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Cazzati: Motets
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Cazzati: Motets

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Composer
Maurizio Cazzati
Artist
Ayako Ono, Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Aug 25, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96663
UPC
5028421966632

About

Sinuously beautiful solo motets by a little-known contemporary of Cavalli, imaginatively programmed with instrumental interludes by their Italian contemporaries.

It has been said before now that Cazzati's instrumental music was more inspired than his sacred-vocal work, but this album demonstrates otherwise with a sequence of motets which evolves from the more liberal style of the 1640s to the more severe style of the late 17th century. He was among the pioneers of the instrumentally accompanied motet in which violin lines are skillfully woven around the sung text. On the other hand, the two solo motets show a stark contrast, with the intimate Salvum me fac against the virtuoso war-like Qui bella geritis.

Three organ sonatas are also included, two of which were written by Cazzati’s own organists in Bologna: Giovanni Paolo Colonn, and Cazzati’s great enemy Giulio Cesare Arresti. A sonata by Bernardo Pasquini affords further contrast with the mostly grave devotions of the motets. All four performers here have extensive experience in the revival of little-known composers from the Baroque, and their stylish performances demand a reappraisal of Cazzati in the round.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Salve Regina 09:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Salve Regina
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Ayako Ono, Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  2. 2 Capriccio sopra sette note in C Major 05:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Capriccio sopra sette note in C Major
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  3. 3 Sonata settima la Rossella 03:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sonata settima la Rossella
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  4. 4 Salvum me fac 04:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Salvum me fac
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Ayako Ono, Marc Meisel
  5. 5 Sonata duodecima la Strozza 03:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sonata duodecima la Strozza
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  6. 6 Sonata 7 03:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sonata 7
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Giovanni Paolo Colonna
    Performer
    Marc Meisel
  7. 7 O caelites 05:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    O caelites
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Ayako Ono, Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  8. 8 Canzone terza la maurizia 04:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Canzone terza la maurizia
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  9. 9 Sonata 03:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sonata
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Bernardo Pasquini
    Performer
    Marc Meisel
  10. 10 Qui bella geritis 06:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    Qui bella geritis
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Ayako Ono, Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  11. 11 Sonata la tanara 04:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sonata la tanara
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Christoph Rudolf, Christoph Riedo
  12. 12 Corrente Italiana con varie partite 04:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    Corrente Italiana con varie partite
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel
  13. 13 Sonata 18 piena 02:33
    Track
    13
    Title
    Sonata 18 piena
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Giulio Cesare Arresti
    Performer
    Marc Meisel
  14. 14 Acclamate de terra 06:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    Acclamate de terra
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Maurizio Cazzati
    Performer
    Ayako Ono, Christoph Rudolph, Christoph Riedo, Marc Meisel