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Monteverdi: Amor, Dicea - Complete Duets 2
Luca Dordolo, Daniela del Monaco, Silvia Piccollo
Monteverdi: Amor, Dicea - Complete Duets 2
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
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As director Alan Curtis points out in the booklet notes for this recording, Monteverdi wrote too many secular duets to fit on one compact disc, and too few to fill up two. So, the title notwithstanding, the follow-up to ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Luca Dordolo, Daniela del Monaco, Silvia Piccollo, Alan Curtis
Title: Monteverdi: Amor, Dicea - Complete Duets 2
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Label: Angel Records
Release Date: 2/9/1999
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724354530227

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As director Alan Curtis points out in the booklet notes for this recording, Monteverdi wrote too many secular duets to fit on one compact disc, and too few to fill up two. So, the title notwithstanding, the follow-up to Curtis's magnificent first volume of Monteverdi's "complete duets" includes several trios and a number of madrigals for five or more voices (including the masterful setting of Petrarch's "Or che'l ciel e la terra"). The comedy here is gentler and less broad than on the previous disc, but Il Complesso Barocco's theatrical flair, expressive intensity, and feeling for the poetry that Monteverdi set to music are even more apparent this time around. Curtis and his ensemble have nearly outdone the extraordinary Monteverdi madrigal recordings that Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano made during the 1990s. The two ensembles--drawn from the same pool of talented Italian early-music singers--might differ in countless fascinating details of interpretation, but you shouldn't miss either one. --Matthew Westphal
 

CD Reviews

See My Earlier Review of Volume 1: Zefiro Torna
Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 11/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This performance is sublime. I can't repeat all my praise for it from my review of Vol. 1, lest I fall into a swoon and spill my grappa on the keyboard."