Cima: Concerti Ecclesiastici / Musica Figurata

Track Listings

1. Sonata per violino e violone

2. Cor mundum

3. Mirabile mysterium

4. Canzona VI

5. Adiuro vos filiae

6. Ad te desiderat

7. Sonata per violino, cornetto e violone

8. Cantantibus organis

9. Duetto I

10. Confitemini Domino

11. Capriccio

12. Surge propera, in eco

13. Sonata per cornetto e trombone

14. Gustate et videte

15. Duetto II

16. Exaudi Domine

17. Laudate Dominum

18. Sonata a 4

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
In his day (the early 17th century), Giovanni Paolo Cima was nearly as respected as Monteverdi. But, owing largely to his legendary reluctance to publish his music, Cima is nearly forgotten today--his only remotely familiar works are two captivating sonatas (one for violin and bass, the other for cornet, violin, and violone) that keep finding their way onto recordings of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 (such as those by William Christie and Andrew Parrott). The Florence- based ensemble Musica Figurata, another product of the extraordinary flowering of early music in Italy in the 1990s, tries to redress that situation with this first recording devoted entirely to Cima. The selections, all taken from the composer's 1610 publication Concerti Ecclesiatici, include (besides the two Sonatas) four-voice motets in counterpoint that harks back to Palestrina; instrumental canzonas for recorders or brass that echo Gabrieli; and beguiling motets for one or two voices--including an echo motet in which male alto Alessandro Carmignani does an extraordinary job matching the sound of (female) soprano Santina Tomasello. --Matthew Westphal

Tracks:

Sonata per violino e violone
Cor mundum
Mirabile mysterium
Canzona VI
Adiuro vos filiae
Ad te desiderat
Sonata per violino, cornetto e violone
Cantantibus organis
Duetto I
Confitemini Domino
Capriccio
Surge propera, in eco
Sonata per cornetto e trombone
Gustate et videte
Duetto II
Exaudi Domine
Laudate Dominum
Sonata a 4

Amazon.com

In his day (the early 17th century), Giovanni Paolo Cima was nearly as respected as Monteverdi. But, owing largely to his legendary reluctance to publish his music, Cima is nearly forgotten today--his only remotely familiar works are two captivating sonatas (one for violin and bass, the other for cornet, violin, and violone) that keep finding their way onto recordings of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 (such as those by William Christie and Andrew Parrott). The Florence- based ensemble Musica Figurata, another product of the extraordinary flowering of early music in Italy in the 1990s, tries to redress that situation with this first recording devoted entirely to Cima. The selections, all taken from the composer's 1610 publication Concerti Ecclesiatici, include (besides the two Sonatas) four-voice motets in counterpoint that harks back to Palestrina; instrumental canzonas for recorders or brass that echo Gabrieli; and beguiling motets for one or two voices--including an echo motet in which male alto Alessandro Carmignani does an extraordinary job matching the sound of (female) soprano Santina Tomasello. --Matthew Westphal

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Welcome Home

1. Sonata per violino e violone
2. Cor mundum
3. Mirabile mysterium
4. Canzona VI
5. Adiuro vos filiae
6. Ad te desiderat
7. Sonata per violino, cornetto e violone
8. Cantantibus organis
9. Duetto I
10. Confitemini Domino
11. Capriccio
12. Surge propera, in eco
13. Sonata per cornetto e trombone
14. Gustate et videte
15. Duetto II
16. Exaudi Domine
17. Laudate Dominum
18. Sonata a 4