大象传媒

Live from the Wigmore Hall

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Les Talens Lyriques, directed by Christophe Rousset, perform madrigals by Monteverdi and his contemporaries at the Wigmore Hall.
Les Talens Lyriques is the Parisian period ensemble that specialises in unearthing treasures of the French baroque but carries its combination of brilliance, vigour and scholarship into other territories.
Chief among them is Monteverdi, who dominates this programme with perhaps the most exquisite of all his madrigal-settings. Written for two tenors and continuo, Zefiro torna is a smilingly exuberant showpiece of baroque musicianship, designed to be a 17th-century smash-hit, as it remains today.

Monteverdi: From Settimo libro de madrigali:
Chiome d'oro; O come sei gentile.
Castello: Second Sonata from Sonate concertate in stilo moderno.
Monteverdi: From Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi:
O sia tranquillo il mare; Ardo e scoprir.
Fontana: Sonata settima.
Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (excerpts);
Mentre vaga angioletta from Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi;
Zefiro torna from Madrigali e canzonette a due e tre voci;
L'incoronazione di Poppea (excerpts) .

Anders J. Dahlin, tenor
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor
Christophe Rousset , harpsichord, organ, director.