Fin de 16th siècle
Kate Molleson explores Monteverdi’s move to Mantua, where his madrigals grow bolder and his ideas challenge musical convention.
Kate Molleson follows Monteverdi to Mantua, where court life offers new opportunities and new pressures. As he settles into the Gonzaga court, his music becomes more daring, with madrigals that test the limits of harmony and expression. The programme traces his growing confidence as a composer and performer, alongside the influences of travel, patronage and court culture. There are also early stirrings of opera…
Sinfonia for two violins and viola da brazzo
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director
Vattene pur, crudel
6 Chordae Consort of Viols
John Dornenburg, director
Ch’io non t’ami, cor mio?
Delitiae Musicae
Marco Longhini, director
L’Orfeo (extracts)
Natalie Dessay, soprano (La Musica / Eurydice)
Ian Bostridge, tenor (Orfeo)
Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Sonia Prina, contralto
Mario Luperi, bass
Véronique Gens, soprano
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Paul Agnew, tenor
Pascal Bertin, countertenor
Richard Burkhard, baritone
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Le Concert d’Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor
Madrigali amorosi (excerpts)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director
Cruda Amarilli; Anima mia perdona; Che se tu se’il cor mio
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director
Produced by Ellie Ajao for Â鶹Éç Audio Wales and West
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