Italian madrigals

Italian Madrigals

Amaryllis Consort
IMP Allegro Classics 822

Reissued as IMP Allegro Classics 670 2082

Contents:

1. Lassus: Matona mia cara
2. Lassus: Sio esca vivo
3. Negri: Torneo amoroso (harp)
4. Marenzio: Gia torna
5. Marenzio: Cruda amarilli
6. Negri: Leggiadra marina (harp)
7. Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
8. De Monte: Leggiadre ninfe
9. Caimo: Piangete valli
10. Gastoldi: Viver lieto voglio
11. Andrea Gabrieli: Due rose fresche
12. Negri: Alta mendozza (harp)
13. Gesualdo: Moro lasso
14. Gesualdo: Luci serene e chiare
15. Mainerio: Ballo furlano (harp)
16. Wert: Vezzosi augelli
17. Monteverdi: Lasciate mi morire
18. Monteverdi: Quel augellin che cante
19. Monteverdi: Zefiro torna
20. Vecchi: So ben, mi, c'ha bon tempo

Playing time: 58'

Recording date: 1986

This collection features the major Italian madrigal composers of the later Renaissance and early Baroque.

A somewhat similar program:

Dolce Vita Mia

Italian Music from the High Renaissance
The London Early Music Group - James Tyler, dir.
Nonesuch 79029

The corresponding collection by the present ensemble:

English Madrigals

Amaryllis Consort
IMP Allegro Classics 670 1752

And a recording devoted to instrumental music by Cesare Negri (b.1536):

Negri: Le Gratie d'Amore

Ensemble La Follia
Dynamic 2001

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