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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini
Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini
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The Eighth Book of Madrigals, subdivided into a substantial series of vocal and instrumental partbooks, contains some of Monteverdi’s greatest music. In this sumptuous collection the material is carefully arranged by category into madrigals of war, love and those for the stage, with a wide array of human passions and compositional styles. This is the first recording to present Book Eight in its original, uncut form, also incorporating instrumental sinfonias and dances by Biagio Marini (1594-1663) to round off Monteverdi’s design. In keeping with seventeenth-century practice, the madrigals are performed entirely by male voices, including a boy soprano in the role of Cupid.
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- Alessandro Carmignani (countertenor), Paolo Costa (countertenor), Marco Scavazza (baritone), Walter Testolin (bass)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Marco Scavazza (baritone)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Fabio Fùrnari (tenor), Paolo Fanciullacci (tenor)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Fabio Fùrnari (tenor), Paolo Fanciullacci (tenor), Walter Testolin (bass)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Marco Scavazza (baritone), Alessandro Carmignani (countertenor), Walter Testolin (bass)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Marco Scavazza (baritone)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Walter Testolin (bass)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy
- Marco Scavazza (baritone)
- Delitiæ Musicæ
- Marco Longhini
- Recorded: 3-10 June and 11-20 July 2005
- Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Briccio, Verona, Italy