Samuele Lastrucci & I Musici del Gran Principe - Melani: Concerti Spirituali (2019)
BAND/ARTIST: Samuele Lastrucci, I Musici del Gran Principe
- Title: Melani: Concerti Spirituali
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless +Booklet
- Total Time: 02:15:04
- Total Size: 717 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XI. Ad arma cor meum
02. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XII. Peccantem me quotidie
03. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: V. Cantemus domino
04. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: IV. Eia in arma
05. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: X. O felix anima
06. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: VIII. Fallacicum sono
07. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XIII. Quid dormis
08. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XIV. Derelinquat impius
09. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XV. Congregate cætum
10. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: III. Ecce salus
11. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: VI. Salve superum regina
12. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: IX. Alma redemptoris
13. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: I. Salve mater et regina
14. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: II. Spirate zeffir
15. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XVIII. Quæ est ista
16. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: VII. Iustus ut palma
17. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XVI. Date voces pueri
18. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XVII. Recolite memoriam
Sacred and sinuous motets by a major figure in the musical life of 17th-century Rome.
Brilliant Classics has long been renowned for reviving little-known figures from the Baroque and Renaissance eras. Little enough is now known about Alessandro Melani, and his music has almost been forgotten, but this beautifully prepared collection of his religious music should go some way to reviving his reputation.
Born in 1639 in the city of Pistoia to the cathedral’s bell-ringer, the youngest of seven sons, Alessandro Melani undertook his musical apprenticeship at the cathedral before taking up directorships in grander Italian cities. A move to Rome in 1667 changed his career and established his reputation; he came under the patronage of the Medici family, and published three collections of sacred music. The last of them now receives its first-ever complete recording.
This is Baroque vocal chamber music at once sombre and sumptuous, reverent and yet richly decorated like the basilicas where Melani worked. Marian hymns, penitential psalms and liturgical propers all receive lavish treatments in combinations of two, three and five voices, buttressed in this recording by a five-part continuo accompaniment designed to draw out every one of Melani’s luscious harmonies and featuring organ, harpsichord, cello, string bass, archlute and theorbo.
The recording is the work of a dynamic young Italian early-music group founded in 2017 and led by the prodigiously talented Samuele Lastrucci, formerly assistant to the mercurial Baroque expert Federico Maria Sardelli. Since 2015 he has been the artistic director of the Tuscan-based Da Vinci Baroque Festival; he is presently maestro di capella of the Church of Ss. Michele and Gaetano in Florence.
Alessandro Melani (1639-1703) was one of the leading composers active in Rome in the 17th century, together with Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti. His brother Atto was a famous castrato and diplomat at the court of France’s Sun King, while his other brother Jacopo became a celebrated opera composer.
Alessandro Melani’s Opus 3, the Concerti Spirituali, were written for the Grand Prince of Firenze Ferdinando de Medici. The vocal writing has a distinctive instrumental and “concertante” character, which was much in vogue in that time.
The Italian ensemble “I Musici del Gran Principe” explores and performs music from the rich heritage of the Medici dynasty.
01. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XI. Ad arma cor meum
02. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XII. Peccantem me quotidie
03. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: V. Cantemus domino
04. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: IV. Eia in arma
05. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: X. O felix anima
06. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: VIII. Fallacicum sono
07. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XIII. Quid dormis
08. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XIV. Derelinquat impius
09. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XV. Congregate cætum
10. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: III. Ecce salus
11. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: VI. Salve superum regina
12. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: IX. Alma redemptoris
13. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: I. Salve mater et regina
14. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: II. Spirate zeffir
15. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XVIII. Quæ est ista
16. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: VII. Iustus ut palma
17. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XVI. Date voces pueri
18. Concerti spirituali, Op. 3: XVII. Recolite memoriam
Sacred and sinuous motets by a major figure in the musical life of 17th-century Rome.
Brilliant Classics has long been renowned for reviving little-known figures from the Baroque and Renaissance eras. Little enough is now known about Alessandro Melani, and his music has almost been forgotten, but this beautifully prepared collection of his religious music should go some way to reviving his reputation.
Born in 1639 in the city of Pistoia to the cathedral’s bell-ringer, the youngest of seven sons, Alessandro Melani undertook his musical apprenticeship at the cathedral before taking up directorships in grander Italian cities. A move to Rome in 1667 changed his career and established his reputation; he came under the patronage of the Medici family, and published three collections of sacred music. The last of them now receives its first-ever complete recording.
This is Baroque vocal chamber music at once sombre and sumptuous, reverent and yet richly decorated like the basilicas where Melani worked. Marian hymns, penitential psalms and liturgical propers all receive lavish treatments in combinations of two, three and five voices, buttressed in this recording by a five-part continuo accompaniment designed to draw out every one of Melani’s luscious harmonies and featuring organ, harpsichord, cello, string bass, archlute and theorbo.
The recording is the work of a dynamic young Italian early-music group founded in 2017 and led by the prodigiously talented Samuele Lastrucci, formerly assistant to the mercurial Baroque expert Federico Maria Sardelli. Since 2015 he has been the artistic director of the Tuscan-based Da Vinci Baroque Festival; he is presently maestro di capella of the Church of Ss. Michele and Gaetano in Florence.
Alessandro Melani (1639-1703) was one of the leading composers active in Rome in the 17th century, together with Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti. His brother Atto was a famous castrato and diplomat at the court of France’s Sun King, while his other brother Jacopo became a celebrated opera composer.
Alessandro Melani’s Opus 3, the Concerti Spirituali, were written for the Grand Prince of Firenze Ferdinando de Medici. The vocal writing has a distinctive instrumental and “concertante” character, which was much in vogue in that time.
The Italian ensemble “I Musici del Gran Principe” explores and performs music from the rich heritage of the Medici dynasty.
Year 2019 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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