Giaches de Wert, Nono libro de madrigali

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One of the masters of the Italian madrigalLa Compagnia del Madrigale's new recording project isdevoted to Giaches de Wert's Ninth Book of Madrigals (1588).Wert, Flemish by birth but active for most of his life in Italy at the Gonzaga court in Mantua, embodies the figure of the great composer capable of transcending fashion to create an art that, as they said in the 16th century, is destined to remain "lasting and eternal." The Ninth Book,published during a period of personal tribulation and heartbreak over the poetess Tarquinia Molza, marks the apex of artifice and pathos. Here, Wert explores the heights of Petrarch's Canzoniere, alongside verses by Torquato Tasso, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Battista Guarini, alternating luminous courtly tributes with innovative lyricism that prefigures the style of Carlo Gesualdo. La Compagnia del Madrigale, a world-renowned ensemble in the interpretation of Monteverdi, Marenzio, Gesualdo, and Rore, performs these pages with absolute artistic excellence.