Italian Renaissance - Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Gesualdo / Point Classics Audio CD 1996 / 2672272

UPC 027726722726

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (/ˌmɒntɪˈvɛərdi/, also US: /-ˈvɜːrd-/; Italian: [ˈklaudjo monteˈverdi]; baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history.

Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms.

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c. 8 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing intensely expressive madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. The best known fact of his life is his gruesome killing of his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto. The fascination for his extraordinary music and for his shocking acts have gone hand in hand.

Tracklist:

C. Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
1. IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA,
Madrigale guerriero   19:50

A. Gabrieli (1510 - 1586)
2. DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI, Motett   2:10

G. Gabrieli (1553 - 1612)
3. CANZONE PER SONAR A 4   12:25

4. CANZONE PER SONAR A 8   5:09

C. Gesualdo (Prince of Venosa)
(1561 - 1613)
MADRIGALS
5. Baci soavi e cari   4:23

6. Canine man   2:13

7. Vegguo, si   2:08

8. Cor mio, deh, non piangete   2:59

9. Dolcissima mia vita   2:22

10. Arditi Zanzaretta   5:51

11. Deh, come invan   2:31

12. Itene o miei sospiri   2:46

• Alt - Peter Mikulaš, Dagmar Peekova
• Tenor - Pavol Baxa