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Maria, Dolce Maria
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Maria, Dolce Maria

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Roobol, Verhage, Luckhardt, Koetsveld
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Nov 01, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95893
UPC
5028421958934

About

'What touches and appeals to me most in the music of Monteverdi is the ultimate symbiosis between music and text,' says the Dutch soprano Wendy Roobol. 'He unites the two in such a way that the outcome is more than the sum of the parts. As a result, his music has enormous sincerity, richness and drama.' As a central member of the vocal consort Le nuove musiche directed by Krijn Koetsveld, the harpsichordist on this album, Wendy Roobol has performed the complete madrigals of Monteverdi in critically acclaimed recordings for Brilliant Classics. Her first solo album draws on that expertise to present a unique programme of Marian hymns from around Europe. The great names of the Italian school are naturally represented, opening with the title-song by Francesca Caccini (talented daughter of Giulio Caccini) and reaching a fitting climax with Salve, O Regina by Monteverdi and the Lament of the Madonna from his Selva morale e spirituale collection. In between those unchallenged masterpieces of the late Renaissance, Wendy Roobol ventures across Europe, first to Switzerland, for a sensuous Ave Maria by Johann Melchior Gletle, then to mid-Germany for a Magnificat by Philipp Friedrich Boddecker. These marvellous but little-known pieces have been recorded before, but not in their originally intended format of solo soprano with consort accompaniment, and these performances are graced by intense sensitivity and a spirit of intimacy that captures the devotional atmosphere of a Marian chapel. Giovanni Felice Sances is another little-known composer represented here, but whose 1636 Stabat mater is touched by rich and affective dissonance. It makes a fine complement to the plainer declamation of the Sancta mater by the German-Italian lutenist Girolamo Kapsberger.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Maria, dolce Maria 02:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Maria, dolce Maria
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Francesca Caccini
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage
  2. 2 Regina celi 02:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    Regina celi
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Francesca Caccini
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage, Cassandra Luckhardt
  3. 3 Ave Maria I 02:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ave Maria I
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Melchior Gletle
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage
  4. 4 Sub Tuum Praesidium XIV 02:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sub Tuum Praesidium XIV
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Johann Melchior Gletle
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Krijn Koetsveld
  5. 5 Sacra partitura: Magnificat 05:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sacra partitura: Magnificat
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Philipp Friedrich Boddecker
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage, Cassandra Luckhardt
  6. 6 Sacra partitura: Natus est Jesus 04:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sacra partitura: Natus est Jesus
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Philipp Friedrich Boddecker
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage, Cassandra Luckhardt, Krijn Koetsveld
  7. 7 Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, Book 1: Toccata nona 05:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, Book 1: Toccata nona
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi
    Performer
    Krijn Koetsveld
  8. 8 Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Book 2, Op. 13: Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla Nanna 07:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Book 2, Op. 13: Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla Nanna
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Tarquinio Merula
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage, Cassandra Luckhardt
  9. 9 Sancta Maria 02:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sancta Maria
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage
  10. 10 Ave Sanctissima Maria 02:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ave Sanctissima Maria
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage
  11. 11 Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Passacaglia 03:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Passacaglia
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Performer
    Arjen Verhage
  12. 12 Motetti a voce sola: Stabat mater dolorosa 10:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    Motetti a voce sola: Stabat mater dolorosa
    Duration
    10:18
    Composer
    Giovanni Felice Sances
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage, Cassandra Luckhardt
  13. 13 Pianto della Madona, SV 288 07:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    Pianto della Madona, SV 288
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Arjen Verhage, Cassandra Luckhardt, Krijn Koetsveld
  14. 14 Salve o regina, SV 326 05:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    Salve o regina, SV 326
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Wendy Roobol, Krijn Koetsveld