MONTEVERDI: ARIE E LAMENTI; MADRIGALI GUERRIERI ET AMOROSI - La Capella Reiyl de Catalonia (Hybrid SACD)

Montserrat Figueras
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Jordi Savall
Among the eight books of madrigals published by Monteverdi between 1587 and l638, the last collection occupies a very special place. This collection, printed when the art of the madrigal, generally in five voices, which had indisputably reigned during at least one century over Italy and also north of the Alps, had finally relinquished its prominent position to lighter genres such as duets and cantatas, seems to be a farewell to the past; with its innovative phrasing grounded in philosophical views, it clears the way for a musical language focusing on the emotions which was to put its stamp on musical creation for a very long time.