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Il Trionfo di Dori

4/6/2015, 29 Tracks, 1:12:43

Featuring

  • David Hurley
  • Timothy Wayne-Wright
  • Paul Phoenix
  • Christopher Bruerton
  • Christopher Gabbitas
  • Jonathan Howard
  • The King's Singers
  • Ippolito Baccusi
  • Ippolito Sabino
  • Orazio Tiberio Vecchi
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Alfonso Preti
  • Luca Marenzio
  • Giovanni de Macque
  • Oratio Colombani
  • Giovanni Cavaccio
  • Annibale Stabile
  • Paolo Bozzi
  • Tiburzio Massaino
  • Giammateo Asola
  • Giulio Eremita
  • Philippe de Monte
  • Giovanni Croce
  • Pietro Andrea Bonini
  • Alessandro Striggio the Younger
  • Giovanni Florio
  • Leone Leoni
  • Felice Anerio
  • Gasparo Zerto
  • Ruggiero Giovannelli
  • Gasparo Costa
  • Lelio Bertani
  • Ludovico Balbi
  • Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
  • Costanzo Porta
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Composition History

The madrigals in "Il Trionfo di Dori" were commissioned by Leonardo Sanudo, a Venetian nobleman, to honor his wife, Elisabetta Giustinian.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

The collection "Il Trionfo di Dori" inspired Thomas Morley to create "The Triumphs of Oriana" in 1601 to honor Queen Elizabeth I, mirroring the original's structure and refrain.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The collection of madrigals, "Il Trionfo di Dori," was first published in 1592 by Venetian music printer Angelo Gardano.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The madrigals in "Il Trionfo di Dori" extol the virtues of Leonardo Sanudo's wife, Elisabetta Giustinian, through the alter ego of the sea-nymph Dori, daughter of Oceanus.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Each madrigal in the "Il Trionfo di Dori" collection ends with the refrain "Viva la bella Dori" (Long live beautiful Dori).

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The King's Singers, the performers on this album, are double Grammy® award-winning artists.

Source: Booklet

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