きっかり周回遅れだがBBCラジオ3「今週の作曲家」の先週分を第一回からオン・デマンドで慌てて聴く。
Composer of the Week
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Episode 1
Donald Macleod follows Monteverdi on the road to stardom at the
court of Mantua and uncovers, in this first programme, a musical
obsession with sex and violence.
Toccata from L'Orfeo
Emmanuelle Haïm conducting
Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Sacqueboutiers, European Voices
La giovinetta pianta
The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
Si ch'io vorrei morire
The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
Vivrò fra i miei tormenti
The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
Extract from Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Catherine Bott (Clorinda, soprano), Andrew King (Tancredi, tenor),
John Mark Ainsley (Testo, tenor)
Philip Picket conducting New London Consort
Extract from Act 1 of L'Orfeo
Ian Bostridge, (Orfeo, tenor), Patrizia Ciofi (Euridice, soprano),
Carolyn Sampson (Ninfa, soprano)
Emmanuelle Haïm conducting
Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Sacqueboutiers, European Voices
作業をしながら漫然と聴いたので解説は殆ど耳に入らなかったが、モンテヴェルディの天才の迸りはしかと受け止めた。なんたる表現の自在、なんたる感情の横溢。