Notes and Editorial Reviews
A new departure for the wonderful all-male vocal ensemble Cinquecento. They turn to the secular music—generally much less well-known—of the Renaissance masters Philippe de Monte, Jacobus Vaet and Jacob Regnart whose sacred music they have explored so successfully in previous recordings for Hyperion. Also included are six chansons by Jean Guyot de Châtelet (his name is sometimes Latinized to ‘Castileti’).
This collection is both historically fascinating and stunningly performed. The music is beautiful and sensuous, with the polyphonic arts familiar from sacred works of this period now put to the service of earthly emotions. An expressively melancholic
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vein pervades many of these works, and one can see them as a precursor to Monteverdi’s madrigals.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Amorosi pensieri by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
2.
Ombra son io by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
3.
Con che soavitŕ by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
4.
Anima dolorosa by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
5.
O dolci sguardi by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
7.
Susanne un jour by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
8.
Sortez regretz by Philippe de Monte
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
15.
Amour leal by Jacobus Vaet
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
16.
Sans vous ne puis by Jacobus Vaet
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
22.
Chi mi consolerŕ by Jacob Regnart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
24.
Vola vola pensier by Jacob Regnart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cinquecento
Period: Renaissance
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