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Grandi: Celesti fiori - Motetti
Arcana

Grandi: Celesti fiori - Motetti

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Details

Composer
GRANDI, ALESSANDRO
Artist
Accademia D'Arcadia, Lurig
Format
CD
Label
Arcana
Released
Jul 12, 2019
Catalog #
A464
UPC
3760195734643

About

Alessandro Grandi (born in Venice in 1590), regarded by scholars as "the greatest motet composer of his time," was a prominent figure of the new Venetian style in the first half of the seventeenth century. An extremely precocious talent, he was considered by his contemporaries equal to Claudio Monteverdi, to whom he was appointed deputy in 1627 in Saint Mark's Basilica. Yet our knowledge of his life and musical output is scanty, and thus he has remained mostly undiscovered. "Celesti fiori" (celestial flowers), a title taken from his Fifth Book of Motets, is the first complete monograph recording dedicated to this important composer. It consists of a selection of works, almost all recorded here for the first time, chosen from his books of motets, all published between 1610 and 1630, the year in which he was killed by the plague, along with his large family. Recorded in the extraordinary acoustics of the Basilica di Santa Barbara in Mantua, where Monteverdi worked during his long stay in the city, this project features the splendid voices of the Accademia d'Arcadia, an ensemble recently founded in 2018 for the purpose of performing Italian music of the seventeenth century.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 21 Motetti, Book 1: O quam tu pulchra es 03:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    21 Motetti, Book 1: O quam tu pulchra es
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  2. 2 17 Motetti, Book 4: Plorabo die ac nocte 06:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    17 Motetti, Book 4: Plorabo die ac nocte
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  3. 3 14 Motetti, Book 2: Lilia convalluim aeterni 02:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    14 Motetti, Book 2: Lilia convalluim aeterni
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia, UtFaSol Ensemble
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  4. 4 21 Motetti, Book 1: In semita judicorum 02:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    21 Motetti, Book 1: In semita judicorum
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Performer
    Roberto Rilievi, Riccardo Pisani
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  5. 5 O bone Jesu 03:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    O bone Jesu
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  6. 6 Date nomini ejus 05:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    Date nomini ejus
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia, UtFaSol Ensemble
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  7. 7 Heu mihi 04:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    Heu mihi
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  8. 8 Salvum fac populum 03:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    Salvum fac populum
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  9. 9 15 Motetti, Book 1: Bone Jesu 05:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    15 Motetti, Book 1: Bone Jesu
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Performer
    Laura Martinez Boj, Roberto Rilievi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia, UtFaSol Ensemble
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  10. 10 19 Motetti, Book 6: Domine ne in furore tuo 03:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    19 Motetti, Book 6: Domine ne in furore tuo
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  11. 11 17 Motetti, Book 4: Surge propera 03:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    17 Motetti, Book 4: Surge propera
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Performer
    Laura Martinez Boj, Renato Cadel
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  12. 12 17 Motetti, Book 4: Factum est silentium 03:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    17 Motetti, Book 4: Factum est silentium
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia, UtFaSol Ensemble
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  13. 13 21 Motetti, Book 1: Vidi speciosam 03:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    21 Motetti, Book 1: Vidi speciosam
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  14. 14 Celesti fiori … de suoi: Veniat dilectus meus 04:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    Celesti fiori … de suoi: Veniat dilectus meus
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig
  15. 15 Nisi Dominus 06:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    Nisi Dominus
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Alessandro Grandi
    Ensemble
    Accademia d'Arcadia, UtFaSol Ensemble
    Conductor
    Alessandra Rossi Lürig