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Claudio Monteverdi, Terzo libro de madrigali

1. La giovinetta pianta

2. O come è gran martire

3. Sovra tenere herbette e bianchi fiori

4. O dolc'anima mia, dunque e pur vero

5. Stracciami pur il core

6. O rossignuol ch'in queste verdi fronde

7. Se per estrem'ardore

8. Vattene pur crudel (prima parte)

9. La tra'l sangue e le mort'egro giacente (seconda parte)

10. Poi ch'ella in sé tornò, deserto e muto (terza parte)

11. O primavera gioventù de l'anno

12. Perfidissimo volto

13. Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio?

14. Occhi, un tempo mia vita

15. Vivro fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure (prima parte)

16. Ma dove, ò lasso me! (seconda parte)

17. Io pur verrò la dove sete (terza parte)

18. Lumi, miei cari lumi

19. Rimanti in pace (prima parte)

20. Ond'ei, di morte la sua faccia impressa (seconda parte)

Les Arts Florissants perform Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book III

The complete Monteverdi madrigals – Paul Agnew, conductor

Concert
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Cast

Les Arts Florissants

Paul Agnew — Conductor, tenor

Miriam Allan — Soprano

Hannah Morrison — Soprano

Stéphanie Leclercq — Contralto

Sean Clayton — Tenor

Lisandro Abadie — Bass

Program notes

The complete Monteverdi madrigals series, initiated by Paul Agnew and the singers from Les Arts Florissants, continues at the Cité de la musique and live on medici.tv!

It is a gigantic project, programmed on several seasons, that Paul Agnew has initiated. The goal is to give a live performance of the eight books of madrigals by Monteverdi, one at a time, in the right order, and in their complete version. And for each concert, Paul Agnew also picks a few madrigals by other composers, who might have been a source of inspiration for Monteverdi.

This concert will be the occasion to hear the Third book, which made Monteverdi very successful at the Mantova court but also abroad, notably in Germany where the Italian style vocality was very appreciated at the time.

Il Tasso is still very present, just like in the previous book, but Monteverdi also composed his madrigals from the Third book after writings by other poets, such as Pietro Bembo and Giovanni Battista Guarini.

This concert was part of the complete Monteverdi Madrigals series performed by Les Arts Florissants conducted by Paul Agnew at the Cité de la Musique, the théâtre de Caen and the Valladolid Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes.

Les Arts Florissants are supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, la Ville de Caen and the Région Basse-Normandie. They are in residency at the théâtre de Caen. Imerys and Alstom are the great benefactors of Les Arts Florissants.

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