Monteverdi - Frammenti (Fragments)
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96982
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 29th September 2023
Contents
Works
Adoramus te, SV289Cantate Domino canticum novum
Cantate Domino
Christe, adoramus te
Currite, currite
Domine ne in furore tuo
Ecce sacrum paratum convivium
Ego dormio
Ego flos campi, SV301
En gratulemur hodie, SV302
Fuge, anima mea
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
O beatae viae, o felices gressus, SV312
O bone Jesu, o piissime Jesu
O quam pulchra es
Salve Regina
Salve o regina, SV326
Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, SV328
Venite, venite, SV335
Artists
Le Nuove MusicheWorks
Adoramus te, SV289Cantate Domino canticum novum
Cantate Domino
Christe, adoramus te
Currite, currite
Domine ne in furore tuo
Ecce sacrum paratum convivium
Ego dormio
Ego flos campi, SV301
En gratulemur hodie, SV302
Fuge, anima mea
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
O beatae viae, o felices gressus, SV312
O bone Jesu, o piissime Jesu
O quam pulchra es
Salve Regina
Salve o regina, SV326
Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, SV328
Venite, venite, SV335
Artists
Le Nuove MusicheAbout
We do not actually know exactly how and why editors and composers actually compiled these collections. Sometimes self-interest played a role, because if a somewhat less-lauded composer provided his volume with a work by Monteverdi, it added to the status of the collection. After all, Monteverdi was the highly esteemed Maestro di Capella from Venice at the time, who moreover composed operas commissioned by quite a few courts in what we now call northern Italy. It may also have been a statement: by including the music of others, appreciation was expressed for the the work of colleagues. It may also have been that compiler thought it important to publish a volume that gave a representative sample of what was being written in a particular period and region. We unfortunately do not know whether Monteverdi received any compensation for lending his work to these tomes, either. People discovered, edited, watched and listened to what others were doing, then took advantage of it.
In any case, we can be grateful that, thanks to these collections, we have more of Monteverdi’s music at our disposal. His letters show that his responsibilities organising the religious music for Venice constituted an enormous task, and that he was also required to work for other patrons. The fact that he requested an assistant for a long time says enough in that regard. Alessandro Grandi took a lot of work off his hands, and we also find his music in the anthologies of Giulio Cesare Bianchi and Lorenzo Calvi, for example. It is an eternal shame that a great deal of Monteverdi’s music has been lost and will probably remain irretrievable. On this album, we find a wonderful collection of often short sacred works by Monteverdi, all published in compilations made by others.
Parts of psalms and hymns of all descriptions make up the texts – and always in the style that we know so well from, amongst others, the concertos in the Vespro della Beata Vergine, the pieces from the Selva Morale e Spirituale (a collection by Monteverdi himself, containing only his own music), and the posthumous collection from 1650, Messa a quattro voci ed salmi, in which the publisher also includes a Magnificat by his contemporary Francesco Cavalli. The repertoire on this album derives from multiple sources and was probably included in the various collections because the compiler simply liked it. Besides the polyphonic, madrigal-like pieces such as Adoramus te, Christe adoramus te and Domine in furore, the often highly virtuosic duets and solo pieces stand out. Sometimes, for example in Salve o regina, the embellishments are written out, which in turn teaches us a lot about how Monteverdi envisioned them.
With this new recording Le Nuove Musiche conducted by Krijn Koetsveld presents a new highlight in their Monteverdi Pilgrimage, the projected recording of the complete works by Monteverdi. Their recording of the complete Madrigals received excellent reviews in the international press: “5 stars” (Volkskrant), “A polished, well-balanced sound… consistently musical and intelligent” (Early Music), “Again a convincing issue…excellent throughout” (Klassik.com), “Performance: 10. …an incredibly beautiful, excellent recording...”(Dutch magazine Luister).
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