Stefano Nascimbeni (1561 ca.-1621), Amante Franzoni (1579-1630), Giulio Cardi (1582-1622), Ottavio Bargnani (1570c.-1627c.), Germano Pallavicino (1545c.-1610), Giovanni Contino (1513c.-1650c.), Lorenzo Sanci (1600c.-1650c.), Francesco Dognazzi (1585c.-p. 1643), Francesco Rasi (1574-1621), Federico Malgarini (sec. XVI-p. 1620)
Mantua, 1612: a cross-section of musical life at the Gonzaga court. In the Palatine Basilica of Santa Barbara, solemn services are celebrated; important composers, singers and instrumentalists, in turn, come to the fore.
The precious organ made by Graziadio Antegnati in 1565 enchants the listeners with its timbres. Stefano Nascimbeni, a learned Mantuan musician, has been the kapellmeister of Santa Barbara since 1609. In 1612 he has published a collection of eight-part Masses: among them there is one that is entitled Paradis del Amours, after a chanson from which it has probably drawn both its title and its themes.
Alongside the kapellmeister’s music, other compositions have been added here to act as a proprium for this Mass.
They are the work of other musicians in the Gonzaga Duke’s employment: Francesco Rasi (first interpreter of Monteverdi’s Orfeo in 1607), Giulio Cardi, Lorenzo Sanci, Ottavio Bargnani, and Amante Franzoni. Besides passages of classical counterpoint writing, these pieces – particularly the motets – clearly contain some expressive elements that are close to the dramatic, “representative”, style of singing that was emerging during the first decades of the 17th century.
Tracklist
2. Stefano Nascimbeni Kyrie 3:37
3. Stefano Nascimbeni Gloria 3:33
4. Amante Franzoni (1579-1630) Canzon à 4, 1611 2:13
5. Giulio Cardi (1582-1622) Anima mea liquefacta est, à due Canti e Basso 2:18
6. Stefano Nascimbeni Credo 7:02
7. Ottavio Bargnani (1570c.-1627c.) Canzon XVI à 5 3:32
8. Stefano Nascimbeni Quam pulchri sunt, Mottetto à 4 3:52
9. Germano Pallavicino (1545c.-1610) Toccata La Gonzaga 4:17
10. Stefano Nascimbeni Sanctus 1:33
11. Giovanni Contino (1513c.-1650c.) Non mi duol di morire (intav. di M. Vincenzi) 6:24
12. Lorenzo Sanci (1600c.-1650c.) Amo Christum, Alto solo 3:07
13. Francesco Dognazzi (1585c.-p. 1643) Nigra sum, à Canto e Tenore 3:03
14. Stefano Nascimbeni Agnus Dei 1:59
15. Francesco Rasi (1574-1621) Vulnerasti cor meum, à due Canti 1:46
16. Federico Malgarini (sec. XVI-p. 1620) Quam pulchra es, Basso solo 3:23
17. Amante Franzoni Canzone La Gonzaga 2:55
18. Stefano Nascimbeni Ingeniosus amor, à 8 3:12
- Composer: Stefano Nascimbeni (1561 ca.-1621), Amante Franzoni (1579-1630), Giulio Cardi (1582-1622), Ottavio Bargnani (1570c.-1627c.), Germano Pallavicino (1545c.-1610), Giovanni Contino (1513c.-1650c.), Lorenzo Sanci (1600c.-1650c.), Francesco Dognazzi (1585c.-p. 1643), Francesco Rasi (1574-1621), Federico Malgarini (sec. XVI-p. 1620)
- Performers: Cappella Musicale di S. Barbara
Umberto Forni, conductor - Musicological Text: Licia Mari
- Historical Period: Humanism and Renaissance
- Code: TC 561401
- Edition: November 2012
- Barcode: 8007194105230
- Set: 1
- Notes: Organo Graziadio Antegnati, 1565
- Texts: Messa Paradis del Amours, à otto voci, 1612 – Mottetti […] collection Malgarini, 1618