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Elam Rotem: Quia Amore Langueo

Song of Songs and Dark Biblical Love Tales (Sung in Biblical Hebrew). Motets & dramatic scenes composed in the spirit of early 17th C Italian music

Elam Rotem (harpsichord, organ & direction)

Profeti della Quinta

Elam Rotem: Quia Amore Langueo

Elam Rotem: Quia Amore Langueo

Song of Songs and Dark Biblical Love Tales (Sung in Biblical Hebrew). Motets & dramatic scenes composed in the spirit of early 17th C Italian music

Elam Rotem (harpsichord, organ & direction)

Profeti della Quinta

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About

'Quia Amore Langueo' continues the idea behind the 'Rappresentatione di Giuseppe e i suoi Fratelli' (PC10302) of composing new music in the historical musical language of the early Italian Baroque. In so doing, the aim is not to realise a perfect stylistic copy, but to create a new work of art by applying certain practices of Early Music and by approaching the zeitgeist of this epoch. While Giuseppe tells the biblical story of Joseph and his brethren in a manner similar to that of the first operas, this collection presents motets inspired by the more intimate and amorous madrigal genre as well as two pieces in the dramatic style of the genere rappresentativo. The motets set texts from the Song of Songs, while the dramatic scenes depict the dark love tales of Amnon & Tamar (Samuel II), and Samson & Delilah (Judges). The works of Claudio Monteverdi and his lesser known colleague Salomone Rossi, who worked side by side at the Gonzaga court in Mantua, have inspired specific aspects of the present collection. On this recording, too, the singer, harpsichordist and composer Elam Rotem and his Profeti della Quinta succeed in bringing strongly expressive "new Early Music" to life. Through the use of historical musical language and genres, they bring listeners closer to the ancient yet ever relevant emotional power of biblical poetry.

Contents and tracklist

Sinfonia a 3
Track length2:06
Song of Songs 4:8-11, "Ite miLevanan kalah" (Come with me from Lebanon)
Track length7:17
Gagliarda a 3
Track length2:07
Song of Songs 2:8-13, "Kol dodi hineh-zeh ba" (The Voice of my Beloved)
Track length3:54
Partita sopra la Rosa
Track length6:51
Song of Songs 8:6-7, "Simeni chachotam al libecha" (Set me as a Seal upon thine Heart)
Track length3:26
Corrente a 4 - Sonata a 3
Track length2:14
Songs of Songs 1:5-7, "Shechorah ani venavah" (I am black, but comely)
Track length4:12
Song of Songs 5:2-6:3, "Ani yeshenah velibi er" (I sleep, but my Heart waketh)
Track length7:37
Stravaganza Napolitana
Track length4:13
Samuel II 13:1-21, "Amnon and Tamar"
Track length9:54
Sinfonia a 4 - Gagliarda a 3
Track length2:39
Song of Songs 2:1-5, "Ani chavatzelet haSharon" (I am the Rose of Sharon)
Track length3:47
Judges 16, "Samson and Delilah"
Track length11:05
Sinfonia a 4
Track length1:55
Song of Songs 4:1-7, "Hinach yafah ra'yati" (Behold, thou art fair, my Love)
Track length5:10
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