Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Vespro della Beata Vergine (Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma)

Posted By : Sowulo | Date : 09 Dec 2011 07:43:47 | Comments : 3 |

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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (Italian pronunciation: 15 May 1567 (baptized) – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.
Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the heritage of Renaissance polyphony and the new basso continuo technique of the Baroque. Monteverdi wrote one of the earliest operas, L'Orfeo, an innovative work that is still regularly performed. He was recognized as an innovative composer and enjoyed considerable fame in his lifetime.

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Monteverdi - L'Orfeo (Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma) [2005]
K617066/2 | 2cd, 501.87 MB

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This is a great set. The main competition to this production comes from Gardiner, with Anthony Rolfe Johnson as Orfeo. His is a superbly attractive voice, and he remains the best Orfeo I've heard. But Victor Torres is excellent too and his performance is very distinctive and rich in character. What's more, he is better recorded, as is the whole of Garrido's interpretation. Throughout, the sound is more detailed, fuller and atmospheric than Gardiner's thinner Archiv recording.
But back to the performers. Despite having a slim (though valuable) advantage with his Orfeo, Gardiner's vocalists come second in almost every department. Kiehr outshines Lynne Dawson, Banditelli leaves Von Otter trailing, Zanasi sees off Willard White and Fernandez edges Baird. And yet, Gardiner's cast is very good indeed, which shows just how superbly Garrido's team performs here. Both sets boast very fine choruses.
I also prefer the instrumental work of Garrido's musicians. There is a truly lovely plucked string presence and many details come through that are obscured in the resonant Archiv recording.
Until Monteverdi-master Alessandrini gives us a L'Orfeo (what a prospect that is!), I have no hesitation in now placing the Garrido top of the list. And I can tell you, even Alessandrini's great team could have their work cut out to match it.”

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Tracklisting:
CD 1
1. Prologo: Toccata
2. Ritornello, La Musica: Dal Mio Permesso Amato
3. Atto Primo: Pastore, Coro, Ninfa: In Questo Lieto E Fortunato Giorno
4. Coro, Pastore: Lasciate I Monti
5. Orfeo, Euridice, Coro: Rosa Del Ciel
6. Coro Di Ninfe E Pastori, Pastore: Vieni, Imeneo
7. Ritornello, Coro Di Ninfe E Pastori: Alcun Non Sia Che Disperato..
8. Atto Secondo: Sinfonia, Orfeo, Pastori: Ecco Pur Ch'a Voi Ritorno
9. Due Pastori, Coro, Orfeo: In Questo Prato Adorno
10. (Silvia) Messaggiera, Pastori, Orfeo: Ahi Caso Acerbo!
11. (Silvia) Messaggiera, Pastori: In Un Fiorito Prato
12. Orfeo: Tu Se' Morta Mia Vita, Ed Io Respiro?
13. Coro, (Silvia) Messaggiera, Sinfonia: Ahi Caso Acerbo
14. Due Pastori, Coro, Ritornello: Chi Ne Consola, Ahi Lassi?
CD2
1. Atto Terzo. Sinfonia, Orfeo: Scorto Da Te Mio Nume
2. Speranza, Orfeo : Ecco L'atra Palude
3. Caronte, Sinfonia: O Tu Ch'innanzi
4. Orfeo : Possente Spirto
5. Ritornello (Arpa), Orfeo: Orfeo Son Io
6. Orfeo, Caronte, Orfeo: Sol Tu, Nobil Dio
7. Sinfonia, Orfeo: Ei Dorme
8. Sinfonia, Coro Di Spiriti Infernali, Sinfonia: Nulla Impresa
9. Atto Quarto. Proserpina, Plutone, Spiriti, Coro: Signor Quel Infelice
10. Orfeo: Qual Onor Di Te Fia Degno
11. Orfeo, Spiriti, Euridice: O Dolcissimi Lumi
12. Sinfonia, Coro Di Spiriti, Sinfonia: E La Virtute Un Raggio
13. Atto Quinto : Ritornello, Orfeo: Questi I Campi Di Tracia
14. Sinfonia, Apollo, Orfeo: Perch'a Lo Sdegno
15. Apollo, Orfeo: Saliam Cantando Al Cielo
16. Ritornello, Coro, Moresca: Vanne, Orfeo, Felice E Pieno

Performer:
Orfeo - Victor Torres
Euridice - Adriana Fernández
Sylvia, Messaggiera - Gloria Banditelli
Speranza, La Musica – Maria Cristina Kiehr
Caronte – Antonio Abete
Plutone, Pastore IV – Furio Zanasi
Proserpina, Ninfa - Roberta Invernizzi
Apollo - Maurizio Rossano
Pastore I – Gerd Turk
Pastore II – Fabian Schofrin
Pastore III, Spirito I – Giovanni Caccamo
Spirito II – Salvatore Sutera
Coro Antonio Il Verso
Ensemble Elyma
Direction - Gabriel Garrido

Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine (Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma) [2010]
K617220/2 | 2cd, 465.63 MB

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This is one of the best of the contemporary recordings of the Vespers, with an 'Italian' sound which is far more appropriate to the music than its 'Northern' competitors. It captures some of the ecstatic quality of the music, but is no match for the old Corboz Erato recording (reissued on CD and perhaps still available) with Tappy and Cuenod, which, in spite of its faults, is in a league of its own in this music.

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Tracklisting:
CD1
1. Deus in adiutorium/Domine, ad adiuvandum
2. Dum esset rex - Antiphona I
3. Dixit Dominus - Psalmus I
4. Dum esset rex – Antiphona I
5. Laeva eius - Antiphona II
6. Laudate pueri - Psalmus II
7. Pulchra es - Concentus
8. Nigra sum - Antiphona III
9. Laetatus sum - Psalmus III
10. Nigra sum - Concentus
11. Iam hiems transiit – Antiphona IV
12. Nisi Dominus – Psalmus IV
CD2
1.Audi, caelum – Concentus
2. Speciosa facta es – Antiphona V
3. Lauda Ierusalem – Psalmus V
4. Speciosa facta es – Antiphona V
5. Duo Seraphim – Concentus
6. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria
7. Ave maris stella – Hymnus
8. Sancta Maria, succure miseris - Antiphona ad Magnificat
9. Magnificat – Canticum
10. Sancta Maria, succure miseris - Antiphona ad Magnificat
11. Sinfonia decimasesta a 4
12. Beatam me dicent - Antiphona ad Magnificat
13. Magnificat – Canticum

Performer:
Emanuela Galli, Adriana Fernandez - soprani
Martin Oro, Fabian Schofrin - contratenori
Mario Cecchetti, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Pablo Pollitzer, Francesc Garrigsa - tenori
Furio Zanasi - baritono
Daniele Carnovich, Ivan Garcia - bassi
Ensemble Elyma
Coro Antonio Il Verso
Coro Madrigalia
Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse
Direction & réalisation musicale: Gabriel Garrido