India Madrigals & Instrumental Works
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Composer or Director: Sigismondo d' India
Label: Erato
Magazine Review Date: 2/1999
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 65
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 3984-23418-2
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Madrigals, Book 1, '(Il) Primo libro de madrigali', Movement: Crud'Amarilli (Wds Guarini) |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 3, '(Il) Terzo libro de madrigali', Movement: Deh, chi mi fa languire |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 3, '(Il) Terzo libro de madrigali', Movement: 'Merce', grido piangendo |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 3, '(Il) Terzo libro de madrigali', Movement: Quell'augelin, che canta |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 3, '(Il) Terzo libro de madrigali', Movement: "Lasso, dicea Fileno |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 4, `(Il) Quattro libro di Madrigal |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 5, `(Il) Quinto libro di madrigali, Movement: Voi dissi e sospirando |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 5, `(Il) Quinto libro di madrigali, Movement: Sospir che del bel petto |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Alme luci beate |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Dorinda, ah! dirò mia |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Ferir quel petto, Silvio? |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Io vi lascio, mie sorte |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Ma, se con la pietà! |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Se tu Silvio crudel |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Madrigals, Book 8, 'Ottavo libro de madrigali', Movement: Silvio, come son lassa! |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Le musiche I, Movement: Crud'Amarilli, che col nome ancora (wds. Guarini) |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Le musiche I, Movement: Piangono al pianger mio (wds. Rinuccini) |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Le musiche II, Movement: Ecco Filli mia bella |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Le musiche II, Movement: La mia Filli crudel |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Le musiche IV, Movement: Che veggio, ohimè che miro? Lamneto d'Orfeo (w |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
| Le musiche V, Movement: Ancidetemi pur Lamento di Giasone (wds. cpsr) |
Sigismondo d' India, Composer
(Les) Arts Florissants Vocal Ensemble (Orlando) Gibbons Viol Ensemble Sigismondo d' India, Composer William Christie, Harpsichord |
Author: Iain Fenlon
From a position of almost total obscurity just a few years ago, Sigismondo d’India’s works have come to the fore as one of the most exciting aspects of a more general interest in the late Italian madrigal. Until now virtually the only music from this repertory to receive much attention was that of Monteverdi and Gesualdo; to this we can now add the madrigals of both d’India and his younger contemporary Michelangelo Rossi whose tortured and fragmented jewel-like essays in the genre effectively bring its history to a close.
Following hard upon La Venexiana’s recent release of a selection of pieces from Il terzo libro (Glossa, 1/99), William Christie’s choice on this record spans the complete gamut of d’India’s style from the madrigals of the first book with their obvious indebtedness to both Monteverdi and Gesualdo (it was the latter’s influence that was to be the most important as Cruda Amarilli shows), to the basso continuo madrigals of Book 8 (theSilvio-Dorinda cycle on texts from Guarini’s Il pastor fido is one of the highlights of the disc). Not only that: selections from d’India’s solo and duet publications, judiciously chosen to give a fair impression of their stylistic variety, include two major laments. The performances are technically assured and convincing, at times breathtakingly so, and improvised passagework (at times, as at the spellbinding opening of Alme luci beate, somewhat intrusive) is delivered with panache. And yet, somehow, the result is curiously disengaged, with some music/text collisions mechanistically explored and others seemingly unnoticed. Here and in other matters (such as pronunciation by this all-French ensemble) the intimate relationship between poetry and notes that lies at the heart of d’India’s language is only imperfectly realized.'
Following hard upon La Venexiana’s recent release of a selection of pieces from Il terzo libro (Glossa, 1/99), William Christie’s choice on this record spans the complete gamut of d’India’s style from the madrigals of the first book with their obvious indebtedness to both Monteverdi and Gesualdo (it was the latter’s influence that was to be the most important as Cruda Amarilli shows), to the basso continuo madrigals of Book 8 (the
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