The Credo from Monteverdi's Selva Morale is only fragmentarily preserved, with only three sections (Crucifixus, Et Resurrexit, Et iterum) printed.
Interpretation
Roland Wilson, the director of Musica Fiata, reconstructed the incomplete Credo by re-using Monteverdi's material and composing short sections in his style.
Performer Biography
Musica Fiata, founded in 1976, specializes in performing 16th and 17th-century music on historical instruments, focusing on speech-based musical style.
Performer Biography
Roland Wilson, the director, founded the vocal ensemble La Capella Ducale in 1992 to complement Musica Fiata's sound and style.
Composition History
The great concertante Gloria and Credo, and likely the solo motet Ab Aeterno, are widely accepted to belong to the Mass for the end of the plague.
Instruments
The recording uses reconstructed 'trombe squarciate' (slide trumpets), which were likely unique to Venice and used in both the Gloria and Credo.
Historical Context
Claudio Monteverdi composed music for three Masses in 1631 to celebrate the end of the plague in Venice, which had ravaged the city since 1630.
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