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No one knows better than Rinaldo Alessandrini that Monteverdi's madrigals – to which he has dedicated a major part of his work and recordings over the past thirty years – were above all texts where the music was the servant, and not the mistress. This form of a cappella vocal polyphony, responding sensitively to the inflections of a highly expressive poetry, was born in the full flowering of Renaissance humanism and developed in the 17th century by composers such as Monteverdi, Marenzio and Gesualdo, before being supplanted by the opera.
As the Italian maestro explains, in the Third Book of Madrigals, "we can already see how carefully the twenty-fiveyear-old Monteverdi chooses poetry, e.g. by Guarini and Tasso, which is capable of 'responding to the needs of the drama, of truth, humanity and emotionality, culminating at the end of his life in the lustrous triumph of his final works".
This is the fifth collection of madrigals Rinaldo Alessandrini has recorded with Concerto Italiano, and it is the cornerstone of his quest for an intimate understanding of Monteverdi's repertoire – and all the music that came after it. These madrigals have "the power to allow the performers to read the human passions, perceive them empathetically, and restore them in the very finest dress" (Esteban Hernández Castelló). Their analytical yet sensitive approach leads to a precise intonation, a direct transmission of naked emotions, and the restoration of details we can only glimpse behind the words, revealing in all its beauty what lies hidden in the music: mirror images of the soul. © naive classique
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Maria Chiara Gallo, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
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Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Maria Chiara Gallo, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
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Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
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Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Pietro Bembo, Lyricist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Maria Chiara Gallo, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
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Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Elena Carzaniga, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Torquato Tasso, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Torquato Tasso, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Torquato Tasso, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Torquato Tasso, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Maria Chiara Gallo, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Torquato Tasso, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Maria Chiara Gallo, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Torquato Tasso, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Gabriele Lombardi, MainArtist - Maria Chiara Gallo, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Francesca Cassinari, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Lyricist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist - Livio Celano, Lyricist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Concerto Italiano, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor, MainArtist - Raffaele Giordani, MainArtist - Monica Piccinini, MainArtist - Salvo Vitale, MainArtist - Sonia Tedla, MainArtist - Andrés Montilla, MainArtist - Livio Celano, Lyricist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Album review
No one knows better than Rinaldo Alessandrini that Monteverdi's madrigals – to which he has dedicated a major part of his work and recordings over the past thirty years – were above all texts where the music was the servant, and not the mistress. This form of a cappella vocal polyphony, responding sensitively to the inflections of a highly expressive poetry, was born in the full flowering of Renaissance humanism and developed in the 17th century by composers such as Monteverdi, Marenzio and Gesualdo, before being supplanted by the opera.
As the Italian maestro explains, in the Third Book of Madrigals, "we can already see how carefully the twenty-fiveyear-old Monteverdi chooses poetry, e.g. by Guarini and Tasso, which is capable of 'responding to the needs of the drama, of truth, humanity and emotionality, culminating at the end of his life in the lustrous triumph of his final works".
This is the fifth collection of madrigals Rinaldo Alessandrini has recorded with Concerto Italiano, and it is the cornerstone of his quest for an intimate understanding of Monteverdi's repertoire – and all the music that came after it. These madrigals have "the power to allow the performers to read the human passions, perceive them empathetically, and restore them in the very finest dress" (Esteban Hernández Castelló). Their analytical yet sensitive approach leads to a precise intonation, a direct transmission of naked emotions, and the restoration of details we can only glimpse behind the words, revealing in all its beauty what lies hidden in the music: mirror images of the soul. © naive classique
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rinaldo Alessandrini Concerto Italiano
- Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
- Label: naïve classique
- Genre: Classical Opera
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