Merula - Musica Sacra
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95270
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 20th January 2017
Contents
Works
Cantate JubilateMotetti e sonate concertati, Book I, op.6
Artists
Melanie Remaud (soprano)Antonella Gianese (soprano)
Marta Fumagalli (alto)
Paolo Borgonovo (tenor)
Salvo Vitale (bass)
Il Demetrio
Conductor
Maurizio SchiavoWorks
Cantate JubilateMotetti e sonate concertati, Book I, op.6
Artists
Melanie Remaud (soprano)Antonella Gianese (soprano)
Marta Fumagalli (alto)
Paolo Borgonovo (tenor)
Salvo Vitale (bass)
Il Demetrio
Conductor
Maurizio SchiavoAbout
The great Monteverdi is the obvious point of reference among composers of his place and time, Merula covered all the musical genres of the time and made a significant contribution to the evolution of 17th-century music. A harmonically refined composer with solid mastery of counterpoint, at once whimsical, modern and rhythmically brilliant in his writing, Merula stands in the highest rank among Italian composers of the early Baroque. This recording, which focuses on his sacred works for voice and instruments displays the full wealth of his musical creativity and the surprising variety of the stylistic and formal strategies he employed in order to set the standard liturgical texts with a constantly fresh approach.
All the motets and psalm‐settings here illustrate Merula’s distinctive approach to word‐painting, including highly refined and experimental approaches which alter the metric flow of the music in surprising, but elastic and natural‐sounding ways. He thoroughly explored the gamut of expressive possibilities, ranging from madrigal‐like tenderness to the most sober, oratorical intonation of the sacred text; without disdaining, where appropriate, sheer vocal virtuosity.
Such virtuosity is conveyed here by the Italian early‐music ensemble Il Demetrio, led from the violin by Maurizio Schiavo. The vocal lines are sung one to voice to a part by five Italian singers with considerable experience and mastery of the Italian early Baroque style. All round, it’s an impeccably stylish disc.
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