Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali (2022) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

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Monteverdi’s Fourth Book of Madrigals, published in 1603 after an eleven-year gestation, bears witness to the metamorphosis of the madrigal and the rapid evolution of music at the turn of the two centuries. It is also a model of the genre and may be regarded as one of the most innovative and emblematic of its composer’s style. This bold, complex book is the culmination of the application of the precepts of the “seconda pratica” on the cusp of the seventeenth century. The dedication tells us that some of its madrigals had been intended for presentation to Duke Alfonso II d’Este (who died in 1597), thus revealing the key influence on this collection of the court of Ferrara, then one of the most sophisticated in Europe and a crucible of musical innovation.

Following the release of the Vespers, Philippe Herreweghe, a great lover of Italy and its repertory, accompanied as ever by Collegium Vocale Gent, signs his second recording devoted to Monteverdi on the Phi label with this Fourth Book of Madrigals.

Tracklist:

01. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: I. Ah dolente partita, SV 75 (03:27)
02. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: II. Cor moi, mentre vi miro, SV 76 (01:57)
03. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: III. Cor moi, non mori?, SV 77 (02:27)
04. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: IV. Sfogava con le stelle un infermo d’amore, SV 78 (03:22)
05. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: V. Volgea l’anima mia soavemente, SV 79 (03:25)
06. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: VIa. Anima mia, perdona a chi tè cruda, SV 80a (02:45)
07. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: VIb. Che se tu se’ il cor moi, SV 80b (02:44)
08. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: VII. Luci serene e chiare voi mincendete, SV 81 (03:36)
09. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: VIII. La piaga c’ho nel core donna onde lieta sei, SV 82 (02:05)
10. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: IX. Voi pur da me partite, anima dura, SV 83 (03:43)
11. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: X. A un giro sol de’ bell’ occhi lucenti, SV 84 (02:12)
12. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XI. Ohimè se tanto amate, SV 85 (02:52)
13. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XII. Io mi son giovinetta, SV 86 (02:32)
14. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XIII. Quel augellin che canta sì dolcemente, SV 87 (02:17)
15. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XIV. Non più guerra pietate occhi miei belli, SV 88 (02:41)
16. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XV. Sì ch’io vorrei morire hora ch’io bacio amore, SV 89 (03:05)
17. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XVI. Anima dolorosa che vivendo, SV 90 (02:39)
18. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XVII. Anima del cor mio poi che da me misera me, SV 91 (02:10)
19. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XVIII. Longe da te, cor mio, struggomi di dolore, SV 92 (02:23)
20. Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe – Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali: XIX. Piagn’e sospira e quandi caldi raggi, SV 93 (04:38)