Monteverdi - 10 Madrigaux

Claudio Monteverdi
10 Madrigaux pour 1, 2, 3 voix et continuo
Ensemble Baroque de Lausanne
Erato STU 70384 [LP]
Erato "Musique - 25" MUS 19025 [LP]
Musical Heritage Society MHS 953 [LP]

Contents:

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Madrigali, Libro VII (1619)
  1. Eccomi pronta ai baci

  2. Madrigali, Libro VII (1619)
  3. S'el vostro cor Madonna

  4. Madrigali, Libro VIII (1638)
  5. Perché t'en fuggi, o Fillide

  6. Madrigali, Libro VIII (1638)
  7. Mentre vaga angioletta

  8. Madrigali, Libro VII (1619)
  9. Alle danze, alle danze

  10. ----
    Madrigali, Libro VII (1619)
  11. Romanesca: Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben

  12. Madrigali (1651)
  13. Alcun non mi consigli

  14. Madrigali, Libro VII (1619)
  15. Dice la mia bellissima Licori

  16. Madrigali, Libro VII (1619)
  17. Interrotte speranze

  18. Madrigali, Libro VIII (1638)
  19. Gira il nemico insidioso

Playing time: 25' 14" + 25' 13" = 50' 27"

Performers:
Ensemble Baroque de Lausanne:
[1], [5], [7], [10] Eric Tappy (tenor), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Étienne Bettens (bass), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Marçal Cervera (viola da gamba)
[2], [9] Eric Tappy (tenor), Étienne Bettens (bass), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Marçal Cervera (viola da gamba)
[3]-[4], [6], [8] Eric Tappy (tenor), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Marçal Cervera (viola da gamba)

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1967 or prior];
Rel.: 1968 (STU), 1980 (MUS)

Excerpts:
[1]-[5] World Record Club SOC 237 / 239 [LPx3] Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Madrigals (on side 6)

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 124-30 (march 1968)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from LP (MHS)
"During the 1960s (Hugues Cuénod) I founded the Baroque Ensemble of Lausanne with which I sang and recorded the works of Monteverdi in the company of Éric Tappy and Étienne Bettens for the voices, Christianne Jacottet at the harpsichord, and Marçal Cervera playing the viola da gamba. Monteverdi remains one of my dearest memories; all his works push the limits of his musical imagination, I believe it was the recording with Nadia (Boulanger) in 1937 that somewhat propagated Monteverdi's music. After that, everybody started to work with it."
(Excerpts from (p. 80): Hugues Cuénod with an Agile Voice, conversations with François Hudry, translated by Albert Fuller, Pendragon Press, 1999).

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