In seventeenth-century church music, features of the Renaissance tradition (polyphony, modality) coexisted with elements of Baroque innovation (harmony, tonality) and merged into the concertato style. The Salmi Concertati op. II by Father Francesco Antonio Urio included in this Vespers dedicated to the Virgin, follow this transformation with full rights. The Vesprus, here in it's first modern performance ever, shows vocal pieces for three voices of rare melodic quality where the imitative style, the counterpoint, the modal harmony, the numerous tempo changes, the various melismata and a number of diminutions reveal remarkable compositional ability.

Tracklist:

Sinfonia In D Major
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Domine Ad Adiuvandum
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Dixit Dominus
Alma Redemptori Mater
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Laudate Pueri
Virgo Prudentissima
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Laetatus Sum
Haec Virgo
In Odorem Unguentorum
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Nisi Dominus
Sinfonia In A Major
Motteti Di Concerto, Op. 1: Ego Flos Campi
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Lauda Jerusalem
Hodie Maria Virgo
Salmi Concertati A Tre Voci Con Violini A Beneplacito Bologna, Op. 2: Magnificat
Salve Regina

UPC: 8051773570766
Label: Urania Records
Release Date: 11.5.21
Format: CD

Arconati / Orchestra Barocca Di Cremona - Vespro Per la Beata Vergine (2 CD)