Legrenzi - Motets
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Label: Naive
Cat No: OP30579
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 12th May 2023
Contents
Works
Adoramus te, sanctissimam crucemAlbescite flores
Alma redemptoris mater
Ave Regina caelorum
Expergiscimini mortales, surgite a somno
Exultemus omnes et laetemur, filiae Ierusalem
Letanie
Obstupescite caelites, obmutescite angeli
Qui non renuntiat omnibus
Quis ascendit in montem sanctum Sion
Regina caeli laetare
Salve Regina, mater misericordiae
Venite omnes, currite populi
Artists
Concerto ItalianoConductor
Rinaldo AlessandriniWorks
Adoramus te, sanctissimam crucemAlbescite flores
Alma redemptoris mater
Ave Regina caelorum
Expergiscimini mortales, surgite a somno
Exultemus omnes et laetemur, filiae Ierusalem
Letanie
Obstupescite caelites, obmutescite angeli
Qui non renuntiat omnibus
Quis ascendit in montem sanctum Sion
Regina caeli laetare
Salve Regina, mater misericordiae
Venite omnes, currite populi
Artists
Concerto ItalianoConductor
Rinaldo AlessandriniAbout
The name Giovanni Legrenzi, almost contemporary with Carissimi and Lully, is largely unknown today. And yet his reputation during and after his time, far exceeded the walls of Saint Mark’s in Venice, where he officiated from 1685 until his death: his numerous pupils included Lotti, Caldara and Vivaldi, his themes were borrowed by Bach and Handel, and he composed in all musical genres, instrumental and vocal, sacred and profane.
It is from these four publications devoted to the motet in Legrenzi’s lifetime that Rinaldo Alessandrini has drawn the pieces for this new programme.
This intimate repertoire, in which each voice is a solo part, is typical of the style: in Latin, alternating from prose to poetry without necessarily keeping to biblical content, the thirteen motets are here sustained, as often in the stile moderno, by a discreet continuo.
The faithful Sonia Tedla (soprano), Elena Carzaniga (contralto), Valerio Contaldo and Raffaele Giordani (tenors) and Salvo Vitale (bass) share the vocal lines. Their management of phrasing and polyphony, in one breath, but richly varied, is ideal for these sacred works imbued with a serene, sometimes exultant, feeling of hope.
The variations in numbers, from two to five voices, the rich style playing on echoes or parallelisms, and the subtle dosage of intensities inspire almost theatrical contrasting dialogues, always focused on expression and meaning.
The final Salve Regina, suspended in time, with its magnificent close harmonies and sibilant consonants, concentrates all these qualities in itself, as a powerful and sensual work in its own right.
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