IDAGIO | Monteverdi: Donna - Madrigali e mottetti a due voci femminili 5410939803125

Featuring

Manuel de Grange
Barbara Kusa
Dagmar Šašková
Il Festino
Claudio Monteverdi
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

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Compositional Technique

Monteverdi consciously broke traditional rules, particularly in the relationship between poetic text and song, making 'harmony... the handmaid of oration' rather than strictly adhering to musical grammar.

Compositional Technique

Monteverdi elevated the role of musical instruments in his compositions, making them protagonists on par with voices, rather than mere accompaniment.

Instruments

The album features a lyrone made in 2012 by Marco Salerno, based on an anonymous early 16th-century Italian instrument.

Composer Biography

Monteverdi served as 'chapel master' in Mantua from 1601 and later held the same prestigious position at Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice from 1613.

Instruments

The harpsichord used on this recording is an Italian harpsichord by Ryo Yoshida, modeled after an instrument by A. Trasuntino from 1531.

Composer Biography

Claudio Monteverdi, born in Cremona in 1567, was a disciple of Marc'Antonio Ingengeri and studied composition, viola da braccio, and singing.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Monteverdi is considered an 'inventor' of modern music due to his ability to define a new musical language that significantly influenced musical history.