Claudio Monteverdi - Madrigals | Book IV

Paul Agnew pays a sonorous tribute to the fundamental body of work by Monteverdi. For Monteverdi, this means half a century of music and experimentation. (Starts at 0:52)

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Paul Agnew - tenor
Maud Gnidzaz - soprano
Francesca Boncompagni - soprano
Lucile Richardot - contralto
Sean Clayton - tenor
Lisandro Abadie - bass

Claudio Monteverdi - Madrigals (Book IV)

0:00 Ah, dolente partita
4:12 Cor mio, mentre vi miro
6:28 Cor mio, non mori? E mori!
9:10 Sfogava con le stelle
12:56 Volgea l’anima mia soavemente
17:07 Anima mia, perdona
19:49 Che se tu sei il cor mio
22:36 Luci serene e chiare
26:21 La piaga c’ho nel core
28:40 Voi pur da me partite
32:31 A un giro sol
34:41 Ohimè, se tanto amate
37:20 Io mi son giovinetta
39:55 Quell’augellin che canta
42:32 Non più guerra, pietate
45:12 Sì, ch’io vorrei morire
48:32 Anima dolorosa
51:34 Anima del cor mio
54:05 Longe da te, cor mio
57:11 Piagne e sospira

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The nine madrigals of Monteverdi occupy a prominent position in the composer's production and represent the culmination of the madrigal genre. Throughout these books, it is possible to appreciate the evolution of Monteverdi's music, from the polyphonic style of Renaissance music to the use of monody accompanied by the characteristic Baroque. The first four books of madrigals are located within the "prima prattica" (first practice), the traditional polyphonic style, although Monteverdi uses an increasingly innovative harmonic language, with bolder dissonances as the series progresses. They are composed for 5 a cappella voices.

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