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Luca Marenzio: Madrigali

Renaissance Romantic Exotic Virtuosic Dramatic
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Details

Composer
Luca Marenzio, Battista Guarini, Petrarca, Jacopo Sannazaro, Luigi Tansillo
Artist
Ann-Christin Wesser Ingels, Eva Wollinger-Bengston, Daniel Carlsson, Josef Hamber, Nils Greenhow, La
Format
CD
Label
Danacord
Released
Apr 17, 2026
Catalog #
DACOCD935
UPC
5709499935002

About

Rare Italian Madrigals Composers from the upper drawer number several well-known names (music quality increasing a lot over the century), among them principally Giaches de Wert (1535-1596), Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), and, not least, Luca Marenzio (1553-1599), to whom the present CD is entirely devoted. In his rather short lifespan, he managed to write about 500 madrigals between 1580 and 1599. In those two decades, his music developed immensely, reaching it's climax in the last ten years of his life. Though continuing to satisfy his great popular following with loads of small, lighthearted songs, Marenzio excelled also in writing ambitious madrigal cycles, of which two are recorded here: Baci soavi e cari (five 6-part madrigals describing several aspects of kissing) and, maybe his magnum opus, Capitolo - Se quel dolor (ten 6-part madrigals delving into one of the period's favourite subjects: melancholia).

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 9: Crudele, acerba 04:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 9: Crudele, acerba
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  2. 2 Se quel dolor 03:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Se quel dolor
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  3. 3 Quando si more 03:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    Quando si more
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  4. 4 Dunque da voi convien 02:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    Dunque da voi convien
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  5. 5 Dammi, Pietosa morte 02:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    Dammi, Pietosa morte
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  6. 6 O fortuna volubil 03:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    O fortuna volubil
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  7. 7 Ma questo, Oime 03:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ma questo, Oime
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  8. 8 Altr'aurora bisogna 03:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Altr'aurora bisogna
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  9. 9 Un temp'io mi credea 03:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Un temp'io mi credea
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  10. 10 Occhi, De' miei desiri 03:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    Occhi, De' miei desiri
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  11. 11 Una pur chiedera' 04:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    Una pur chiedera'
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  12. 12 Interdette speranze e van desio 03:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    Interdette speranze e van desio
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  13. 13 Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 9: Dura legge d'amor 07:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 9: Dura legge d'amor
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  14. 14 Baci soavi e cari 02:55
    Track
    14
    Title
    Baci soavi e cari
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  15. 15 Baci amorosi e belli 03:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    Baci amorosi e belli
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  16. 16 Baci affamati e ngordi 04:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    Baci affamati e ngordi
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  17. 17 Baci cortesi e grati 03:05
    Track
    17
    Title
    Baci cortesi e grati
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  18. 18 Baci, ohimè, non mirate 04:17
    Track
    18
    Title
    Baci, ohimè, non mirate
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  19. 19 Fiere silvestre che per lati campi 04:01
    Track
    19
    Title
    Fiere silvestre che per lati campi
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  20. 20 Parto da voi mio sole 03:56
    Track
    20
    Title
    Parto da voi mio sole
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten
  21. 21 Cantiam la bella Clori 02:25
    Track
    21
    Title
    Cantiam la bella Clori
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Luca Marenzio
    Ensemble
    Musica Ficta
    Conductor
    Bo Holten