L’ARTE DI BEN BACIAR

Description

Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Le carte in ch’io primier scrissi e mostrai, for solo voice in recitative style
from Madrigali et symfonie a una, 2, 3, 4, 5, op. 2, Venice, 1618

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Ahi, come un vago sol cortese giro, SV 101
from Quinto Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, 1605

from Quarto Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, 1603:
Ah, dolente partita, SV 75
Anima mia perdona, SV 80

from Settimo Libro de Madrigali a 1, 2, 3, 4, et 6 voci, Venice, 1619:
Al lume delle stelle, for 4 voices, two sopranos, tenor and bass, SV 138
Augellin, che la voce al canto spieghi, madrigal for three voices, SV 133
Non è di gentil core, for two voices and basso continuo, SV 118
Vaga su spina ascosa, madrigal for three voices, SV 134
Eccomi pronta ai baci, madrigal for three voices, SV 135

Una donna fra l’altre, SV 109
from Sesto Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, 1614

from Quinto Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, 1605:
T’amo mia vita, SV 104
Troppo ben può questo tiranno amore, SV 102

Like a vivid Platonic phantom that ‘draws the images of things in the soul’, Love insinuates itself into nature and makes it come alive, fixes itself in the form of the Beloved in the eyes of the Lover, manifests itself in expectation, fear and longing.
Immersed in the small chamber of a 17th-century court, RossoPorpora sings the passions of Love through the music of Claudio Monteverdi and the words of poets such as Tasso, Guarini, Marino and Chiabrera. He recounts their skirmishes and appeasements, like dewy flowers, like amorous cheeks, like elusive nymphs and sorrowful shepherds.The sweetest of battles, fought with the weapons of music, poetry and L’Arte di ben baciar.

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