Firenze 1616 / Dumestre, Le Poeme Harmonique

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Release Date
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BELLI CACCINI SARACINI
    • PERFORMER
      Le Poeme Harmonique, Dumestre
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 30, 2016
    • UPC
      3760014193217
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA321
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. Io moro, ecco ch'io moro

      Composer: Claudio Saracini

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

    2. Tutto 'l di piango e poi la notte quando

      Composer: Giulio Caccini

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

    3. Non ha 'l ciel cotanti lumi

      Composer: Giulio Caccini

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    4. Sinfonia

      Composer: Cristofano Malvezzi

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    5. Ineffabile ardore

      Composer: Giulio Caccini

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    6. Muove si dolce e si soave guerra

      Composer: Giulio Caccini

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    7. Caduca fiamma di leggiadri sguardi

      Composer: Giulio Caccini

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    8. Sinfonia: Numi d'Abisso (Orfeo)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    9. Sinfonia: Deh se fur miei lamenti (Orfeo)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    10. Ei fu soverchio ardire (Pluton)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Philippe Roche

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    11. Lasso o mai (Orfeo)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    12. O del moi cor (Calliope)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Isabelle Druet

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    13. Ascolta O Genitrice (Orfeo)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    14. Dell'atre Averno (Calliope)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Isabelle Druet

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    15. Ei fu soverchio ardire (Pluton)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Philippe Roche

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    16. In darno far di mora (Calliope)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Isabelle Druet

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    17. O quanto merto (Chorus)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    18. Rive ombrose e selvagie (Orfeo)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    19. Quel si fero dolore (Calliope)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Isabelle Druet

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    20. Bella mia genitrice (Orfeo)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    21. Deh verdi erbosi colli (Calliope)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Isabelle Druet

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    22. Non più lagrime o dolore (Chorus, Orfeo, Shepherd)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati, Jan van Elsacker

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    23. E per té s'oscura il cielo (Calliope, Orfeo, Shepherd)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati, Isabelle Druet, Jan van Elsacker

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    24. Qui di'Orfeo la dolce Cetra (First Grace, Second Grace, Third Grace)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Catherine Padaut, Camille Poul, Aurore Bucher

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    25. Venga omai venga sereno (First Grace, Second Grace, Third Grace)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Catherine Padaut, Camille Poul, Aurore Bucher

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    26. Sospiro dolore (Orfeo, First Grace, Second Grace, Third Grace)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati, Catherine Padaut, Camille Poul, Aurore Bucher

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    27. D'amaranti e di viole (Choir of Nymphes, First Grace, Second Grace, Third Grace)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati, Catherine Padaut, Camille Poul, Aurore Bucher

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    28. Poi qu'Amor (First Grace)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Catherine Padaut

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    29. Dunque in sen d'erbosi valli (First Grace, Second Grace, Third Grace)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Camille Poul, Aurore Bucher

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre

    30. Son fonti e fiumi (All)

      Composer: Domenico Belli

      Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati, Isabelle Druet, Philippe Roche, Catherine Padaut, Camille Poul, Aurore Bucher, Jan van Elsacker

      Conductor: Vincent Dumestre


This reissue is a very useful reminder that there is much more to the world of early seventeenth century Florence than just the great work of Monteverdi, who composed Orfeo as a court opera in 1607. Sung drama was a special development in Florence, and music lovers looked for the right combination between poetry and music. The role of the camerate would have considerable significance in that development, which would lead, in full development, to opera as we know it.

There are special problems of setting words to music which remain potent for composers of all times. Is the priority music or text? In a preface of 1605, Monteverdi contrasted prima prattica with seconda prattica. In the former, the word must subordinate itself to the music, with emotional compass limited by musical values. In the latter, things are the other way about (a bit of a simplification, but sound enough), even if the expressiveness of the text means an unevenness in balance and harmony. Monteverdi’s Orfeo exemplifies seconda prattica. So too, in its own way, does Belli’s L’Orfeo Dolente, of 1616, the main piece on this recording, supplemented by extracts from contemporary works.

Belli’s work is not an opera in the sense that Monteverdi’s Orfeo is. Rather, it has the character of incidental music to Tasso’s play, Arminta, a set of numbers to draw out and heighten the key moments of the drama. The text of these verses is not by Tasso, but by Gabriello Chiabrera. Belli is today not well-known, but he was clearly a composer of distinctive voice; he worked at the Florentine Basilica of San Lorenzo from 1610 until 1613.

But this music is not just a piece of archaeological interest; it stands on its own very well in performances as varied, as musical and attractive as those on this disc. Singers are uniformly fine, both individually and in ensemble, with good diction and security of tone. Performances are informed, both musically and historically, as one would expect from such fine musicians.

– MusicWeb International (MusicWeb International)