Huelgas Ensemble – The Mirror of Claudio Monteverdi (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Monteverdi was a pioneer of the musical style we now call Baroque, but the Mass on this record is in classic Renaissance style and the music might have been written in the 1500s rather than the 1600s. In between the five parts of Monteverdi’s Mass, four madrigals have been placed by composers of an earlier generation, who shifted borders at their time and sound chromatic, sometimes enharmonic, or are dramatically charged. They were written before Monteverdi’s Mass, but in a more progressive style. Thus, the album gives a surprising insight into the styles of this period and provides an impressive new view onto Monteverdi’s monumental “Messa in illo tempore”.

Tracklist

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Missa in illo tempore, SV 205
1 I. Kyrie 04:10

Nicola Vicentino (1511-1576)
2 Laura che’l verde lauro 05:25

Claudio Monteverdi
Missa in illo tempore, SV 205
3 II. Gloria 05:57

Cesare Tudino (1530-1591/92)
4 Amor 04:53

Claudio Monteverdi
Missa in illo tempore, SV 205
5 III. Credo 11:31

Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)
6 Mia benigna fortuna 06:02

Claudio Monteverdi
Missa in illo tempore, SV 205
7 IV. Sanctus 04:24

Luca Marenzio (1553-1599)
8 Solo e pensoso 06:21

Claudio Monteverdi
Missa in illo tempore, SV 205
9 V. Agnus Dei 10:24

Personnel
Helgas Ensemble
Paul van Nevel, conductor

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