Monteverdi - Daylight: Stories of Songs, Dances and Loves
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Label: Naive
Cat No: OP7366
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 5th November 2021
Contents
Works
Il primo libro di canzoneArtists
Concerto ItalianoConductor
Rinaldo AlessandriniWorks
Il primo libro di canzoneArtists
Concerto ItalianoConductor
Rinaldo AlessandriniAbout
Daylight is a continuation of Night, which appeared on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Not only do we have the same thematic, nonchronological concept – a sort of ‘Best Of’ Monteverdi’s nine books of madrigals and opera arias, augmented by instrumental pieces by Falconieri and Marini – but it also has its own discrete dramaturgy, from dawn to the full sunlight of day, a scenario conceived by the Italian conductor and harpsichordist.
Borne aloft by the seasoned voices of Concerto Italiano and an unusually diverse instrumental ensemble, this sequence of music gravitates towards the rising sun, setting hearts on fire, singing of love, joy, passion, while holding up a mirror to the radiant glories of nature.
Here Rinaldo Alessandrini has set the scene for a hymn to beauty and to love, confessing his fascination with the inexhaustible riches of this music. As he admits, “I count myself among the company of those who are in love with the Monteverdian ideal that everything is theatre: a theatre made up of humanity, an aspiration towards the sublime, and a happy resolution of life’s sorrows through love, the healing power of song, and the energetic exaltation of the dance. This recording is intended as my final, definitive declaration of love for Monteverdi. Having associated with him for more than forty years, I owe him a considerable part of everything I’ve learnt.”
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