The recording reconstructs a Solemn Vespers, including plainchant antiphons and short motets or instrumental pieces, to reflect 17th-century Venetian liturgical practice.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, born in Venice in 1613, was admitted to St. Mark's pueri cantores in 1621, likely through his mother's connections.
Compositional Technique
Rigatti's compositions show mastery in melodic shaping, skillful use of harmony, a strong sense of architecture in writing on obstinate bass modules, and generous dynamic and agogic markings.
Composer Biography
Rigatti died suddenly in 1648, three days before his 35th birthday.
Composer Biography
Rigatti was appointed musical director of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti but was sacked three years later for teaching at another institution.
Composition History
Rigatti's monumental Messa e salmi parte concertati (1640) was published around the same time as Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale by the same printer, suggesting a comparison between the two composers.
Composer Biography
Rigatti pursued both musical and ecclesiastical careers, becoming an acolyte, receiving tonsure, and later being ordained subdeacon, deacon, and priest.
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