Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale

On balance the performance are better in the full-textured works. The Magnificat is rousing, the Mass movements solid and sustained, and the spiritual madrigals (especially Voi chi ascolte) sprightly... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: HMM902355
Label: Harmonia Mundi

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Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
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A musical manifesto?

Pablo Heras-Casado, leading the musicians of the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble into the heart of Monteverdi’s “Moral and Spiritual Forest”, captures the magic of its madrigals, psalm settings, Marian hymns, motets and mass settings collected in the monumental 1640 publication which forms a summation of the composer’s life’s work. His intensive

activity as “maestro di cappella” at St Mark’s Basilica in Venice – a veritable haven for the musical avant-garde of his day – is typified by this selection of the choicest gems chosen from the imposing anthology.

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February 2018

On balance the performance are better in the full-textured works. The Magnificat is rousing, the Mass movements solid and sustained, and the spiritual madrigals (especially Voi chi ascolte) sprightly and flexible. These accomplished instrumental players provide an important supporting role, though there are some issues of balance and appropriateness.

February 2018

Skimming the hairpin bends of Monteverdi’s shifting tempos, Heras-Casado delivers energised, highly rhythmic performances that always look and lean forwards to the next episode. He’s helped by superb engineering, which allows the instrumental forces to glow bright above the voices, the cornetts carving firework-like trails against the rich choral backdrop.

23rd November 2017

You’ll find everything from grand ensembles to intimate solo confessionals, and this recording is best suited to the latter...individual musicians and singers of the Balthasar Neumann are wonderful, and they shine in their nimble duos and trios – try the piercingly delivered Salve Regina from sopranos Magdalene Harer and Julia Kirchner.

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