Vulnerasti Cor Meum: Motets from the Song of Songs

“Vulnerasti cor meum” literally translates as “You have wounded my heart” – which is not only the most classic of amorous metaphors, but also one of the most celebrated to be featured in the Song of Songs. In this, perhaps the greatest love poem in the history of literature, the two central characters of the story exchange promises of love that are pervaded by sensual metaphors and passionate similes verging on the erotic, in a style that lies on the border between the sacred and the secular. Accordingly, a similar blend marks the compositional style of the pieces proposed in this anthology, all based on texts drawn from the famous canticle. In these works, the boundary between motet and madrigal is blurred and impalpable, inviting and inspiring audacious readings that are more characteristic of secular music. After the excellent reviews of their debut recording dedicated to Rigatti (“…the music making of I Disinvolti’s three male voices and continuo players is exceptional”, David Vickers, Gramophone), this is the second disc of the ensemble i Disinvolti. Included are twelve unfamiliar works, here given world premiere recordings.

1: Vulnerasti Cor Meum
2: Vulnerasti Cor Meum
3: Surge Propera
4: O Quam Tu Pulchra Es
5: Quam Speciosa
6: Dilectus Meus
7: Ego Flos Campi
8: Descendi in Hortum Meum
9: O Maria Dilecta Mea
10: Quam Pulchra Es
11: Nigra Sum
12: Tota Pulchra Es
13: Ego Dormio
14: Egredimini Filiæ Sion
15: Surge Propera
16: Surge Columba Mea
17: Providebam Dominum

Composer: Giovanni Battista Riccio, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Valentini, Orazio Tarditi, Adriano Banchieri, Federico Malgarini, Ignazio Donati, Leone Leoni, Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, Serafino Patta, Francesco Casati, Giovanni Banci, Giovanni Bernardo Colombi, Giovanni Rovetta, Alessandro Grandi

Number of Discs: 1

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