Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8 / Longhini, Delitiae Musicae

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Naxos
Release Date
May 12, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO
    • PERFORMER
      Delitiae Musicae, Longhini
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 12, 2017
    • UPC
      747313375578
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573755-58
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    2. Altri canti d'amor

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    3. Di Marte io canto furibundo e fiero

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    4. Tu, cui tessuta han di Cesare

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    5. Che mentre guerre canta

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    6. Or che'l ciel e la terra

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    7. Così suol d'una chiara fonte viva

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    8. Gira il nemico insidioso

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    9. Nol lasciamo accostar

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    10. Armi false non son

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    11. Vuol degl' occhi

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    12. Non è più tempo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    13. Cor mio, non val fuggir

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    14. Se vittorie sì belle

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    15. Armato il cor

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    16. Ogni amante è guerrier

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    17. Io che nell'ozio nacqui

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    18. Ma per qual ampio Egeo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    19. Riedi ch'al nostro ardir

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    20. Ardo, avvampo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    21. Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22: Sinfonia primo tuono

      Composer: Biagio Marini

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    22. Tancredi, che Clorinda un uomo stima

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    23. O tu, che porte, correndo sì

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    24. Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    25. Notte, che nel profondo oscuro seno (reconstructed by M. Longhini)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    26. Piacciati ch'indi il tragga (reconstructed by M. Longhini)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    27. Non schivar, non parar

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    28. Tre volte il cavalier

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    29. E stanco ed anelante

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    30. Nostra sventura

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    31. Rispose la feroce

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    32. Torna l'ira nei cori

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    33. Ma ecco omai l'ora fatal

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    34. Amico hai vinto

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    35. In queste voci languide

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    36. Mentr'egli il suon de' sacri detti

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    37. Entrata innanzi al ballo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    38. Volgendo in ciel

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    39. Su, mi si rechi omai

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    40. Venga la nobil cetra

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    41. Entrata e passeggio

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    42. Movete al mio bel suon

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    43. Sonate, symphonie … e retornelli, Op. 8: Balletto quinto alla Allemanna e Corrente a 3

      Composer: Biagio Marini

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    44. Ei l'armi cinse

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    45. Altri canti di Marte

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    46. Duo belli occhi fur l'armi

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    47. Tu per lo cui valor (Bass)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    48. Tu per lo cui valor (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    49. Vago augelletto

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    50. Mentre vaga Angioletta

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    51. E talor mormorando

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    52. Così cantando

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    53. Ardo, e scoprir, ahi lasso

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    54. O sia tranquill'il mare

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    55. Ninfa che scalza il piede

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    56. Qui, deh, meco t'arresta

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    57. De l'usate mie corde

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    58. Ma senza pur mirarmi

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    59. Dolcissimo uscignolo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    60. Chi vole aver felice

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    61. Non avea Febo ancora

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    62. Amor, dicea, il ciel mirando

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    63. Sì tra sdegnosi pianti

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    64. Perché te'n fuggi, o Fillide?

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    65. Non partir ritrosetta

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    66. Su, su, su pastorelli vezzosi

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    67. Strepito spaventoso sotto il palco di tamburi discordati

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    68. Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22: Sinfonia sesto tuono

      Composer: Biagio Marini

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    69. De l'implacabil dio (Amore, Venere)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    70. Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    71. Udite, donne (Venere)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    72. Bella madre d'Amor (Plutone, Venere)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    73. No, No, non de' più fidi amanti (Venere, Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    74. Fuor de l'atra caverna (Amore, Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    75. Dunque non ti rammenti (Venere, Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    76. Udite, udite o dell'infernale corte (Plutone, Ombre d'Inferno, Venere)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    77. Ecco ver' noi l'addolorate (Amore, Venere, Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    78. Entrata

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    79. Ballo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    80. Dal tenebroso orror (Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    81. Antro è là giù (Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    82. Ma qui star più non lice (Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    83. Tornate al negro chiostro (Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    84. Ahi troppo, ahi troppo è duro! (4 Ingrate)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini

    85. Al fumo, a'gridi, a'pianti (4 Ingrate)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Delitiæ Musicæ

      Conductor: Marco Longhini


Listen to the Naxos Podcast to learn more about this release

The Eighth Book of Madrigals, subdivided into a substantial series of vocal and instrumental partbooks, contains some of Monteverdi's greatest music. In this sumptuous collection the material is carefully arranged by category into madrigals of war, love and those for the stage, with a wide array of human passions and compositional styles. This is the first recording to present Book Eight in its original, uncut form, also incorporating instrumental sinfonias and dances by Biagio Marini to round off Monteverdi's design. In keeping with seventeenth-century practice, the madrigals are performed entirely by male voices, including a boy soprano in the role of Cupid.

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REVIEWS:

The quality of the performances is extremely high. Technical prowess is always in the service of the music, and Marco Longhini is not averse to pushing his all-male ensemble to extremes of slow or fast tempos or to special vocal effects. Another strength of this excellent interpretation is the size and scope of the instrumental forces. There are 9 players in the continuo group, a further 9 in a mostly string ensemble (including 2 recorders), and a viola da gamba quartet. This gives Marco Longhini a very wide palette to draw on for dramatic power, theatrical variety, and evocative effect.

– American Record Guide

As Longhini has pointed out in previous releases, the instruments to be used is largely left to the performers, and in the composer’s day would probably have depended on those available. In this series of discs he has opted for a ‘middle-of-the-road’ approach, so as not to become ornate, yet providing more that an obliging backdrop. In the vocal group there are, of course, no female voices in music of that period, so that much rests on the shoulders of the outstanding countertenor, Alessandro Carmignani. Yet again I will heap praise on the sonorous bass voice of Walter Testolin, his deep voice is an earthy delight. Solos permeate all of the madrigals, and when numerous voices are used, the Delitiae’s blend is pure joy. Longhini's approach throughout this series has that feel of dedication and authenticity, the music continually intriguing, immediately likeable, and, in every way, it has been a wonderful experience with this as its crowning glory. The engineers have once again played their part in the clarity of texture they have created. It is terribly sad that it is coming to an end, but there remains just one more book, the unfinished Ninth, that was published after the composers death.

– David's Review Corner (David Denton)