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Add to Wish List Write a Review More by: Composer: Claudio Monteverdi Artist(s): Cantica Symphonia Conductor: Giuseppe Maletto	Background: The present recording comprises religious works by two composers who both held the post of Maestro di Cappella in St Mark's, Venice. Two very strong characters, quite different from each other, yet contemporaries who had much in common in their ingenuity, austere style and artistic environment. The two masses were certainly intended for different purposes. Monteverdi's Messa 'In illo tempore' was published in 1610 and carries a dedication to Pope Paul V, which indicates that Monteverdi probably wrote it in an attempt to get himself a decent post at the papal musical chapel. On the other hand, Cavalli's Requiem is clearly the work of a composer fully aware he is at the end of his life and the height of a splendid career and who thus thought it appropriate to dedicate his final composition to himself - a requiem mass, no less. When Cavalli composed this work for performance at St. Mark's in 1675, instruments had been at the forefront of music for almost one hundred years. This marks a return to a cappella performances with organ accompaniment and few sacred works written before can stand comparison. Monteverdi's Messa is in some respects the antithesis of Cavalli's approach. It was written wholly in keeping with the style which had governed sacred music in the 15th and 16th centuries but might be seen as a great swansong of polyphony and indeed, of the Renaissance itself. At the age of just over twenty, Monteverdi not only brought something new to the musical table but also contributed to the end of an era. CATALOGUE NR: STR33665 RECORD LABEL: Stradivarius FORMAT: CD PRICE: £ 12.23 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT RELEASE DATE: 09-Feb-2004
	COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi (other composers in brackets after works) TRACKS: Missa In illo tempore (Monteverdi). Missa pro defunctis (Cavalli). CONDUCTOR: Giuseppe Maletto ARTISTS: Cantica Symphonia

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