Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini - Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali (2017)

Rinaldo Alessandrini is one of today`s most eminent Monteverdi authorities, and his highly acclaimed recordings with Concerto Italiano are now widely recognised as a reference point for music lovers all over the world. Recent achievements include the completion of Monteverdi s trilogy of operas(directed by Robert Wilson) at La Scala in Milan and at the Opéra National de Paris, and a triumphal concert tour in Australia and New Zealand with the Vespro della Beata Vergine.To mark the 450th anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi s birth, Arcana is proud to reissue the seminal recording of the Sixth Book of Madrigals performed by Concerto Italiano, which is also one of Arcana s bestsellers.Rinaldo Alessandrini describes the Sixth Book as the book of separation: permanent in the case of death; temporary in the case of lovers at daybreak. It is the book of poignant expression which culminates in the cycles of lamenti, whose autobiographical character is well known: the successive deaths of Monteverdi s wife (Claudia Cattaneo) and his favourite singer (Caterina Martinelli). Its density of expression, its italianità , not exempt from theatricality, by turns luminous and despairing, make it the place where interpretation is the fundamental element, capable of overwhelming our contemporaries.

TRACKLIST
01. Lamento d'Arianna, SV 107: 1a parte: Lasciatemi morire (Let me die)
02. Lamento d'Arianna, SV 107: 2a parte: O Teseo, o Teseo mio (O Theseus, o my Theseus)
03. Lamento d'Arianna, SV 107: 3a parte: Dove, dove e la fede (Where, where is the fidelity)
04. Lamento d'Arianna, SV 107: 4a parte: Ahi, che non pur risponde (Alas, he answers me not)
05. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena, SV 108
06. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Donna fra l'atre, SV 109
07. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: A Dio, Florida bella, SV 110
08. Sestina: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, SV 111: 1a parte: Incenerite spoglie (Ashen remains)
09. Sestina: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, SV 111: 2a parte: Ditelo, o fiumi, e voi ch'udiste Glauco (Say it, o rivers, and you who heard Glaucus)
10. Sestina, SV 111, Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, SV 111: 3a parte: Dara la notte il sol lume all terra (The Sun will illuminate the earth by night)
11. Sestina, SV 111, Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, SV 111: 4a parte: Ma te raccoglie, o Ninfa, in grembo (For heaven gathers you in to its breast)
12. Sestina: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, SV 111: 5a parte: O chiome d'or, neve gentil del seno (O golden tresses, snow-soft breast)
13. Sestina: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, SV 111: 6a parte: Dunque, amate reliquie, un mar di pianto (So, beloved remains, would not even a cold stone weep a sea of tears)
14. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Ohime il bel viso, ohime il soave sguardo, SV 112
15. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Qui rise, o Tirsi, SV 113
16. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Misero Alceo, SV 114
17. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Batto qui pianse Ergasto, SV 115
18. Madrigals, Book 6 (Il sesto libro de madrigali), SV 107-116: Presso un fiume tranquillo, SV 116