Composer(s): Monteverdi, Claudio
Conductor(s): Longhini, Marco
Ensemble(s): Delitiæ Musicæ
Label: Naxos
Series: Early Music Collection
Genre: Choral - Secular; Vocal; Vocal Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Catalogue No: 8.555307
Barcode: 0747313530724
Release Date: 09/2002

MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 1 (Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, 1587) and Secular Manuscript Works (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)

Monteverdi’s First Book of Madrigals for five voices, published in Venice in 1587 when he was still only nineteen, was his third major publication. Written for courts and patrons whose pleasure it was to surround themselves with the finest artists of the time, the madrigal was the secular song par excellence. With amorous texts depicting the antitheses of love-suffering and life-death, it reached it highest expression with Monteverdi. In the First Book, with its wonderful variety of light and shade, its highly effective unravelling of melodies and intricate harmonies and striking word-painting, the seeds are sown for Monteverdi’s mature and increasingly radical works. The disc concludes with the complete secular manuscript works, including the masterpiece Lamento d’Olimpia, in editions prepared by Marco Longhini. Fuggi cor and Se d’un angel are here recorded for the first time.

Tracklist

Monteverdi, Claudio
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
1Ch'ami la vita mia nel tuo bel nome02:29
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
2Se per avervi, ohime, donato il core01:51
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
3A che tormi il ben mio02:25
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Bonardo Fratteggiano, Gio. Maria - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
4Amor, per tua merce vattene a quella01:46
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Guarini, Giovanni Battista - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
5Baci soavi e cari03:06
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Rinuccini, Ottavio - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
6Se pur non mi consenti01:56
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Parma, Alberto - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
7Filli cara ed amata01:55
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
8Poiche del mio dolore02:12
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Allegretti, Antonio - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
91a parte: Fumia la pastorella00:48
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
102a parte: Almo divino raggio01:49
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
113a parte: Allora i pastor tutti01:37
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Bonardo Fratteggiano, Gio. Maria - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
12Se nel partir da voi02:11
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
13Tra mille fiamme e tra mille catene02:01
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
14Usciam, ninfe, omai fuor di questi boschi01:48
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Strozzi, Giovan Battista - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
15Questa ordi il laccio01:35
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
16La vaga pastorella02:37
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
17Amor s'il tuo ferire02:00
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
18Donna s'io miro voi, giaccio divengo01:26
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Tasso, Torquato - Lyricist
Guarini, Giovanni Battista - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
19Ardo, si, ma non t'amo01:24
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Tasso, Torquato - Lyricist
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
20Ardi o gela a tua voglia - risposta01:30
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
21Arsi ed alsi a mia voglia - contra risposta01:37
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
22Voglio di vita uscir04:57
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
23Fuggi cor01:40
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
24Ahi, che si part'il mio sol02:56
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
25Se d'un angel' il bel viso02:46
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)
26Lamento d'Olimpia09:55
Delitiæ Musicæ (Ensemble)
Longhini, Marco (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:02:17