first made, but nevertheless no serious Monteverdian should be without it.'
The Consort's approach to Monteverdi has changed somewhat in the eight years since this record was first made, but nevertheless no serious Monteverdian should be without it.'
Monteverdi: Madrigali Erotici
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