Monteverdi: Mess a quattro voci et salmi of 1650 Vol II
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Mess a quattro voci et salmi of 1650 Vol II
The Sixteen & Harry Christophers
[ Coro / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 April 2018
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The Sixteen continues its series of Monteverdi recordings with the second and final volume featuring works from the Messa a quattro voci et salmi of 1650.
Monteverdi's sacred vocal compositions introduced the expression of powerful and personal emotions to the world of church music. Whilst it took him a number of years to find fulfilment in his work, Monteverdi was a revered composer within his lifetime and his music is regarded as revolutionary, marking the change from the Renaissance style to that of the Baroque. This album includes some of the finest works from Monteverdi's years as director of music at St Mark's in Venice, published posthumously in 1650 as the Messa a quattro voci et salmi.
"Christophers tells us that the basic approach here is to allow the performers to 'speak through singing', and to treat the changes of time and metre 'intuitively' rather than with scholarly over-caution. This certainly gives a sense of liveliness to Nisi Dominus II with its freely recited 'Gloria Patri'…The freedoms are a little too individualised, however, in the Laetatus sum." BBC Music
"[The Mass for Four Voices] was recorded many moons ago by an earlier incarnation of the choir, and Christophers's approach now transmits all sorts of leaner, more sharply focused and declamatory elements - not least pivotal continuo realisations of theorbo, harp and organ firmly at the forefront and a significantly lower pitch giving the music richer sonorities." Gramophone
"The centrepiece is the four-part Mass, given at full strength. For the Dixit Dominus (Secondo), the "choral" strength rises to 18, but it is the chamber/consort music that really delights here: the Confitebor, flexibly sung by Elin Manahan Thomas, the bass duo (Stuart Young, Jimmy Holliday), and the Laetatus Sum for five instruments and six voices." Sunday Times
Tracks:
Claudio MONTEVERDI Dixit Dominus (Secondo) a8 SV192
Francesco CAVALLI Salve Regina
Claudio MONTEVERDI Laetatus sum a5 instrumenti & 6 voci SV198
Claudio MONTEVERDI Messa a quattro voci SV190: Kyrie
Claudio MONTEVERDI Messa a quattro voci SV190: Gloria
Claudio MONTEVERDI Laudate Dominum a due bassi SV197a
Claudio MONTEVERDI Messa a quattro voci SV190: Credo
Claudio MONTEVERDI Messa a quattro voci SV190: Sanctus
Claudio MONTEVERDI Messa a quattro voci SV190: Benedictus
Claudio MONTEVERDI Messa a quattro voci SV190: Agnus Dei
Alessandro PICCININI Ciaccona in G major
Claudio MONTEVERDI Confitebor tibi Domine (Primo) SV193
Claudio MONTEVERDI Lauda Jerusalem a5 SV203
Claudio MONTEVERDI Nisi Dominus a6 SV201
