MERULA TARQUINIO
The Curtio precipitato was published in Venice in 1638, the same year and place in which Claudio Monteverdi’s 8th book of madrigals was printed.
There is no shortage of ironic and melodic references to this coincidence: the opening “horse motif” of the Curtio is an obvious example.
This work (after which the entire collection is entitled) is absolutely exceptional for various reasons. It draws from a particular episode in Erasmus von Rotterdam’s “Praise of Folly” and presents it in the form of a meticulous parody of both classical and musical (“madrigalistic”) rhetoric.
The aim of the orator is to convince the listeners of the paradoxical madness of Curtio who, in order to acquire praise and fame, throws himself into a vortex which has mysteriously opened in the center of the city.
The vocal virtuosity which results is equally “paradoxical” and “mad” as it follows and seconds the text with great originality, exploiting an enormous and difficult range.
Tracklist
Merula, Tarquinio
Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Book 2, Op. 13
1 - Sentirete una canzonetta (4:19)
2 - Quando io voisi l'atra sera (3:38)
3 - Quando gli uccelli porteranno i zoccoli (4:37)
4 - Menti lingua bugiarda (2:11)
5 - Il Curtio Precipitato I (3:14)
6 - Il Curtio Precipitato II (2:57)
7 - Il Curtio Precipitato III (7:28)
8 - Il Curtio Precipitato IV (5:03)
9 - Folle è ben che si crede (5:56)
10 - Chi vuol ch'io m'innamori (2:23)
11 - Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla Nanna (7:17)
12 - Sempre lieta gioconda e brillante (2:02)
13 - Fiori fiori (1:07)
14 - Non mi chiedete o fidi amici (1:29)
15 - Un pastorel nato non so (2:35)
16 - O conza lavez e colder (1:09)
17 - Un bambin che va alla scuola (2:25)
18 - Non ha 'l regno d'amor (1:23)
19 - El me tira nott'e di (1:24)
- Composer: MERULA TARQUINIO
- Performers: Ensemble “L’Aura Soave”, su strumenti d’epoca;
soprano: Antonella Tatulli;
basso: Angelo De Leonardis;
arpa doppia: Marina Bonetti;
violoncello: Marco Frezzato;
tiorba e chitarra: Diego Cantalupi;
clavicembalo: Leonardo Morini;
direttore: Diego Cantalupi - Historical Period: Humanism and Renaissance
- Code: TC 591302
- Edition: 1999
- Barcode: 8007194101485
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 19
- Total duration: 01:02:36
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