Orlando di Lasso: Madrigals & Motets

On this CD:

1. Al dolce suon (Minturno), madrigal for 5 voices
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

2. Ben convene Madonna (G. Manrique), madrigal for 5 voices, H. i
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

3. Ove d'altra montagn' ombra tocchi, madrigal for 4 voices, H. i
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

4. Spent'e d'amor (Minturno), madrigal for 5 voices, H. i Part 2, Ma Che Morta
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

5. Lucescit jam o socii, chanson for 4 voices Part 2, Nunc Bibamus Non Segniter
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

6. Voir est beaucoup, chanson for 4 voices, B. xiv/183 (H. i/126)
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

7. Domine quando veneris, motet for 5 voices, M. xvii
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

8. Da pacem Domine, motet for 5 voices, M. xix
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

9. Alleluia Surrexit Dominis, set of 7 motets for 6 voices
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

10. Praesidium Sara, motet for 4 voices, M. xviii
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

11. Bestia curvafia pulices (Bestia sultus homo), motet for 5 voices, M. xviii (S. xi/44)
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

Conducted by Wolfgang Helbich

Tracks:

Italian Madrigals: Al Dolce Suon'
Italian Madrigals: Ben Convenne: II. Parte: Solo N'andro
Italian Madrigals: Ove D'altra Montagna
Italian Madrigals: Spent' E D'amor, II. Parte: Ma Che Morta
Chansons: Lucescit Jam O Socii: II. Parte: Nunc Bibamus Non Segniter
Chansons: Voir Est Beaucoup
Motets: Domine, Quando Veneris
Motets: I. Pars: Beati Pauperes
Motets: II. Parte: Beati Pacifici
Motets: Da Pacem Domine
Motets: Gloria Patri Et Filio
Latin Madrigals: Praesidium, Sara
Latin Madrigals: Bestia Curvafia Pulices

D'India - Madrigals / Révidat, V. Lucas, Wieczorek, Dugardin, Lescroart, Les Arts Florissants, Christie

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D'India - Madrigals / Révidat, V. Lucas, Wieczorek, Dugardin, Lescroart, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
Sigismondo D'India , William Christie , Stéphanie Révidat , Violaine Lucas , Maryseult Wieczorek , Steve Dugardin , Étienne Lescroart , Francois Piolino , Matthieu Lécroart , Renaud Delaigue , Ensemble de Violes Orlando Gibbons , and Les Arts Florissants
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Libro III - "Merce!" grido, piangendo
Libro V - Voi dissi e sospirando
Libro VIII - Alme luci beate
Libro VIII - Io vi lascio, mie scorte
Libro V - Sospir che del bel petto
Libro I - Crud' Amarilli
Libro VIII - Se tu, Silvio crudel
Libro VIII - Ma se con la pieta
Libro VIII - Dorinda, ah! Diro "mia"
Libro VIII - Ferir quel petto, Silvio?
Libro VIII - Silvio, come son lassa
Libro III - "Lasso!", dicea Fileno
Libro III - Ombrose e care selve
Le Musiche Libro V - Ancidetemi pur, dogliosi affanni
Libro IV - Strana armonia d'amore
Libro IV - In cio sol differenti
Le Musiche Libro IV - Che veggio ohime, che miro?
Le Musiche Libro II - La mia Filli crudel
Le Musiche Libro II - Ecco Filli, mia bella
Libro III - Deh, chi mi fa languire
Crud' Amarilli
Piangono al pianger mio
Libro III - Quell' augellin che canta

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The Sicilian nobleman Sigismondo d'India was roughly contemporary with Monteverdi (both began their careers around 1600); the musical ferment of that period led, in d'India's case, to a very heady brew. His madrigals--duets, solos and five-voice works--are like inebriated Monteverdi: d'India set the Italian poetic texts (usually dealing with a lover's pain) with even less regard for academic counterpoint and even more surprising twists of harmony than did his more-famous colleague, yet the music never veers into the disorienting, seemingly willful weirdness of Gesualdo. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants have made occasional forays into the music of 17th-century Italy before, but their real turf is the French Baroque--and on this disc, it shows. The fast passagework is blurred; the vibrato (from the sopranos in particular), while not wide by modern operatic standards, is sufficient to smudge d'India's searing dissonances. Some of the solo singing is interesting and the ensemble and tuning are perfectly good, but this listener doesn't sense much passion. Oddly, several of the madrigals are played by an ensemble of viols. Performance by instruments rather than singers is historically plausible, but why use the famously sober viol family for such ardent music from the period when the violin family was just coming into its own? Les Arts Florissants certainly don't dishonor themselves here, but their work is far from the exalted standard they set in, say, Charpentier. If you want to know how dramatic d'India's music can be, let the Italian singers of Daltrocanto show you. --Matthew Westphal

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Motets / Madrigals / Chansons / Songs
Lasso , and Orlando Di Lasso Ensemble
Manufacturer: Thorofon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008FWI1
Release Date: 1995-11-01

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