This page lists all recordings of Ardo, avvampo, by Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (1567-1643) on CD, SACD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
All recordingsPrices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.) See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Monteverdi: Arie et Lamenti; Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi
This set gathers 2 albums released in 1990 and 1994. Each of them definitely established Montserrat Figueras as one of the best performers of Claudio Monteverdi’s vocal music. At this time, she developed an innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to historical sources, combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, that has exerted a decisive influence on the whole historical music movement. Vocal music before 1800 required a new technical and stylistic approach capable of restoring to the beauty and emotion of the voice, that most human of all forms of expression, the necessary balance between singing and declamation, with an emphasis on the poetic and spiritual dimension of the text. She is accompanied by Jordi Savall on CD1 and Ton Koopman on CD2. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaMadrigals from books 6, 7 & 8
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| |  | Baroque Voices 20 - Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfaand madrigals from the 8th book
In the Lamento della Ninfa, Monteverdi developed a completely new style, with amazing intensity and impressive dramatic power. This recording by Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano was a “Gramophone Award Winner” in the year of its release. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Monteverdi - Fire and Ashes
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. “Under Robert Hollingworth's inspired direction, the five singers squeeze all the emotion possible out of the suspensions, both diatonic and chromatic.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 “…I Fagiolini are at their best in the quietly pastoral pieces. 'Rimanti in pace' is an early masterpiece from Book 3, sung with the tenderest of touches at the melting harmonies, and 'Lagrime d'amante'… is given the most persuasive performance I have heard...” BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 **** | | | (also available to download from $11.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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“In their Monteverdi Editions, La Venexiana bring a dramatic delivery of the words and a uniquely Italian blend of solo voices to this glorious music, unrivalled on disc.” Sunday Times | | | (also available to download from $29.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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3 CDs for the price of 2 “Rinaldo Alessandrini is one of today’s most compelling Monteverdians.” International Record Review “This is a sublime example of the madrigalian art. The disc oozes a sense of intelligent poetic response.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2006 | |
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