CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Sesto Libro dei Madrigali
La Venexiana Claudio Cavina
GCD920926
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Performing artists
La Venexiana Claudio Cavina , director
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Playing time 71'58 Recorded in Roletto, Italy, in June 2004 Engineered by Davide Ficco Produced by Sigrid Lee & La Venexiana Art direction by 00:03:00 oficina tresminutosBooklet essay: Stefano Russomanno English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)
Sesto Libro dei Madrigali
01-04 Lamento d'Arianna Lasciatemi morire - O Teseo, Teseo mio - Dove, dov'è la fede - Ahi che non pur risponde 05 Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena 06 Una donna fra l'altre 07 Addio Florida bella 08-13 Sestina (Lacrime d'Amante) Incenerite spoglie - Ditelo fiumi - Darà la notte il sol lume alla terra- Ma te raccoglie, o ninfa - O chiome d'or - Dunque, amate reliquie 14 Ohimè il bel viso 15 Qui rise Tirsi 16 Misero Alceo, dal caro albergo fore 17 Batto, qui pianse Ergasto 18 Presso un fiume tranquillo
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With the ease and flair of the great masters, the members of La Venexiana once again reach a level entirely unattainable for other consorts, in a repertoire demanding the fullest identification of composer and performer. Within the Monteverdi Edition, it is time now for the Sixth Book, beginning with the well-known Lamento d'Arianna in its madrigal version, where a larger-than-life Rossana Bertini sets the tone for her companions in a stunning rendition.The Sixth is a transitional book, where some of the great changes Monteverdi will establish in his Seventh Book can already be surmised. Its literary texts are full of direct and intertwined dialogues, as the third person gives way to the first, and description to representation. Instruments appear timidly, with a most subtle Fabio Bonizzoni contributing his personal touch of magic to pieces that tend to shape up as true miniature dramas. Thus the exquisite Monteverdi Edition reaches its equator, with four available volumes out of a projected total of eight. The Eighth and Third Books will see the light this fall, and the great adventure will come to a close in 2007 with the edition of the Fifth, First, and Ninth Books.And thereafter, the great Gesualdo...
At Glossa we are very proud to salute the musical talents of our artists, whose splendid recordings ended 2008 receiving further critical approval, important echoes of how other music-lovers have been reacting across the year. Back in September 2008 Claudio Cavina of La Venexiana received its second Gramophone Award in London when their recording of Montervedi's L'Orfeo was voted by the UK magazine's critics as the winner in the Baroque Vocal category. [read more...]
Not for the first time in their illustrious career, Claudio Cavina and his Italian vocal and instrumental ensemble La Venexiana have just received a strong critical vote of approval for their artistry, with the announcement on Thursday September 25th that they have won a coveted Classic fM Gramophone Award. Claudio Cavina was on hand to collect the Baroque Vocal Award for 2008 (decided on by the specialist critics of the UK-based Gramophone magazine) at a ceremony held in London, UK for his and La Venexiana’s recording of the fabula in musica by Claudio Monteverdi, L’Orfeo.[read more...]
“I really do not think that there is one composer who can be rightly compared to this genius.”
In completing their masterful Monteverdi Edition, Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana have returned to the beginning – to the Madrigali a cinque voci… Libro primo – of Monteverdi’s exploration of the madrigalian art form, a journey which was to occupy the composer for more than 50 years of his life across his staying in the cities of Cremona, Mantua and Venice. In this First Book, published in 1587 when the composer was barely 20 years old yet demonstrably showing clear evidence of his approaching maturity, La Venexiana’s performances are again faithful to Monteverdi’s passion for the written word – above all to the weight theme of love. In this final release in the Monteverdi Edition Cavina adds a twist in the tail by including on this new CD the madrigals from the posthumous Libro Nono put together by the composer’s Venetian publisher. With the rerelease of La Venexiana’s recording of Il Terzo Libro (complete with a new essay penned by Stefano Russomanno), eight volumes now comprise Glossa’s Monteverdi Edition, all available within the attractively and imaginatively unified design style which has become the hallmark of the label. [read more...]