Le_Concert_Des_Nations_and_Hesperion_XXI_(Jordi_Savall)--Lachrimae_Caravaggio-2007-i8

Section

MP3/FLAC

Group

i8

Size

96,52 MB

Files

30

Date

2007-12-08

NFO

      a r t i s t : Le Concert Des Nations and HespΘrion XXI (Jordi Savall)
        t i t l e : Lachrimae Caravaggio
          d a t e : 2007
        l a b e l : AliaVox
        g e n r e : Classical
  r l s.  d a t e : Dec/2007
      t r a c k s : 30
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 96,5 MB

   _______________________________________________________________________

     This new production from de ALIA VOX is a novelty in more ways
     than one:

     Above all, it is an album in which almost all the music has
     been written by Jordi Savall, including a number of
     compositions and improvisations based on arrangements of works
     by Gesualdo, Monteverdi and Trabaci.

     It is also an unprecedented encounter between a writer and a
     musician, both inspired by the figure of a painter. Focussing
     on seven of the artists most disturbing works and seven
     musical "stanzas", respectively, the French writer Dominique
     Fernandez and Jordi Savall pay an impassioned tribute to this
     extraordinary artist through their own literary and musical
     perspectives on the genius of Caravaggio.

     The final tragic years of the painterÆs life are deeply
     ingrained in his work. Rarely has artistic creation been so
     inextricably bound up with the personal drama of the artist.
     It is this context which has provided the inspiration for
     these seven "stanzas", a kind of "imaginary soundtrack" in
     which Jordi Savall and his musicians (including the amazing
     vocals of Ferran Savall in the Deplorazione), submerge the
     listener in a mysterious and all-enveloping world of sound.
     Parallel to their musical evocation, Dominique Fernandez
     presents a scholarly and sensitive approach to Caravaggio
     through his selection and commentary on seven of the artistÆs
     final works. Although the instrumental line-up in these
     compositions has its origins in the 17th century, both the
     musical language and expression are firmly rooted in the 21st
     century, Savall openly recognising that he has drawn
     inspiration from the works of modern composers such as Arvo
     Paert, particularly in his approach to improvisation and
     dissonance. The absolute modernity of CaravaggioÆs artistic
     creation has made it necessary to cross all the boundaries of
     genres, periods and disciplines to paint a faithful and moving
     portrait, a passionate and at the same time intensely moving
     evocation of the artist. Such has been the driving force
     behind this programme, remarkable both for its originality and
     timeliness.

     As always, ALIA VOX presents a lavishly documented album,
     graced, as usual, by a wealth of carefully selected
     illustrations.

   _______________________________________________________________________

      01-cantus caravaggio i                                    [02:29]
      02-1 lachrimae tristes                                    [03:12]
      03-deploratio i                                           [03:52]
      04-planetus caravaggio i                                  [02:15]
      05-extasis                                                [02:09]
      06-fantasia (d'apres gesualdo)                            [03:29]
      07-2 lachrimae invocantis                                 [02:20]
      08-sinfonia di guerra (d'apres monteverdi)                [00:48]
      09-pugna & damnatio                                       [01:55]
      10-imploratio                                             [01:38]
      11-deploratio ii                                          [03:17]
      12-concentus (d'apres rossi)                              [05:28]
      13-3 lachrimae dolcissima                                 [02:35]
      14-durezze e ligture (d'apres trabaci)                    [02:55]
      15-passacaglia - umbrae                                   [02:17]
      16-cantus caravaggio ii - o lux                           [03:05]
      17-4 lachrimae amara                                      [02:17]
      18-transitio                                              [00:33]
      19-passacaglia - libertas                                 [03:18]
      20-5 lachrimae dolente                                    [01:45]
      21-deploratio iii                                         [03:09]
      22-cansonanze stravaganti (d'apres trabaci)               [01:45]
      23-cantus caravaggio iii - extempore                      [01:57]
      24-6 lachrimae gementes                                   [02:01]
      25-spiritum morientis                                     [03:09]
      26-liberatio                                              [02:10]
      27-deploratio iv                                          [03:49]
      28-7 lachrimae exultantes                                 [02:32]
      29-planetus caravaggio ii                                 [04:14]
      30-cantus caravaggio iv - in memoriam                     [01:17]
                                                                -------
                                                                 77:40 min

Files