Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Pablo Heras-Casado
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 December 2017
A musical manifesto?
Pablo Heras-Casado, leading the musicians of the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble into the heart of Monteverdi's "Moral
and Spiritual Forest", captures the magic of its madrigals, psalm settings, Marian hymns, motets and mass settings
collected in the monumental 1640 publication which forms a summation of the composer's life's work. His intensive
activity as "maestro di cappella" at St Mark's Basilica in Venice - a veritable haven for the musical avant-garde of his day - is typified by this selection of the choicest gems chosen from the imposing anthology.
"You'll find everything from grand ensembles to intimate solo confessionals, and this recording is best suited to the latter...individual musicians and singers of the Balthasar Neumann are wonderful, and they shine in their nimble duos and trios - try the piercingly delivered Salve Regina from sopranos Magdalene Harer and Julia Kirchner." The Guardian
