Monteverdi: Quinto Libro de Madrigali (Fifth Book of Madrigals)

Claudio Monteverdi (Artist), Rinaldo Alessandrini (Artist), Concerto Italiano (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Opus 111
• ASIN: B000005W50
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,290 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora

2. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mia

3. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Era l'anima mia

4. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ecco, Silvio, colei ch'in odio hai tanto

5. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ma se con la pieta non e in te spenta

6. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Dorinda, ah! diro mia se mia non sei

7. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ecco, piegando le ginocchia a terra

8. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ferir quel petto, Silvio?

9. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ch'io t'ami piu de la mia vita

10. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Deh! bella e cara e si soavo un tempo

11. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ma tu, piu che mai dura

12. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Che dar piu vi poss'io?

13. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: M'e piu dolce il penar per Amarilli

14. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Ah! com'a un vago sol cortese giro

15. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Troppo ben puo questo tiranno, Amore

16. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Amor, se giusto sei

17. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: T'amo mia vita, la mia cara vita

18. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: E cosi a poco a poco

19. Quinto Libro de' Madrigali: Questi vaghi concenti

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite...amazing...sublime!, February 8, 2001

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This review is from: Monteverdi: Quinto Libro de Madrigali (Fifth Book of Madrigals) (Audio CD)

If I could give this 10 stars I would. This performance of Monteverdi's 5th book is by far the most intense listening that i have experienced from a recording in a long, long time. Concerto Italiano takes these pieces where they have seldom been before...into the high heavens of outer space and the most intimate and hair-raising depths of your inner space. The recording quality is so clean that you can almost hear, in the prepatory breaths, what the singers had for breakfast. But seriously, the extreme dramatic qualities of Allesandrini's interpretations to the exquisite intonation to the amazing skill and sensitivity of each one of the musicians in Concerto Italiano-- this recording will leave you in tears and wholeheartedly agreeing that Monteverdi was the best composer to ever live.