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Composer of the Week: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

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Claudio Monteverdi published his first works at the age of 15, in the first programme this week, Donald Macleod explores his early years.

Motet: Lapidabant Stephanum - Gerard Lesne (countertenor), Josep Benet (tenor), Josep Cabre (baritone)

Canzonet: Qual Si Puo Dir - Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara, director Sergio Vartolo

Vattene Pur, Crudel; O Primavera, Gioventu de l'Anno (Madrigals, Book 3) - Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley

La Piaga C 'Ho nel Core; Voi Pur da Me Partite, Anima Dura; Ohime, Se Tanto Amate (Madrigals, Book 4) - Concerto Italiano, director Rinaldo Alessandrini

O Mirtillo, Anima Mia (Madrigals, Book 5) - Concerto Vocale, director Rene Jacobs

Orfeo (excerpt) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Mark Tucker and Nigel Robson (tenors), Michael Chance (countertenor), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Producer:
Kerry Chapman
Source: Radio Times

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