DELITIAE MUSICAE

"… the most impressive feature of this ensemble is the way it combines polyphonic lines: colours are bright, voices are clear and the music is deeply felt: extraordinary!" (S. Gasser, Répertoire)

The a cappella instrumental and vocal ensemble Delitiae Musicae was established in 1992. It is considered one of the most enterprising Italian early music ensembles, with important recordings in the last ten years that include the Missa Philomena Praevia of Verdelot, four widely acclaimed albums (Choc du disque and 9 de Répertoire in France, as well as the Spanish Five Stars Award) dedicated to Masses of Palestrina based on the compositions of the Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore, Lupus and Jacquet de Mantua. Delitiae Musicae has also recorded Adrian Willaert's Vespro di Natale (Editor's Choice, Classica, April 1999) and books of madrigals – Pazzia senile & Saviezza giovenile, Studio dilettevole and Metamorfosi – by Banchieri. The unconventional yet impassioned interpretations by Delitiae Musicae and Marco Longhini are seen as an important regeneration of Italian Renaissance and Baroque music. The ensemble is under exclusive contract to Naxos for the twelve-CD collection of Madrigals by Monteverdi.

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MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 1 (Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, 1587) and Secular Manuscript Works (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)	8.555307
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 2 (Il Secondo Libro de' Madrigali, 1590) (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)	8.555308
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 3 (Il Terzo Libro de' Madrigali, 1592) (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)	8.555309
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 4 (Il Quarto Libro de' Madrigali, 1603) (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)	8.555310
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 5 (Il Quinto Libro de' Madrigali, 1605) (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)	8.555311
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 6 (Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali, 1614) (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)	8.555312-13
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 7, "Concerto" (Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali, 1619)	8.555314-16