Bendetto Marcello: Salmi di Davide

Benedetto Marcello (Composer), Skip Sempe (Performer), Rinat Shaham (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Skip Sempe, Rinat Shaham
• Composer: Benedetto Marcello
• Audio CD (March 1, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atma Classique
• ASIN: B00068VQKY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,728 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XVIII. Intonazione degli Ebrei Spagnoli (Sha'

2. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XVIII. Aria - Largo (Oh immacolata, e pura)

3. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in C minor, SF. 753 (Op. 2/2): Largo

4. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in C minor, SF. 753 (Op. 2/2): Presto

5. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in C minor, SF. 753 (Op. 2/2): Grave

6. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in C minor, SF. 753 (Op. 2/2): Presto

7. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Aria - Lento (Signor, dall'empia gente)

8. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Recitativo (Per quelli poi, che meco unit

9. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Aria - Risoluto (Pera ogni lor memoria)

10. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Aria - Adagio assai (Tu, mio Signor, tu s

11. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Aria - Adagio (Benedetto tu, o Signore)

12. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Aria - Allegro (Percio riempiesi)

13. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Intonazione degli Ebrei Tedeshi (Maoz Zur

14. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XV. Aria - Presto, Allegro (De la vita 'l ret

15. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in B flat major, SF. 758 (Op. 2/5): Adagio

16. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in B flat major, SF. 758 (Op. 2/5): Allegro

17. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in B flat major, SF. 758 (Op. 2/5): Largo

18. Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in B flat major, SF. 758 (Op. 2/5): Presto

19. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XXI. Aria - Grave (Volgi mio Dio, deh volgi)

20. Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51: Salmo XXI. Aria - Adagio (Le grida dé delitti al di

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Pairing, January 10, 2012

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Oscar O. Veterano - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bendetto Marcello: Salmi di Davide (Audio CD)

Rinat Shaham/Fuoco e Cenere - SALMI di DAVIDE - Atma

Renaissance and Baroque religious music is definitely an acquired taste; in this case, Benedetto Marcello's musical setting of Girolamo Giustiniani's Italian translations (from the Latin text) of the Psalms of David achieves its additional, international flavor through his use of melodies from Sephardic and Ashkenazic songs and chants collected in Venice's Jewish ghetto. Popular in its own time, the music is given new life in this excellent recording.

Led by viola de gambist, Jay Bernfeld, the band Fuoco e Cenere combines a thorough and scholarly understanding with passionate virtuosity. Their performance of the C minor and B-flat major sonatas would, alone, make this recording worth having. When accompanying the beautiful voice of mezzo-soprano, Rinat Shaham, their skill as musicians becomes even more apparent.

Ms. Shaham's singing is sensitive and inspired; her voice is clear and pitch perfect and she possesses masterly dynamic control.

Only one small complaint might be made regarding the separation of the instruments in the recording process; the harp and theorbo sometimes seem to get a little lost in the mix. This is, however, a very minor quibble.

All in all, "Salmi di Davide" is a unique collaborative project, one that defies easy categorization. It will, of course, interest students and fans of early music, especially early Catholic religious music, but it can really be recommended to anyone seeking the timeless and beautiful.

9 1/2 out of 10 Oscar O. Veterano