The new recording project by La Compagnia del Madrigale is dedicated to the Ninth Book of Madrigals (1588) by Giaches de Wert. Wert-Flemish by birth but active for most of his life in Italy at the Gonzaga court in Mantua-embodies the figure of the great composer capable of transcending fashion to create art that, as they used to say in the sixteenth century, is destined to remain durable and eternal. The Ninth Book, published during a period of personal tribulation and heartbreak over his thwarted love for the poetess Tarquinia Molza, marks a pinnacle of artifice and pathos. Here, Wert explores the heights of Petrarch's Canzoniere, alongside verses by Torquato Tasso, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Battista Guarini, alternating luminous courtly homages with an innovative lyricism that foreshadows the style of Carlo Gesualdo. La Compagnia del Madrigale - one of the world-leading ensembles in the performance of Monteverdi, Marenzio, Gesualdo, and Rore - delivers these pages with absolute artistic excellence.

Tracklist:

Wert: Or si rallegri il Cielo
Wert: L'anima mia ferita
Wert: Vago augelletto che cantando vai
Wert: Valle che de' lamenti miei se' piena
Wert: Quel rossignol, che sÃ soave piagne
Wert: Ecco che un'altra volta, o piagge apriche
Wert: Mia benigna fortuna e'l viver lieto
Wert: Sovra un bel cristallino e puro rivo
Wert: Un bacio solo Ã tante pene, hai, cruda?
Wert: Di morte giÃ sentÃ¬a il fero ultimo dardo
Wert: Mesola, il Po da lato, e'l mar a fronte
Wert: O come vaneggiate, Donna
Wert: Ha Ninfe adorne, e belle
Wert: Padre del ciel, dopo i perduti giorni

UPC: 3149020957844
Label: Glossa
Release Date: 4.17.26
Format: CD

La Compagnia del Madrigale - Giaches De Wert Nono Libro De Madrigali (CD)