Madrigals Book VIII - Madrigali Guerrieri Et Amorosi

Popis

Editor: Gian Francesco Malipiero

I. "Altri canti d'Amor, tenero arciero" (for six voices with four viols and two violins)"
2a. "Hor che 'l ciel e la terra e 'l vento tace" (for six voices with two violins)"
b. "Cosi sol d'una chiara fonte viva" [same voices and instruments]"
3a. "Gira il nemico insidioso Amore" (for three voices: alto, tenor, and bass) [same voices throughout No. 3]"
b. "Nol lasciamo accostar, ch'egli non saglia"
c. "Armi false non son, ch'ei s'avvicina"
d. "Vuol degl'occhi attaccar il baloardo"
e. "Non e piu tempo, ohime, ch'egli ad un tratto"
f. "Cor mio, non val fuggir, sei morto e servo"
4. "Se vittorie si belle" (for two tenors) [later also included by the printer Vincenti in the posthumous Monteverdi compilation Book IX, 1651]"
5. "Armato il cor d'adamantina fede" (for two tenors) [previously included in Monteverdi's 1632 volume Scherzi musicali and later also included in Book IX]"
6a. "Ogni amante e guerrier: nel suo gran regno" (for two tenors)"
b. "Io che nell'otio nacqui e d'otio vissi" (bass solo)"
c. "Ma per quell'ampio Egeo spieghi le vele" (tenor solo) "
d. "Riedi, ch'al nostro ardor, al nostro canto" (for three voices: two tenors and bass)"
7. "Ardo, avvampo, mi struggo, ardo: accorrete" (for eight voices with two violins)"
8. "Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda [Combat of Tancredi and Clorinda for soprano, two tenors, basso continuo, plus two violins and viola da braccio?originally, "four viole da braccio,"]"
9a. "Introduzione al ballo [Introduction to the Ballet]: "Volgendo il ciel per l'immortal sentiero" [for tenor and two violins]"
b. "Ballo [Ballet]: "Movete al mio bel suon le piante snelle" (for five voices with two violins)"
CANTI AMOROSI [SONGS OF LOVE]
10a. "Altri canti di Marte e di sua schiera" (for six voices and two violins)"
b. "Due belli occhi fur l'armi onde traffittta" [same voices and instruments]"
11. "Vago augelletto che cantando vai" (for six and [afterward] seven voices with two violins and a contrabass)"
12. "Mentre vaga angioletta" (for two tenors)"
13. "Ardo e scoprir, ahi lasso, io non ardisco" (for two tenors) [later also included in Book IX]"
14. "O sia tranquillo il mare o pien d'orgoglio" (for two tenors) [later also included in Book IX]"
15a. "Ninfa che, scalza il piede e sciolto il crine" (tenor solo)"
b. "Qui deh meco t'arresta, ove di fiori" (for two tenors)"
c. "Dell'usate mie corde al suon potrai" (for three voices: two tenors and bass)"
16. "Dolcissimo uscignolo" (for five voices, sung in full voice, in the French style)"
17. "Chi vol haver felice e lieto il core" (for five voices, sung in full voice, in the French st
18a. "Non havea Febo ancora" (for three voices: two tenors and bass in dramatic style)"
b. "Lamento della ninfa [The Maiden's Lament]: "Amor, dov'e la fe' " (for four voices: canto [soprano], two tenors and bass)"
c. "Si tra sdegnosi pianti" (for three voices: two tenors and bass)"
19. "Perche te 'n fuggi, o Fillide?" (for three voices: alto, tenor and bass)"
20. "Non partir, ritrosetta" (for three voices: two altos and bass)"
21. "Su, su, su pastorelli vezzosi" (for three voices: two canti [sopranos] and alto)"
22. Ballo delle Ingrate [Ballet of the Ungrateful Women] (in dramatic style) [the performing forces are given in the text on page Xvii]