Vulnerasti cor meum. Motets from the Song of Songs

Featuring

Massimo Altieri
Massimo Lombardi
Guglielmo Buonsanti
i Disinvolti
Giovanni Valentini
Francesco Casati

Serafino Patta
Alessandro Grandi
Orazio Tarditi
Giulio Cesare Monteverdi
Giovanni Banci
Adriano Banchieri
Ignazio Donati
Federico Malgarini
Claudio Monteverdi
Giovanni Battista Riccio
Leone Leoni
Giovanni Rovetta
Giovanni Antonio Rigatti
Giovanni Bernardo Colombi

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Early 17th-century composers emphasized 'affects' (passions or emotions) in their music, aiming to move the listener.

Compositional Technique

The musical language of the early 17th century underwent a revolution, with basso continuo emancipating composers from polyphonic writing and enhancing the role of solo voices.

Recording & Production

Many of the motets on this album, including works by Valentini, Casati, Patta, Tarditi, Banci, Banchieri, Donati, Riccio, Leoni, Rovetta, Rigatti, and Colombi, are world premiere recordings.

Compositional Technique

In some motets on this album, the phrase 'quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae' (how beautiful are your breasts) evokes an explicitly erotic connotation, differing from modern biblical translations.

Cultural Impact

The cover art for this album, Caravaggio's 'Rest during the Flight into Egypt', features a reproduction of the soprano part of the motet 'Quam pulchra es' by Noel Bauldewijn.

Compositional Technique

The motets on this album, drawing texts from the biblical Song of Songs, reveal points of contact between the genres of the motet and the madrigal.

Interpretation

The ensemble i Disinvolti, consisting of three male voices and basso continuo, focuses on historically informed performances of early 17th-century Italian music.