Monteverdi: Vorrei baciarti

This page lists all recordings of Vorrei baciarti, by Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (1567-1643) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice
December 2004

All recordings

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Arias & Cantatas for Contralto

Carissimi:	‘Deh, memoria' cantata per alto e continuo
Cavalli:	La Calisto (selected arias)
Handel:	Lungi da me pensier tiranno
Legrenzi:	‘Costei che in mezzo al volto' cantata per alto e continuo
Merula:	Hor ch'è il tempo di dormire
Monteverdi:	Vorrei baciarti Se i languidi miei sguardi
Salvatore:	‘Allor che Tirsi udia' cantata per voce e continuo
Vivaldi:	Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede RV676

Sara Mingado

Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

It was during the Baroque period that the female contralto voice challenged the dominance of the male counter-tenor as the preferred vocal sound in the range between tenor and soprano. This recording, which was a “Gramophone Editor’s Choice” when first released, presents some of the finest pieces written for that voice by, amongst others, Vivaldi, Handel, and Carissimi. They are performed by Sara Mingardo and Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini.

Naive Baroque Voices - OP30462

(CD)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Monteverdi - Fire and Ashes

Monteverdi:

Ballo – Tirsi e Clori

Chiome d'oro (Book 7)

Vorrei baciarti

Ardo, avvampo (Book 8)

Ogni amante e guerrier

Book VIII

Con dolce tormento

E cosi a poco a poco

Misero alcei; «Batto» qui pianse ergasto

Che dar piu

Si ch'io vorrei morire (Book 4)

Rimante in pace

Book III

Sestina – Incenerite spoglie

I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

This second volume allows the listener to trace Monteverdi’s evolution from the early Mantuan a cappella madrigals that made his reputation to the late concerted madrigals of the 1630s written for the Viennese court. These styles seem worlds apart, yet both are forged by the same desire, to confront and master the tension between mere art and real life.

Chandos Chaconne Monteverdi Series - CHAN0749

(CD)

£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

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Monteverdi - Madrigali erotici

Monteverdi:

Con che soavita

Vorrei baciarti

Tempro la cetra

Mentre vaga Angioletta (Book 8)

Come dolce hoggi l'auretta

Chiome d'oro (Book 7)

S'el vostro cor, Madonna (Book 7)

Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben (Book 7)

Ogni amante e guerrier

Parlo miser'o taccio

Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Poppy Holdon (soprano), Paul Elliott, Andrew King (tenors), Richard Wistreich (baritone) & David Thomas (bass)

The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley

“Most of the madrigals on this CD come from the Seventh Book of 1619, very much a watershed in Monteverdi’s output. In many instances they are for virtuoso singers and make a break with the past in that they call for instrumental accompaniment. The recording is excellently balanced. Strongly recommended.”*** Penguin Guide to Compact discs

Decca L'Oiseau Lyre - 4759115

(CD)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel

Carissimi:	‘Deh, memoria' cantata per alto e continuo
Cavalli:	‘La Calisto' atto secondo, scena prima
Handel:	‘Lungi da me pensier tiranno' cantata per alto e continuo
Legrenzi:	‘Costei che in mezzo al volto' cantata per alto e continuo
Merula:	‘Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna' per voce e continuo
Monteverdi:	Vorrei baciarti Se i languidi miei sguardi
Salvatore:	‘Allor che Tirsi udia' cantata per voce e continuo
Vivaldi:	Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede RV676