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Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria by Monteverdi poses a lot of problems for modern performers. There exists no definitive manuscript – although one may doubt how much people bothered back then with "definitive" versions of works which were re-written from one performance to the other, depending on the singers and instrumentalists that were on hand, the tastes of this or that star, the diktat of the Church – and the only copy dating from the composer's time, discovered in Vienna in 1881, is incomplete. When we try and compare this manuscript with different copies of the libretto which are still around today, the difficulties only increase. For this recording by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, recorded live at concerts in September 2017, the decision was taken to fill in everything that could be filled in with a few passages borrowed from earlier works by Monteverdi. The Return of Ulysses dates from 1640, when Monteverdi was 74 years old, so there was a lot to choose from for these fillers. This version is almost certainly the closest approximation we have to the original yet, the singers have worked hard to give the most accurate reproduction possible of the vocal inflections demanded by the various formats employed by Monteverdi. These inflections are often very declamatory and sometimes sung to the fullest. The recitations and the melodies, the ensembles and the choirs: everything is treated with the utmost care and the effort put into contrast and clarity only enhances the quality of this recording. A magnificent rendition. © SM/Qobuz
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325, Act I (Claudio Monteverdi)
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Silvia Frigato, Artist - Hana Blazikova, Artist, MainArtist - Gianluca Buratto, Artist - Carlo Vistoli, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Francesca Biliotti, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Anna Dennis, Artist - Zachary Wilder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Gianluca Buratto, Artist, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Gianluca Buratto, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Hana Blazikova, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Hana Blazikova, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Anna Dennis, Artist - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Robert Burt, Artist, MainArtist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
DISC 2
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325, Act II (Claudio Monteverdi)
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Hana Blazikova, Artist - Krystian Adam, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Krystian Adam, Artist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Krystian Adam, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Anna Dennis, Artist - Zachary Wilder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Gianluca Buratto, Artist - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Gareth Treseder, Artist - Michał Czerniawski, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - Gianluca Buratto, Artist, MainArtist - Gareth Treseder, Artist - Michał Czerniawski, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Gianluca Buratto, Artist, MainArtist - Zachary Wilder, Artist - Gareth Treseder, Artist - Michał Czerniawski, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Hana Blazikova, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Krystian Adam, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Robert Burt, Artist - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Gianluca Buratto, Artist - Lucile Richardot, Artist - Krystian Adam, Artist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist - Gareth Treseder, Artist - Michał Czerniawski, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
DISC 3
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325, Act III (Claudio Monteverdi)
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Robert Burt, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Krystian Adam, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Hana Blazikova, Artist, MainArtist - Francesca Boncompagni, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - Hana Blazikova, Artist, MainArtist - Gianluca Buratto, Artist - Francesca Boncompagni, Artist - John Taylor Ward, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Francesca Biliotti, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Lucile Richardot, Artist, MainArtist - Krystian Adam, Artist - Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Furio Zanasi, Artist, MainArtist - Lucile Richardot, Artist - Francesca Biliotti, Artist
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
Albumbeschreibung
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria by Monteverdi poses a lot of problems for modern performers. There exists no definitive manuscript – although one may doubt how much people bothered back then with "definitive" versions of works which were re-written from one performance to the other, depending on the singers and instrumentalists that were on hand, the tastes of this or that star, the diktat of the Church – and the only copy dating from the composer's time, discovered in Vienna in 1881, is incomplete. When we try and compare this manuscript with different copies of the libretto which are still around today, the difficulties only increase. For this recording by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, recorded live at concerts in September 2017, the decision was taken to fill in everything that could be filled in with a few passages borrowed from earlier works by Monteverdi. The Return of Ulysses dates from 1640, when Monteverdi was 74 years old, so there was a lot to choose from for these fillers. This version is almost certainly the closest approximation we have to the original yet, the singers have worked hard to give the most accurate reproduction possible of the vocal inflections demanded by the various formats employed by Monteverdi. These inflections are often very declamatory and sometimes sung to the fullest. The recitations and the melodies, the ensembles and the choirs: everything is treated with the utmost care and the effort put into contrast and clarity only enhances the quality of this recording. A magnificent rendition. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 03:04:45
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: English Baroque Soloists
- Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
- Label: SDG
- Genre: Klassiek Opera
(C) 2018 SDG (P) 2018 SDG
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