Luca Marenzio - Primo Libro di Madrigali (1580)
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Label: Glossa
Cat No: GCD922802
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 2nd September 2013
Contents
Works
Donna bella e crudel (Il primo fiore della ghirlanda musicale)Il primo libro di madrigali a 5 voci (1580)
Sestina Mentre ti fui si
Artists
La Compagnia del MadrigaleWorks
Donna bella e crudel (Il primo fiore della ghirlanda musicale)Il primo libro di madrigali a 5 voci (1580)
Sestina Mentre ti fui si
Artists
La Compagnia del MadrigaleAbout
Further evidence of rich and pictorial artistry in the interpretation of Italian madrigals comes from La Compagnia del Madrigale as they now bring all their experience to bear on the early five-part works of Luca Marenzio. The ensemble’s new Glossa recording is set to reflect la dolce vita in Rome in the 1580s and 1590s, and both music and text in Marenzio’s 'Primo Libro di Madrigali a cinque voci' powerfully evoke this age of gold in the arts and sciences, with sumptuous patronage from cardinals and princes.
Marenzio’s 'Primo Libro' (a huge success when published) adds another jewel to Glossa’s madrigalian crown: as well as the Gesualdo Book Six from the same group, there is much Monteverdi, of course, and the Marenzio Books 6 and 9 and Gesualdo Books 4 and 5, all recorded by La Venexiana (which shares many of the same singers as La Compagnia).
In addition to the madrigals from the 'Primo Libro' the new recording contains the rarely-performed 'Sestina Mentre ti fui sì grato', co-written by six members of the Renaissance collective known as the ‘Musici di Roma’ (Nanino, Moscaglia, de Macque, Soriano, Zoilo and Marenzio himself).
Once again, the recording benefits from an entertaining essay courtesy of Marco Bizzarini, which vividly sets the scene for the musical life of Luca Marenzio in the Eternal City.
Recorded in Roletto, Italy, in September 2010 and February 2011.
Track Listing:
Primo Libro di Madrigali a cinque voci, 1580
01. Liquide perle Amor
02. Ohimè, dov’è il mio ben
03. Spuntavan già
04. Quando i vostri begl’occhi
05. Tirsi morir volea
06. Dolorosi martir
07. Che fa oggi il mio sole
08. Lasso ch’io ardo
09. Venuta era Madonna
10. Madonna mia gentil
11. Cantava la più vaga pastorella
12. Questa di verd’erbette
13. Partirò dunque
14. O tu che fra le selve
from: Dolci affetti (1582)
15. In quel ben nato
Sestina:
16. Mentre ti fui sì grato (I - Giovanni Maria Nanino)
17. Mentre ti fui sì cara (II - Giovanni Battista Moscaglia)
18. Or pien d’altro desio (III - Luca Marenzio)
19. Or un laccio, un ardore (IV - Giovanni de Macque)
20. Lasso dunque, che fia (V - Francesco Soriano)
21. Benché senza mentire (VI - Annibale Zoilo)
from: Primo fiore della ghirlanda musicale (1577)
22. Donna bella e crudel
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