Vulnerasti cor meum. Motets from the Song of Songs i Disinvolti & Massimo Lombardi

• Giovanni Valentini (1582 - 1649): Vulnerasti cor meum:
• 1Valentini: Vulnerasti cor meum04:32
• Francesco Casati: Vulnerasti cor meum:
• 2Casati: Vulnerasti cor meum05:17
• Serafino Patta: Surge propera:
• 3Patta: Surge propera04:02
• Alessandro Grandi (1586 - 1630): O quam tu pulchra es:
• 4Grandi: O quam tu pulchra es03:59
• Orazio Tarditi (1602 - 1677): Quam speciosa:
• 5Tarditi: Quam speciosa03:55
• Giulio Cesare Monteverdi (1573 - 1630): Dilectus meus:
• 6Monteverdi: Dilectus meus05:19
• Giovanni Banci: Ego flos campi:
• 7Banci: Ego flos campi03:37
• Adriano Banchieri (1568 - 1634): Descendi in hortum meum:
• 8Banchieri: Descendi in hortum meum03:03
• Ignazio Donati (1570 - 1638): O Maria dilecta mea:
• 9Donati: O Maria dilecta mea05:33
• Federico Malgarini: Quam pulchra es:
• 10Malgarini: Quam pulchra es03:30
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Nigra sum:
• 11Monteverdi: Nigra sum03:52
• Giovanni Battista Riccio (b. 1570): Tota pulchra es:
• 12Riccio: Tota pulchra es05:30
• Claudio Monteverdi: Ego dormio:
• 13Monteverdi: Ego dormio03:29
• Leone Leoni (1509 - 1590): Egredimini filiæ Sion:
• 14Leoni: Egredimini filiæ Sion03:09
• Giovanni Rovetta (1596 - 1668): Surge propera:
• 15Rovetta: Surge propera04:22
• Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (1613 - 1648): Surge columba mea:
• 16Rigatti: Surge columba mea04:11
• Giovanni Bernardo Colombi: Providebam Dominum:
• 17Colombi: Providebam Dominum05:02
• Total Runtime01:12:22

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“Vulnerasti cor meum” literally translates as “You have wounded my heart” – which is not only the most classic of amorous metaphors, but also one of the most celebrated to be featured in the Song of Songs . In this, perhaps the greatest love poem in the history of literature, the two central characters of the story exchange promises of love that are pervaded by sensual metaphors and passionate similes verging on the erotic, in a style that lies on the border between the sacred and the secular.

Accordingly, a similar blend marks the compositional style of the pieces proposed in this anthology, all based on texts drawn from the famous canticle. In these works, the boundary between motet and madrigal is blurred and impalpable, inviting and inspiring audacious readings that are more characteristic of secular music.

After the excellent reviews of their debut recording dedicated to Rigatti (“…the music making of I Disinvolti ’s three male voices and continuo players is exceptional”, David Vickers, Gramophone), this is the second production of the ensemble i Disinvolti. Included are twelve unfamiliar works, here given world premiere recordings.

i Disinvolti
Massimo Lombardi, director

i Disinvolti
Founded in 2018, « i Disinvolti » is an early music ensemble whose main mission is the re-discovery of Italian unedited music, with a special focus on three male voices repertoire from XVII century Venice and surroundings. Each of the group members has active collaborations - as an ensemble singer/player and as a soloist - with some of the most renown early music european groups, such as: Concerto Italiano, La Compagnia del Madrigale, Vox Luminis, Accademia Bizantina, De Labyrintho, Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, La Risonanza, Odhecaton, Cantica Symphonia, Cantar Lontano, La Fonte Musica, La Cetra, La Venexiana, Ensemble Micrologus. Their debut album has been released by Arcana (Outhere): a «Vespro della beata vergine» by Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, recorded as World Premiere in collaboration with UtFaSol Ensemble.

Massimo Lombardi
studied singing technique with Magda Koczka and Alessio Tosi, following singing masterclass with Jill Feldman, Katalin Halmai and Dirk Snellings. He moreover attended courses on Renaissance and Baroque praxis held by Peter Phillips, Sigiswald Kuijken, Pedro Memelsdorff, Wim Becu, Simen van Mechelen and Rinaldo Alessandrini, with a focus on sacred Italian Seicento repertoire and German sacred music from XVIII century. He also studied classical guitar under the guide of Maurizio Colonna and Paolo Devecchi, graduating in 2010 at the Turin Conservatory. At the same school he studied also Composition with Alessandro Ruo Rui and Gregorian Singing with Fulvio Rampi.

He works on a regular basis with some notable early music groups: Vox Luminis, La Compagnia del Madrigale, De Labyrintho, Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, Academia Montis Regalis, Cantica Symphonia, Cantar Lontano, La Fonte Musica, laBarocca. With these and other ensembles he performed in some of the best European music Festivals: Oude Muziek Utrecht, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, BOZAR Bruxelles, Festival Musique et Memoire, MiTo Settembre Musica, Festival de Verbier, MA Bruges, Zermatt Festival, AMUZ InTime Antwerpen, The Lammermuir Festival, Festival Musica Sacra Maastricht, Festival d’Ambronay, Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ Amsterdam. In addition to the activity in ensemble, he also adds performances as a soloist: his repertoire ranges from Italian Seicento to early Romanticism, with a particular fondness for Bach and Mozart.

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