Merula: Concerti spirituali

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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Tarquinio Merula
    • PERFORMER
      InAlto, Lambert Colson, Bernard Foccroulle
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 03, 2025
    • UPC
      5400439004740
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC474
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Intonazione cromatica del terzo tono

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    2. Il primo libro delle canzoni, a 4, Op. 1: No. 2. La Lusignuola

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    3. Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Book 2, Op. 13: Hor ch'e tempo di dormire

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    4. Intonazione cromatica del quarto tono

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    5. Canzoni da suonare, Book 4, Op. 17: No. 18. La cavagliera

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    6. Canzone seconda

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    7. Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Book 2, Op. 13: Chi vuol ch'io m'innamori

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    8. Capriccio Cromatico

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    9. Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Book 3, Op. 12: Ballo detto Pollicio

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    10. Motetti e sonate concertati, Book 1, Op. 6: Sonata No. 1

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    11. Toccata del secondo tono

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    12. Motetti e sonate concertati, Book 1, Op. 6: Sonata No. 2

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    13. Canzon, "La Marca"

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    14. Pegaso, Op. 11: Gaudeamus omnes in Domino

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    15. Il primo libro delle canzoni, a 4, Op. 1: No. 4. La Merula

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    16. Intonazione cromatica del nono tono

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    17. Canzone quinta

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    18. Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Book 3, Op. 12: La Treccha

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto

    19. Capriccio

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    20. Motetti e sonate concertati, Book 1, Op. 6: Favus distillans

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: InAlto


Tarquinio Merula belonged to a generation of Italian composers, all of whom were born around 1600, for whom the concertante style was no longer a new idiom but a preferred musical medium, one that had been acquired in childhood and which had become not only the dominant musical language of the time but which was also to spread across the whole of Europe. Tarquinio Merula was renowned as a violin and organ virtuoso and published a wide variety of instrumental music per la chiesa e la camera. Here Inalto explores Merula's sacred works, including the famous lullaby Hor che e tempo di dormire. His works may seem simple at times, but are impressively innovative; whilst sacred in character, they are rooted in human emotion.