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Monteverdi - Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi / Rooley, The Consort of Musicke
(more) »rank: 72639by: Claudio Monteverdi, Anthony Rooley, Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, The Consort of Musicke, Kristine Szulik, Paul Agnew, Andrew King Mary Nichols, Alan Ewing, Allan Parkes Richard Edgar-Wilson
: :'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' ('Madrigals Warlike and Amorous') is how Claudio Monteverdi titled his eighth and largest book of madrigals--which was actually two volumes in one. The 'warlike madrigals' (concerned largely with the 'war of love') feature the 'agitated style' Monteverdi pioneered: quick, almost nervous writing, lots of rapidly repeated notes, and more syllables than a Gilbert & Sullivan patter song. These works culminate in the famous short quasi-opera Il Combattimento de Tancredi e Clorinda. The 'amorous madrigals' are no less ardent, but they are less, well, warlike--that is, more leisurely paced, with plenty of chromaticism, dissonant suspensions, and giddily virtuosic ...
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Monteverdi: Madrigali
(more) »rank: 161150from: Virgin France
: :'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' ('Madrigals Warlike and Amorous') is how Claudio Monteverdi titled his eighth and largest book of madrigals--which was actually two volumes in one. The 'warlike madrigals' (concerned largely with the 'war of love') feature the 'agitated style' Monteverdi pioneered: quick, almost nervous writing, lots of rapidly repeated notes, and more syllables than a Gilbert & Sullivan patter song. These works culminate in the famous short quasi-opera Il Combattimento de Tancredi e Clorinda. The 'amorous madrigals' are no less ardent, but they are less, well, warlike--that is, more leisurely paced, with plenty of chromaticism, dissonant suspensions, and giddily virtuosic ...
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Weelkes: Madrigals and Anthems
(more) »rank: 217781from: Gaudeamus
: :'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' ('Madrigals Warlike and Amorous') is how Claudio Monteverdi titled his eighth and largest book of madrigals--which was actually two volumes in one. The 'warlike madrigals' (concerned largely with the 'war of love') feature the 'agitated style' Monteverdi pioneered: quick, almost nervous writing, lots of rapidly repeated notes, and more syllables than a Gilbert & Sullivan patter song. These works culminate in the famous short quasi-opera Il Combattimento de Tancredi e Clorinda. The 'amorous madrigals' are no less ardent, but they are less, well, warlike--that is, more leisurely paced, with plenty of chromaticism, dissonant suspensions, and giddily virtuosic ...
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Earth, Water, Air & Fire - A New Look At John Dowland And Friends / Rooley, Consort Of Musicke
(more) »rank: 381098by: Anthony Rooley
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
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Monteverdi: Third Book of Madrigals
(more) »rank: 644879by: Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (Director)
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
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Blow: Welcome Every Guest - Songs From Amphion Anglicus
(more) »rank: 537573from: Elektra / Nonesuch
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
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A. Scarlatti & A. Lotti: Madrigali
(more) »rank: 633506by: The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
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L'Ottavo Libro de Madrigali: Madrigali Amorosi (The Eighth Book of Madrigals: Madrigals of Love)
(more) »rank: 673010from: EMI Records
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
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Monteverdi: Banquet of the Senses
(more) »rank: 1034492from: Columns Classics
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
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Orazio Vecchi: Selva di varia ricreatione
(more) »rank: 571663from: Aura Classics
: :Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of 'distraught melancholy' and flawless melodic and harmonic ...
