7619990104228

Philippe Verdelot: Madrigals For Four Voices

Profeti Della Quinta; Elam Rotem

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Format: CD

Cat No: PC10422

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Release Date:  19 February 2021

Label:  Pan Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  7619990104228

Genres:  Classical  Vocal  

  • Description

    Philippe Verdelot played a very important role in the development of the madrigal during the Italian Renaissance. Born in France, he probably moved to Italy at a young age. From 1522 onwards, he held the most important positions in church music in Florence – first he was maestro di capella at the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral, and a year later also at the Cathedral itself. After 1530, with the riots surrounding the expulsion of the Medici family and the siege of the city, all biographical traces are lost, and no works created after these events seem to have survived. In the years before, however, Verdelot had initiated important musical developments with his madrigals, which at that time were the most published in Italy. The Ensemble Profeti della Quinta presents a selection of four-part madrigals from an anthology published posthumously (1540, 1565). A special feature of their performance is that each singer reads from the originally notated single voice – unlike in a modern score with parts notated one above the other. The musicians must therefore listen to each other much more closely and be able to react spontaneously. This spontaneity can be felt throughout the recording, and takes the listener to the beginnings of the Italian madrigal in a very intense way.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Se l’ardor foss’ equale
      • 2. Se mai provasti donna
      • 3. Gloriar mi poss’io donne
      • 4. Igno soave
      • 6. Io son tal volta (instrumental)
      • 7. Divini occhi sereni
      • 8. Trist’ Amarilli mia
      • 9. Ognor per voi sospiro
      • 10. Madonna, qual certezza
      • 12. Madonna, per voi ardo
      • 13. Se dimostrarvi a pieno (instrumental)
      • 14. Si lieta e grata morte
      • 15. Deh, perche si veloce
      • 16. Quando Amor i belli occhi a terra inchina
      • 17. Non vi fidate o simplicetti amanti
      • 18. Con lagrime et sospir (instrumental)
      • 19. Fuggi, fuggi, cor mio!
      • 20. Con suave parlar con dolce accento
      • 21. Passer mai solitario in alcun tetto
      • 22. Ben che’l misero cor (instrumental)
      • 23. La bella man mi porse Madonna
      • 24. Gran dolor di mia vita