Bruno Gini, Coro Claudio Monteverdi di Crema, Ensemble Claudio Monteverdi di Crema – Cavalli: Hymns, Psalms, & Song (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:40 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Francesco Cavalli, a central figure in the development of 17th-century Italian music, was as popular in his time as Verdi was in his. Though Cavalli was immensely successful as an operatic composer he wrote important sacred works in the grandiose tradition of the chapel of St Mark’s in Venice as well as shorter, more intense or spiritual pieces. These proved to be revolutionary in their individualism and Cavalli’s stylistic and expressive creativity can be heard in this selection which includes the world premiere recording of Confitebor. All come from a single collection published in 1656.
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Bruno Gini – Cavalli: Musiche sacre (Excerpts) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:34 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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Francesco Cavalli was of great importance to the history of 17th century Italian music – his fame established in the then new and swiftly evolving world of opera. Cavalli’s sacred music has often been compared to Monteverdi but, drawn from a wonderful anthology published at the apex of his career as a composer, the stylistic and expressive richness documented by the pieces in this program delivers a strong overview of the variety and power of his musical language. The originality in Cavalli’s style was in finding an ideal means of expression for the feelings and emotions suggested by the text, breaking down the boundaries between sacred and secular, and creating a more serene merging of artistic and religious sensibilities.
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