Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (3/3) – Hollweg, Schmidt, Equiluz
High resolution and stereo sound: www.youtube.com Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153 dramatic cantata (from Book 8 of Madrigals) Composed by Claudio Monteverdi Text: Torquato Tasso “Gerusalemme Liberata”, XII, 52-62; 64-68 In this recording: Testo: Werner Hollweg, tenor Clorinda: Trudeliese Schmidt, soprano Tancredi: Kurt Equiluz, tenor Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec, 1984 “To tell the truth, before this radical version of Harnoncourt’s, the Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda had not really been brought to life on disc, despite two or three gratifying versions which gave us the illusion that we were seeing clearly or that a veil had been pierced to reveal, more or less, the true genius of Monteverdi’s engagement in the ‘representative’ genre. In fact, Harnoncourt was the first to see in the Combattimento a drama needing the whole of opera’s armoury in order to come to life. For him, there is no demarcation line between Orfeo, L’Incoronazione di Poppea and this theatrical cantata (or madrigal). [...] Thus, he chooses for the recitation of the Testo -a role played by a staggering and raving Werner Hollweg -abrupt spoken effects directly borrowed from Sprechgesang.” – Roger TELLART Rest of the article in English: www.goldberg-magazine.com Original article in French: www.goldberg-magazine.com Translation of this part, by John Hoole: 64 But now behold the mournful hour at hand, in which the fates Clorinda’s life demand. Full at her …
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JLorz84
novembre 29th, 2009 at 00:19
1Wonderful ending!!
papagena92
maggio 27th, 2010 at 13:37
2stupendo. non a caso il canto 12 della gerusalemme liberata è il mio preferito!
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