Monteverdi Madrigals on Afternoon on 3

**doversoul1** · 27-05-15, 13:03

This is worth catching up. I don’t recall an hour of live (recorded) performance of Monteverdi’s madrigals on Radio 3 (might have been on TTN)

The Gutdian
Above all, both programmes* highlighted Monteverdi’s extraordinary harmonic language, his striking sense of colour, and the astonishing expressivity of his word-setting – all of which retain their potency after nearly 400 years.

Les Arts Florissants/Agnew review – striking accounts of 400-year-old Monteverdi madrigals

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/26/les-arts-florissants-agnew-monteverdi-madrigals-milton-court-review

The Eighth Book of Monteverdi’s madrigals, first published in 1638, was the basis for this highly articulate and well focused concert

*Afternoon on 3 was without Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Monteverdi Madrigals on Afternoon on 3

Monteverdi Madrigals on Afternoon on 3

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