Grandi: Laetatus Sum - Vesper Psalms / Rossi Lürig, UtFaSol Ensemble, Accademia d'Arcadia

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
June 10, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alessandro Grandi
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Utfasol Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Accademia D'Arcadia, Alessandra Rossi Lurig
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 10, 2022
    • UPC
      3760195735251
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A525
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

Alessandro Grandi - born in Venice in 1590 - was an extremely precocious talent. Appointed deputy of Monteverdi in 1627 in Saint Mark’s Basilica, he is regarded by scholars as “the greatest motet composer of his time”. After the highly praised Grandi’s motets album “Celesti fiori” (A464), Accademia d’Arcadia now presents Lætatus sum: a selection from the three extant Psalms collections. Grandi ventured in the field of Psalms with large-scale writing only at the end of his life, his collections of Psalms were undoubtedly intended for grand occasions: the relationship between soloists, tutti, and instruments is very modern, as successive portions of the text are set in sharply contrasting textures and styles. Recorded in the sumptuous Palladian church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice, this recording features magnificent and compelling masterpieces by an author considered by his contemporaries as equal to Monteverdi in the field of sacred music.