Monteverdi: Ballo Delle Ingrate / Combattimento Di Tancredi E Clorinda
11/14/1996, 2 Tracks, 1:15:11
Featuring
Sergio Vartolo
Roberto Abbondanza
Antonio Abete
Gloria Banditelli
Alessandro Carmignani
Michel van Goethem
Maura Pederzoli
Maria Ernesta Scabini
Patrizia Vaccari
Orchestra della Cappella Musicale di San Petronio
Claudio Monteverdi
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Composer Biography
Claudio Monteverdi, born in Cremona in 1567, was the son of an apothecary and physician who held a leading position in his profession.
Composition History
Monteverdi's opera Orfeo, based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, was first staged in Mantua in 1607 and was a significant success.
Composer Biography
Monteverdi served Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua as a string-player from 1590 or 1591, eventually becoming maestro di cappella in 1601.
Notable Performances
The Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda was first performed in Venice in 1624 as an evening carnival entertainment, moving the nobility to tears and vociferous applause.
Composer Biography
After being dismissed from the Gonzaga court in 1612, Monteverdi was triumphantly appointed maestro di cappella at the basilica of San Marco in Venice in 1613, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Composition History
The Ballo delle ingrate was commissioned by the Duchess of Mantua in 1608 for the wedding of Francesco Gonzaga and Margherita of Savoy, a dynastic marriage intended to resolve territorial disputes.
Compositional Technique
In Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Monteverdi makes particular use of the stile concitato, which expresses agitation or anger through quickly repeated notes, and also employs pizzicato (plucked strings).
