Arcadelt, de Rore, Verdelot: 16th Century Laments to a Fallen God / Winter, Phaedrus - ArkivMusic

Arcadelt, de Rore, Verdelot: 16th Century Laments to a Fallen God / Winter, Phaedrus

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Through centuries of re-telling the myth of Venus and Adonis, the ritualistic Adonia festival held in ancient Athens has remained a part of the story which fascinated a number of literary figures during the Italian Renaissance. The ritual was both a lamentation of love cruelly stolen by the hands of fate, and a feverish final dance with all of life's short-lived pleasures and desires.

The ensemble Phaedrus partakes in an experimental musical staging of the Venus and Adonis myth as transmitted during the Italian Renaissance by setting extracts of Marino's 1623 Adone and from Girolamo Parabosco's La favola d'Adone, published in 1545, to early frottola music. Phaedrus surrounds these newly arranged frottole with instrumental music inspired by the tragic life of Adonis.

Elevating the voice with transverse flute consort and lute, Adonia aims to find points of commonality between historical aesthetics and contemporary experiences of love, amorality, and ecstatic bereavement.


Product Description:


  • Release Date: February 11, 2022


  • Catalog Number: PAS1112


  • UPC: 5425004841124


  • Label: Passacaille


  • Period: Renaissance


  • Composer: Jacques Arcadelt


  • Conductor: Mara Winter


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Phaedrus