Ensemble Lundabarock, Höör Barock, Ensemble Altapunta & Fredrik Malmberg – Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:44:52 minutes | 1,84 GB | Genre: Classical
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L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) is often described as the first opera. The composer himself used another term for his work, however: “favola in musica”, a musical tale.
Taking this as their point of departure, the performers on the present recording place the emphasis on the libretto’s direct narrative, and how the music alone is used to express emotions, a music which underpins the plot and the text word for word. To quote the liner notes: “To modern ears the musical heritage of L’Orfeo is more to be found in the Lieder tradition than in the grand opera of the nineteenth century”. The tale told by Monteverdi and the members of the three ensembles which bring his score to life, is that of Orpheus, the poet and musician who travels to the Underworld in order to persuade Hades to let his beloved Eurydice return to the living.
Under the direction of Fredrik Malmberg, and with Johan Linderoth as their Orfeo, the 38 singers and musicians that make up Ensemble Lundabarock, Höör Barock and Ensemble Altapunta perform a score which in 1607 was state-of-the-art contemporary. Four full centuries after the first performance in Mantua it remains almost shockingly modern, as in the sound of cornetts and trombones that summon up the spirits of the Underworld or the portrayal of undiluted, raw grief in Orfeo’s celebrated aria Possente spirto.
Tracklist:
01. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318: Toccata
02. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Prologue: Dal mio permesso amato
03. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: In questo lieto e fortunato giorno
04. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni
05. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Muse, honor di Parnaso
06. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Lasciate i monti
07. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ma tu gentil cantor
08. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Rosa del ciel, vita del mondo
09. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Io non dirò
10. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Lasciate i monti
11. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni
12. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ma s’il nostro gioir
13. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Alcun non sia
14. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ecco pur ch’a voi ritorno
15. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ahi caso acerbo
16. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: In un fiorito prato
17. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Tu se’ morta
18. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ahi caso acerbo
19. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ma io ch’in questa lingua
20. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Chi ne consola ahi lassi?
21. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sinfonia
22. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Scorto da te, mio Nume
23. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ecco l’atra palude
24. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Dove, ah dove te’n vai
25. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: O tu ch’innanzi morte
26. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Possente spirto
27. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sol tu, nobile Dio
28. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ben mi lusinga alquanto
29. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ei dorme
30. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Nulla impresa per huom
31. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Signor, quell’infelice
32. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Benchè severo e immutabil fato
33. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: O degli habitator
34. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Quali grazie ti rendo
35. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Pietade oggi
36. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Qual honor di te fia degno
37. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Ahi vista troppo dolce
38. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: È la virtute un raggio
39. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Ritornello
40. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Questi i campi di Tracia
41. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Perchè a lo sdegno e al dolor in preda
42. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Padre cortese al maggior uopo arrivi
43. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Saliam cantando al Cielo
44. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Vanne Orfeo, felice a pieno
45. Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Moresca
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