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Track(s) taken from CDA67225

Cum invocarem

composer
1646; Salmi diversi di compieta, Venice
author of text
Psalm 4

Robin Blaze (countertenor), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
Recording details: June 2000
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: March 2001
Total duration: 12 minutes 6 seconds
 

Reviews

‘An excellent release … Robin Blaze’s clear, pure countertenor is the ideal voice for these pieces, and he sings them with impressive authority. Pick of the month’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The intrinsic qualities of this little-explored repertoire and Blaze’s musicianship mark this as an important release’ (American Record Guide)

‘Blaze is at his most impassioned and convincing … this disc will add to our understanding and love of this treasure house’ (International Record Review)

‘It is a rare thing to reach the end of a long program like this wanting more, yet that’s exactly what happened to me in this instance. All readers are urged to investigate a remarkable disc that is assured of being an exceptionally strong contender for the Want List’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Robin Blaze has justifiably moved quickly into the elite of counter-tenors. Not only is he convincing vocally but his interpretative instincts are sound’ (Cathedral Music)

‘I would recommend this disc to anyone with a love for baroque vocal music’ (MusicWeb International)

‘An appealing concert of Venetian sacred music … as always with Hyperion, gorgeous sound’ (Early Music)
Giovanni Antonio Rigatti and Giovanni Rovetta were the most important composers at St Mark’s in the period immediately after Monteverdi’s death in 1643. Rigatti was a Venetian, and served at St Mark’s for his entire career apart from a short time at Udine in the 1630s; he died in 1649 while still in his early thirties. His settings of Psalm 4, Cum invocarem, and the Nunc dimittis come from a collection of music for Compline, published in 1646. As these pieces show, Rigatti was a master of the Monteverdi style, and, like Monteverdi, used instrumental ritornelli in a creative way to articulate and give shape to often disparate and diffuse vocal sections.

from notes by Peter Holman © 2001

Dans la période immédiatement postérieure à la mort de Monteverdi en 1643, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti et Giovanni Rovetta furent les deux compositeurs majeurs de Saint-Marc. Vénitien d’origine, Rigatti passa toute sa carrière à Saint-Marc à l’exception d’un court séjour à Udine dans les années 1630. Il s’éteignit en 1649 dans la trentaine. Ses partitions pour le Psaume 4, Cum invocarem, et le Nunc Dimittis proviennent d’un recueil de musique pour complies publié en 1646. Comme ses œuvres en témoignent, Rigatti possédait à merveille le style de Monteverdi et comme le maître il se servait des ritornelli instrumentales d’une manière originale pour articuler et modeler les sections vocales souvent disparates et éparpillées.

extrait des notes rédigées par Peter Holman © 2001
Français: Isabelle Battioni

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti und Giovanni Rovetta waren die bedeutendsten Komponisten an San Marco in der Zeit unmittelbar vor Monteverdis Tod im Jahre 1643. Rigatti war Venezianer und hat während seiner gesamten beruflichen Laufbahn in der Markuskirche Dienst getan, abgesehen von einem kurzen Aufenthalt in Udine in den 1630er Jahren; er starb 1649, als er selbst erst Anfang dreißig war. Seine Vertonungen des 4. Psalms (Cum invocarem) und des Nunc dimittis stammen aus einer 1646 herausgegebenen Sammlung mit Musik für die Komplet. Wie diese Stücke zeigen, war Rigatti einer Meister des Monteverdischen Stils und hat wie dieser auf kreative Art Instrumentalritornelle eingesetzt, um oft völlig verschiedene und weitschweifige Gesangsabschnitte zu gliedern und in Form zu bringen.

aus dem Begleittext von Peter Holman © 2001
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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