One hour of browsing through early music, with an accent on Masses. Claudio Monteverdi, born 450 years ago – a new era, part 2: the time of the San Marco in Venice.
Part 2 focuses on Monteverdi’s appointment to the San Marco basilica in Venice, in 1613. We will listen to ‘Lamento d’Arianna’, the madrigal ‘Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda’ and parts of ‘Selva Morale e Spirituale’.
From a Venetian coronation of doge Marino Grimani 1595:
1. Andrea Gabrieli: Gloria a 16
2. Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona 9 a 10
Gabrieli Consort and Players conducted by Paul McCreesh. Robert Harre-Jones, alto. Robert Wilson, tenor. Charles Pott, baritone
(CD A Venetian Coronation 1595; Virgin Classics VC7 91110-2, 1990)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
3. Pianto della Madonna
Emma Kirkby, soprano. Timothy Roberts, organ
(CD Lamento d’Arianna; Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77430-2, 1995)
From the eigth book of Madrigals: Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi 1638:
4. Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Marco Beasley, tenor. Ensemble Accordone conducted by Guido Morini
(CD Recitar Cantando – Accordone; Cypres CYP 1645, 2006)
From Selva Morale e Spirituale:
5. Salve Regina I
6. Dixit Dominus II
Charles Daniels and James Gilchrist, tenor. Choir of the King’s Consort and The Kings Consort conducted by Robert King
(CD Monteverdi The sarced music; Hyperion 67519, 2005)
7. Sinfonia a Cinque
8. Sinfonia a Sei (aanvulling)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya olv. Jordi Savall
(CD Monteverdi Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi; Astrée E 8546, 1995)
