Love's Labyrinth: Songs and Duets of Monteverdi and His Contemporaries

In Love’s Labyrinth, the Gonzaga Band navigate a path between the ardour and anguish of love, from the most exquisitely wrought madrigals of Monteverdi to the lively and sensuous dance rhythms of popular canzonettas. In the process, they explore the development of a new style in Italian composition and performance practice, through which musicians were striving to find new ways of expressing and heightening the emotional power of their poetic texts. Their distinctive arrangements, drawn from sources connected to the ducal court of Ferrara as well as Venice and Florence, heighten the intimate connection between the cornett and the human voice, interweaving in dazzling duet.

1: Damigella Tutta Bella
2: I Mi Son Giovinetta
3: O Primavera
4: Soavissimi Baci
5: Liquide Perle Amor
6: Ricercare Del Primo Tuono
7: Beato Me Direi
8: Ricercare Del Secondo Tuono
9: A Un Giro Sol
10: Quel Augellin Che Canta, SV87
11: Capriccio Cromatico
12: O Che Nuovo Stupor
13: O Come Sei Gentile
14: Begli Occhi
15: Occhi Che Sete
16: Amante Legato
17: Capriccio Sopra Un Soggetto
18: Ed È Pur Dunque Vero
19: Zefiro Torna

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi, Tarquinio Merula, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Francesca Caccini, Luca Marenzio, Cipriano De Rore, Biagio Marini, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Gioseffo Guami, Vincenzo Calestani

Number of Discs: 1

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