Il Combattimento, Madrigali

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Concentus Musicus Wien & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Il Combattimento, Madrigali is a collection of vocal works by Claudio Monteverdi dating from c.1624. The music combines late-Renaissance madrigal polyphony with emergent early-Baroque dramatic techniques, emphasising soloistic concertato textures, expressive dissonance and rhetorical declamation that mark a shift in Monteverdi's approach toward the seconda pratica and early opera.
First released: 1984

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, Libro ottavo, Canti guerrieri: "Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda"
    21:20
  2. 2.
    Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, Libro ottavo, Canti guerrieri: "Ogni amante e guerrier
    16:39
  3. 3.
    Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, Libro ottavo, Canti amorosi: "Mentre vaga angioletta"
    10:27
  4. 4.
    Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, Libro ottavo, Canti amorosi: "Lamento della Ninfa"
    5:24

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