Concerto Italiano’s album of works by Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi is a dark kaleidoscope of dissonance, joy and despair. The centerpieces here are, of course, the composer’s Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi from his eighth book of madrigals, and Concerto Italiano offers a remarkably clear and impassioned reading.
- Matthias Goerne, Freiburger Barockorchester & Gottfried von der Goltz
- Gli Incogniti & Amandine Beyer
- Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe
- RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Hans-Christoph Rademann
- Sandrine Piau & Accademia Bizantina
- Le Concert de la Loge, Sandrine Piau & Julien Chauvin