Monteverdi: Daylight. Stories of Songs, Dances and Loves Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III:
• 1 Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: "Sinfonia" 00:53
• Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, SV 40:
• 2 Monteverdi: Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, SV 40: No. 1.a, Non si levava ancor l’alba novella 04:12
• 3 Monteverdi: Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, SV 40: No. 1.b, E dicea l’una sospirando allora 04:36
• Concerto, settimo libro de madrigali:
• 4 Monteverdi: Concerto, settimo libro de madrigali: Sinfonia 01:01
• Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, libro ottavo, SV 166:
• 5 Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, libro ottavo, SV 166: No. 21, Sù, sù, sù pastorelli vezzosi 01:11
• Madrigali e canzonette a due, a tre voci..., libro nono, SV 177:
• 6 Monteverdi: Madrigali e canzonette a due, a tre voci..., libro nono, SV 177: No. 14, Sù, sù, sù augelletti canori 01:31
• Biagio Marini (1594 - 1663): Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22:
• 7 Marini: Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22: Gagliarda seconda 00:53
• Claudio Monteverdi: Canzonette a tre voci, SV 9:
• 8 Monteverdi: Canzonette a tre voci, SV 9: No. 9, Sù, sù, sù ch’el giorno è fore 01:35
• Scherzi musicali, SV 245:
• 9 Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali, SV 245: No. 18, Balletto. De la bellezza le dovute lodi 05:58
• Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325, Act I:
• 10 Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325, Act I: "Duri e penosi" 10:07
• Il quarto libro de madrigali, SV 86:
• 11 Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali, SV 86: No. 12, Io mi son giovinetta 02:18
• Scherzi musicali, SV 251:
• 12 Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali, SV 251: No. 6, Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti 03:35
• Andrea Falconiero (1585 - 1656): Il primo libro di Canzone, Sinfonie, Fantasie, Capricci, Brandi, Correnti, Gagliarde, Alemane, Volte:
• 13 Falconiero: Il primo libro di Canzone, Sinfonie, Fantasie, Capricci, Brandi, Correnti, Gagliarde, Alemane, Volte: No. 3, L’Eroica 01:55
• Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act II:
• 14 Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act II: "Sento un certo non so ché" 06:17
• Biagio Marini: Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22:
• 15 Marini: Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22: Gagliarda seconda, aggiustata a cinque parti 00:53
• Claudio Monteverdi: Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, SV 143:
• 16 Monteverdi: Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali, SV 143: No. 27, Chiome d’oro, bel tesoro 03:07
• Biagio Marini, Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali e canzonette a due, a tre voci..., libro nono / Sonate, symphonie, canzoni, passe'mezzi, baletti, corenti, gagliarde e retornelli, Op. 8, SV 174:
• 17 Marini, Monteverdi: Madrigali e canzonette a due, a tre voci..., libro nono / Sonate, symphonie, canzoni, passe'mezzi, baletti, corenti, gagliarde e retornelli, Op. 8, SV 174: No. 11, Alle danze, alle gioie - Corrente nona [alla Francese], aggiustata a cinque parti 03:57
• Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, libro ottavo, SV 154:
• 18 Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, libro ottavo, SV 154: No. 9.a, Movete al mio bel suon le piante snelle 01:56
• L'Orfeo, SV 318:
• 19 Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318: "Balli. Entrata (di Venere e Cupido) – Balletto (di Ninfe e Pastori) – Gagliarda – Canario – Gagliarda (di Marte) – Balletto (di Cupido e gli Amori) – Moresca" 03:50
• Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, libro ottavo, SV 154:
• 20 Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, libro ottavo, SV 154: No. 9.b, Gli arditi balli e l’armonia dei canti 01:52
• Total Runtime 01:01:37

Info for Monteverdi: Daylight. Stories of Songs, Dances and Loves

This new recording is like an insert between the books of madrigals that mark the course of Rinaldo Alessandrini’s discography, in his long-term progress towards a complete recorded edition.

Daylight is a continuation of Night, which appeared on the occasion of the 350th Anniversary of the composer’s birth. Not only do we have the same thematic, non- chronological concept - a sort of ‘Best Of’ Monteverdi’s nine books of madrigals and opera arias, augmented by instrumental pieces by Falconieri and Marini - but it also has its own discrete dramaturgy, from dawn to the full sunlight of day, a scenario conceived by the Italian conductor and harpsichordist.

