MERULO CLAUDIO

Claudio Merulo da Correggio (1533-1604) is noted above all for having been one of the most prestigious principal organists at the basilica of St. Mark’s in Venice.
Equally important, however, is his sacred production, for he published two books of Masses and no less than seven books of motets.
This disc offers various types of Merulo’s compositions.
His motets, recorded here for the first time ever, exhibit great naturalness and expressive intensity, and the musical settings are closely connected to the meaning of the texts.
The are polyphonic pieces for five voices which can be performed either by voices and organ or with instruments doubling the voices (in keeping with common practices of the time), or, finally, with a solo soprano voice and instruments playing the other melodic lines, as we have done here.
The motets are taken from the collection Liber Primus, Liber Secundus, Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque Vocum, published in Venice by A.Gardano in 1578, and were composed for various religious festivities during the liturgical year.

Tracklist

Disco n.1
Parabosco, Girolamo
Da pacem
  1 - Da pacem (2:25)
Merulo, Claudio
Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 1
  2 - Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 1: Toccata quinta (3:16)
Maria Virgo caelos ascendit
  3 - Maria Virgo caelos ascendit (2:01)
Cumque beatissimus Marcus Evangelista
  4 - Cumque beatissimus Marcus Evangelista (3:29)
Il primo libro de ricercari da cantare
  5 - Ricercare decimoquinto (2:26)
Beata Elisabeth
  6 - Beata Elisabeth (3:37)
Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 1 (arr. for bassoon ensemble)
  7 - Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 1: La Zambeccara (arr. for bassoon ensemble) (1:33)
Puer qui natus est
  8 - Puer qui natus est (3:04)
Il primo libro de ricercari da cantare
  9 - Ricercare secondo (3:45)
Nativitatem hodiernam
  10 - Nativitatem hodiernam (2:07)
Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 2
  11 - Toccata quinta (4:49)
Hodie Christus natus est
  12 - Hodie Christus natus est (3:15)
Canzona No. 2
  13 - Canzona No. 2 (1:24)
Canzona No. 4
  14 - Canzona No. 4 (1:29)
Ave Maria
  15 - Ave Maria (4:51)
Il primo libro de ricercari da cantare
  16 - Ricercare duodecimo (2:28)
Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 1
  17 - Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 1: La Zambeccara (1:31)
Canzona No. 1
  18 - Canzona No. 1 (1:25)
O virgo justa
  19 - O virgo justa (2:04)
Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 2
  20 - Toccata quarta (5:29)
 
  • Composer: MERULO CLAUDIO
  • Performers: QUONIAM Consort di fagotti rinascimentali Soprano: Laura Antonaz Paolo Tognon: fagotto soprano; Claudio Verh: fagotto contralto Dante Bernardi: fagotto tenore; Demetrio Franceschi: fagotto tenore, Stefano Somalvico Berquier: fagotto-chorista Pietro Pasquini: organo positivo virginale
  • Historical Period: Humanism and Renaissance
  • Code: TC 533802
  • Edition: March 2004
  • Barcode: 8007194103021
  • Set: 1
  • Total tracks: 20
  • Total duration: 00:56:37

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