Madrigali E Canzonette for 2 & 3 Voices

On this CD:

1. Se vittorie si belle, madrigal for 2 tenors (from Book 8 & 9), SV 149
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

2. Armato il cor d'adamantina fede, madrigal for 2 tenors (from Book 8, 9, & Scherzi musicale), SV 150
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

3. Ardo e scoprir, ahi lasso, io non ardisco, madrigal for 2 tenors (from Book 8, & Book 9), SV 158
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

4. O sia tranquillo il mare, madrigal for 2 tenors (from Book 8 & 9), SV 159
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

5. Alcun non mi consigli, madrigal for 3 voices (from Book 9), SV 169
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

6. Di far sempre gioire amor speranza dá, madrigal for alto, tenor & bass (from Book 9), SV 170
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

7. Quando dentro al tuo seno, madrigal for 3 voices (from Book 9), SV 171
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

8. Non voglio amare per non penare, for 2 tenors and bass (from Book 9), SV 172
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

9. Alle danze, alle gioie, madrigal for 3 voices (from Book 9), SV 174
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

10. Perchè se m'odiavi, madrigal for 2 tenors & bass (from Book 9), SV 175
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

11. Si si ch'io v'amo, occhi vaghi, occhi belli, madrigal for 3 voices (from Book 9), SV 176
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

12. Su, su, su, pastorelli vezzosi, madrigal for 2 sopranos & alto (from Book 8), SV 166
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

13. O mio bene, o mia vita, madrigal for 2 tenors & bass (from Book 9), SV 178
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Gastone Sarti, Rascida Agosti, Armando Burattin, Rodolfo Farolfi, Giorgio Marelli, Mariella Sorelli

Tracks:

Sinfonia prima a 3
Cor mio; Dir mi che piu non ardo
Gagliarda "Zambalina"
Sonata in dialogo detta La viena
Shir Hama'a lot
Keter
Gagliarda a 5 detta la Massara
Sinfonia duodecima
Chiaccio e foco nell' amata Spazziam
Sonata prima dettta La moderna
I bei ligustri
Correte amanti
S'el Leoncorno
Al Naharot Bavel
Halleluyah
Kaddish
Sinfonia a 4
Adon Olam

Album Description

The scene: the court of Mantua during the fullest flowering of the Renaissance enlightenment. The world has changed and the Dark Ages had passed… for a while. During this all too brief of respite from segregation and persecution, the Jews of Mantua experienced a new freedom and in response, a blossoming of art and music flowed from the ghetto. Perhaps the greatest representative of the Jewish participation in the Italian Renaissance is the composer and violinist, Salamone Rossi. Exceptional on many counts (the first Jewish polyphonic music to be published, one of the first composers to write instrumental sonatas, etc.), Rossi eagerly embraced the revolution taking place in the music of his gentile contemporaries, namely Monteverdi and Gastoldi. Here is the definitive collection of this great master's works, meticulously researched, annotated and presented with the love and care they deserve.

Customer Reviews:

Lovely performances of variety of Rossi works.......2002-12-29

This disc is unusual in combining instrumental and vocal music of Salomone Rossi from various different sources, including vocal music in Italian (madrigals, canzonettas) and Hebrew (liturgical music in the best baroque style) and instrumental sonatas and concerti. The performances are lively, the singing well blended with clear enunciation of the texts. Recommended.