Borne aloft by the seasoned voices of Concerto Italiano and an unusually diverse instrumental ensemble, this sequence of music gravitates towards the rising sun, setting hearts on fire, singing of love, joy, passion, while holding up a mirror to the radiant glories of nature.

Here Rinaldo Alessandrini has set the scene for a hymn to beauty and to love, confessing his fascination with the inexhaustible riches of this music. As he admits, “I count myself among the company of those who are in love with the Monteverdian ideal that everything is theatre: a theatre made up of humanity, an aspiration towards the sublime, and a happy resolution of life’s sorrows through love, the healing power of song, and the energetic exaltation of the dance. This recording is intended as my final, definitive declaration of love for Monteverdi. Having associated with him for more than forty years, I owe him a considerable part of everything I’ve learnt.”

"Alessandrini has fashioned a joyous coherence to this disc and, moreover, we should remember that his legacy extends much further than can be encompassed by a single recording." (BBC Music Magazine)

"You may find more richly dramatic accounts of the individual operas (scenes from which don’t quite hit the ground at full dramatic speed, vocally), but you’d struggle to name a more beguiling whole of its kind." (Gramophone Magazine)

"the five part madrigals are superbly sung, and instrumental items by Marini and Falconieri expertly played." (Sunday Times)

Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini’s Concerto Italiano was born in 1984. Its history overlaps with that of the revival of early music in Italy. Monteverdi, Bach and Vivaldi were the main pins over which the group has been able to renew the language of ancient music, revealing completely a new aesthetic and rhetorical aspects. After 33 years the recordings of Concerto Italiano are still considered by critics and public, versions of reference, reflecting the definitive meaning that the group has been able to give to his efforts and his achievements.

Concerto Italiano have appeared in Utrecht (Oude Muziek Festival), Rotterdam (De Doelen, De Singel), Antwerpen e Leuven (Flandern Festival), London (Lufthansa Festival, Queen Elisabeth Hall), Edimburgh (Edimburgh Festival) Aldeburgh, Glasgow, Wien (Konzerthaus), Graz (Styriarte), Innsbruck, Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Bruxelles (Festival de Wallonie, Flandern Festival, Societè Philarmonique), Madrid (Liceo de Camara), Barcelona (Festival de Musica Antigua, Palau de la Musica), Valencia, Bilbao, Sevilla, S.Sebastian, Salamanca, Santander, Oslo (Chamber Music Festival), Bergen, Vantaa, Turku, Paris (Citè de la Musique, Theatre de la Ville, Theatre des Champs Elysèes), Beaune, Lyon, Montpellier (Festival de Radio France), Metz (Arsenal), Ambronay, Saintes, Chase-Dieux, Köln (Conservatorio e WDR), Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Roma (Accademia di S. Cecilia, Accademia Filarmonica Romana), Milano (Musica e Poesia a S. Maurizio), Ravenna, Ferrara, Torino, Spoleto (Festival dei Due Mondi), Palermo (Festival Scarlatti), Perugia, Bologna (Bologna Festival), Napoli (Teatro S. Carlo e Associazione Scarlatti), Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Gerusalemme, Warsaw, Krakow, Buenos Aires (Teatro Colon), Rio de Janeiro (Teatro S. Paolo), New York (Metropolitan Museum, Lincoln Center), Washington (Library of Congress), Tokyo etc.

Concerto Italiano has been recently involved in the complete Monteverdi opera cycle at La Scala (Milano) and Opera Garnier (Paris) during 2009/2016 with the stage director Bob Wilson. The ensemble made in 2016 its debut in Australia and New Zealand performing Monteverdi Vespers. The group has also been touring with RIAS Kammerchor a monumental program of roman sacred music and A. Scarlatti oratorio “Caino”. In 2017 they will be touring Monteverdi music all over the world, performing 1610 Vespers, Orfeo and Poppea, including China and Japan, Australia, New York (debut concert at Carnegie Hall) and many European cities.

Concerto Italiano records regularely for Naïve. Recent releases include Monteverdi’s “Orfeo”, a collection of sacred music by A. Scarlatti, Monteverdi’s complete 8th Book of Madrigals and Bach’s Brandeburg Concertos. Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers and “Selva Morale e Spirituale”. The impressive array of critical awards received for these recordings confirms the outstanding quality of their performances, now recognised as a unique force in the interpretation of seventeenth and eighteenth century music.

Booklet for Monteverdi: Daylight. Stories of Songs, Dances and Loves