Monteverdi: Madrigali Guerrieri ed Amorosi

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CHORAL AND SONG MONTEVERDI: Madrigal! Guerrieri ed Amorosi Concerto Vocale, Jacobs. Texts and translations included. Harmonia Mundi HMC 90171.37 (2)

Published in Venice in 1638, Claudio Monteverdi's Madrigali Guerrieri ed Amorosi, also known as his Eighth Book of Madrigals, is fascinating on several levels. The volume contains a rare foreword to the reader explaining Monteverdi's modus operandi, and, having been compiled at the end of his life, the collection provides an exhilarating summation of his genius and inventiveness by including examples of nearly every kind of music he wrote. ...

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