Concerto Soave - Motetti Caprocci & Madrigali - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The motet for solo voice and two dessus, usually two violins, and the cantata with instrumental accompaniment originated in Italy at the dawn of the 17th century. The genre was introduced to France by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and by travelling Italian musicians and rapidly became one of the key showpieces of Italian taste and style. The genre was deployed superbly in the early 18th century by two magnificent composers who were practically contemporaries Andre Campra and Nicolas Bernier.Campra's natural attraction to Italian music is easily explained, as he was the son of an Italian doctor living in Aix-en-Provence and was also a pupil of the great Poitevin in the same city. Bernier, if we are to believe certain sources, was a pupil in Rome of the Venetian Antonio Caldara, one of the most important composers of his time. Album Tracks 1. Venite, exultemus, Septième Motet à voix seule, et Symphonie~Venite, exultemus Domino 2. Venite, exultemus, Septième Motet à voix seule, et Symphonie~Quoniam Deus magnus Dominus 3. Venite, exultemus, Septième Motet à voix seule, et Symphonie~Venite, adoremus 4. Venite, exultemus, Septième Motet à voix seule, et Symphonie~Hodie, si vocem ejus audieritis 5. Venite, exultemus, Septième Motet à voix seule, et Symphonie~Quadraginta annis offensus fui generationi illi 6. Premier Livre d'Orgue~Plein jeu 7. Laudate Dominum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons~Laudate Dominum in excelcis 8. Laudate Dominum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons~Quia ipse dixit & facta sunt 9. Laudate Dominum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons~Laudate Dominum de terra 10. Laudate Dominum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons~Montes & omnes colles 11. Laudate Dominum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons~Confessio ejus super cælum & terram 12. Deuxième Livre~Fond d'orgue 13. Judi

Giovanni Legrenzi was one of the most gifted and influential composers of his generation, playing a decisive role in the establishment of Baroque style in northern Italy in the latter half of the 17th century. Drawing on the example of Monteverdi, Harmonia d'affetti devoti for two, three, and four voices with organ bass, was intended for liturgical use, but the sung texts depart entirely from tradition, being chosen to maximize the expressive power of their musical settings. This world premiere recording reveals Legrenzi's extraordinary melodic refinement, rhythmic vitality and perfect elegance, all designed to rouse listeners to feelings of stupore et maraviglia ('wonder and amazement').

Album Tracks 1. 1. Kyrie 2. Gloria 3. Credo 4. Crucifixus a 4 5. Et in Spiritum Sanctum 6. Sanctus 7. Benedictus 8. Agnus Dei 9. Agnus Dei 2 a 7 10. Versiculus Deus in Adiutorium 11. 2. Psalmus Dixit Dominus 12. 3. Concerto Nigra Sum 13. 4. Psalmus Laudate Pueri 14. 5. Concerto Pulchra Es 15. 6. Psalmus Laetatus Sum 16. 7. Concerto Duo Seraphim 17. 8. Psalmus Nisi Dominus 1. 9. Concerto Audi Coelum 2. 10. Psalmus Lauda Jerusalem 3. 11. Sonata a 8 Sopra Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis 4. 12. Hymmus Ave Maris Stella 5. Magnificat 6. Et Exultavit 7. Quia Respexit 8. Quia Fecit 9. Et Misericordia 10. Fecit Potentiam 11. Deposuit 12. Esurientes 13. Suscepit Israel 14. Sicut Locutus Est 15. Gloria Patri 16. Sicut Erat 17. Magnificat 18. Et Exultavit 19. Quia Respexit 20. Quia Fecit 21. Et Misericordia 22. Fecit Potentiam 23. Deposuit 24. Esurientes 25. Suscepit Israel 26. Sicut Locutus Est 27. Gloria Patri 28. Sicut Erat