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Marcello: 6 Cantate per soprano e continuo

Baroque Spiritual Romantic Virtuosic
$21.99

Details

Composer
Benedetto Marcello
Artist
I Solisti Ambrosiani, Tullia Pedersoli, Claudio Frigerio, Massimo Marchese, Nicola Bisotti
Format
CD
Label
Tactus
Released
Oct 24, 2025
Catalog #
TC681302
UPC
8007194108200

About

Preserved in three different libraries, the Marciana in Venice, the Library of the Naples Conservatory, and the State and University Library in Hamburg, the six cantatas that make up this world-premiere recording were composed by Benedetto Marcello in the early 18th century. These are thus youthful works, quite interesting for the originality of their writing, which helps us understand why their author was so highly regarded during his lifetime - even called the "prince of music" - and also by posterity, as he managed to blend his personal sensibility with lessons drawn from tradition and the influences of a life rich in cultural encounters. The compositional structure of these works - less known than his concertos and theatrical works - follows the traditional format of alternating recitatives and arias. However, this does not prevent the author from experimenting with innovative solutions, particularly in the treatment of the voice. Typical of Marcello's style is a certain inclination toward the bizarre, with the use of harmonies that can sound "estranging," sudden modulations, chromaticism, augmented sixth chords, and the melodic interval of the diminished fourth. In some passages, he even seems to anticipate the models of the "sublime" style theorized in the mid-to late 18th century.

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 Costanza in lontananza è pace del mio cor 08:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    Costanza in lontananza è pace del mio cor
    Duration
    08:59
    Composer
    Benedetto Marcello
    Ensemble
    I Solisti Ambrosiani
  2. 2 Deh vanne del mio cor sospiro ardente 09:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Deh vanne del mio cor sospiro ardente
    Duration
    09:17
    Composer
    Benedetto Marcello
    Ensemble
    I Solisti Ambrosiani
  3. 3 Filli quant'io t'amai 08:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Filli quant'io t'amai
    Duration
    08:53
    Composer
    Benedetto Marcello
    Ensemble
    I Solisti Ambrosiani
  4. 4 Dimando a voi pietà 10:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Dimando a voi pietà
    Duration
    10:20
    Composer
    Benedetto Marcello
    Ensemble
    I Solisti Ambrosiani
  5. 5 Amor d'intorno mi sta scherzando 10:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Amor d'intorno mi sta scherzando
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Benedetto Marcello
    Ensemble
    I Solisti Ambrosiani
  6. 6 Se franger non potete 09:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    Se franger non potete
    Duration
    09:35
    Composer
    Benedetto Marcello
    Ensemble
    I Solisti Ambrosiani