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Composer:
Claudio Monteverdi

Artist(s):
Maria Cristina Kiehr
Bernarda Fink

Conductor:
Rene Jacobs

Background: The eighth book of madrigals has a special place in the secular output of Monteverdi. Printed in 1638 this late, isolated publication by the 71-year old composer, long past his peak, is a true testament, musical, aesthetic and indeed philosophical. The eighth book can be said to sum up Monteverdi's stylistic development.

It brings together a number of works composed in different periods and places and true to the symmetrical principles evident in his greatest works (L'Orfeo and the Vespers of 1610) he divided his Book 8 into two parts: the warlike madrigals and the amorous madrigals. At the centre of each is a major work: the Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda amongst the Canti guerrieri and the Lamento della Ninfa at the heart of the Canti amorosi.

Gramophone Award winner, René Jacobs has assembled a dream cast of distinguished soloists who submit to the demands of the finely-tuned ensemble work essential for madrigal performance with tremendous aplomb. His future plans for harmonia mundi include Scarlatti's, La Griselda with Dorothea Röschmann and Rinaldo with Vivica Genaux.

CATALOGUE NR: HMC90173637
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 19.39 including VAT, or £ 16.50 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Nov-2002

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TRACKS: Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi Book 8 - complete.
ORCHESTRA: Concerto Vocale
CONDUCTOR: Rene Jacobs
ARTISTS: Maria Cristina Kiehr   Bernarda Fink   Christophe Laporte   John Bowen

- Jan-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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