Caccini & Peri: Li due orfei

Featuring

Marc Mauillon
Angélique Mauillon
Giulio Caccini
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Jacopo Peri
Alessandro Piccinini

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Compositional Technique

A 'second practice' and 'new types of music' developed in Florence, following aesthetic principles dictated by the desire to imitate the Ancients.

Historical Context

The album explores the Florentine 'invention' of accompanied monody, a new musical style that emerged between 1450 and 1600, driven by the desire to imitate ancient music.

Interpretation

The performers, Angélique and Marc Mauillon, form a familial duo, resonating with the historical practice where composers like Peri and Caccini often performed with family members.

Compositional Technique

The new musical style, stile rappresentativo or recitativo, sacrificed melodic beauty for greater oratorical and expressive realism, featuring repeated notes and varied rhythmic divisions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

For 16th-century musicians, ancient music, known only through theoretical treatises, became a fertile source of inspiration, leading to new original styles.

Historical Context

The mythical image of Orpheus, the poet accompanying his songs with a lyre, was the model that musicians sought to reinterpret in the Renaissance.

Compositional Technique

The thorough bass, a new embodiment of 'Orpheus's lyre', used a simplified notation, a 'musical stenography', allowing the singer to improvise polyphonic accompaniment.