Millennium of Music
Music List #03-46
Poetry of Guarini
 
Note: All of the music on this program was recorded live at the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht. It features the Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini in a concert of music by Philippe de Monte (1521-1603) and Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) with texts by the Ferrara born poet Battista Guarini (1538-1612). His masterpiece, Il Pastor fido ("The Faithful Shepherd") was a lyrical pastoral drama much admired for centuries.
 
The program is supported in part by Radio Nederland and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C.
 
I. Perfidissimo volto
   MONTEVERDI: Third Book of Madrigals, 1592
   DE MONTE: 11th Book of Madrigals, 1586.
 
II.Ch'io non t'ami cor mio?
   MONTEVERDI: Third Book of Madrigals, 1592.
   DE MONTE: 15th Book of Madrigals, 1592
 
III. O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mea
   MONTEVERDI: Fifth Book of Madrigals, 1605.
 
IV. Anima mia dolcissima
   DE MONTE: Second book, "Musica sopra Il Pastor fido" for 7 vv., 1600.
 
V. Anima dolorosa, che vivendo
   MONTEVERDI: Fouth Book of Madrigals, 1603.
   DE MONTE: 11th Book of Madrigals, 1586.
 
VI. Voi pur da me partite
   DE MONTE: 12th Book of Madrigals, 1587.
   MONTEVERDI: Fouth Book of Madrigals, 1603.
 
VII. Troppo ben puo questo tiranno Amore
   DE MONTE: 12th Book of Madrigals, 1587.
   MONTEVERDI: Fifth Book of Madrigals, 1605.
 
VIII. Ahi, com'a un vago sol cortese giro.
   DE MONTE: 12th Book of Madrigals, 1587.
   MONTEVERDI: Fifth Book of Madrigals, 1605.
 
IX.  E cosi a poco a poco
   DE MONTE: 15th Book of Madrigals, 1592.
   MONTEVERDI: Fifth Book of Madrigals, 1605.