Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506):
"The Court of Gonzaga" (detail)
Voces Suaves and Basel’s Capricornus Consort join forces for a program of madrigals and instrumental works by Monteverdi, Giaches De Wert, and their contemporaries. Tonight’s program was recorded live in concert March 19, 2022 in Zurich’s Helferei, as part of the Zurich Early Music Festival.
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Playlist
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Fugge il verno dei dolori
Giaches de Wert (1535-1596) – Ninfe leggiadre e voi almi pastori
Salamone Rossi (1570-ca 1630) – Riede la primavera
Claudio Monteverdi – O Primavera, gioventù dell’anno
Giaches de Wert – Vago augelletto, che cantando vai
Gasparo Zanetti (fl. 1625-45) – La Mantovana
Giaches de Wert – Questi odorati fiori; Un jour je m’en allais
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (ca 1550-ca 1622) – Cantiam, lieti cantiamo
Claudio Monteverdi – A quest’olmo, a quest’ombre ed a quest’onde; Hor che’l ciel e la terra
Giaches de Wert – Usciva omai dal molle e fresco grembo
Salamone Rossi – Sonata duodecima, sopra la Bergamasca
Claudio Monteverdi – Com’è dolce oggi l’auretta
Salamone Rossi – Sonata in dialogo, detta La Viena
Claudio Monteverdi – Quando l’alba in oriente
ARTISTS
Voces Suaves: Lia Andres, Christina Boner, Mirjam Wernli, sopranos; Jan Thomer, alto; Dan Dunkelblum, David Munderloh, tenors; Tobias Wicky, baritone; Davide Benetti, bass
Capricornus Consort, Basel: Ori Harmelin, theorbo; Éva Borhi, violin; Masako Art , harp; Silvia Tecardi, viola da gamba; Sebastian Wienand, organ
