Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:47 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

From the outset it should be said that this – sumptuous – album of Monteverdi’sSelva morale e spirituale (literally Moral and Spiritual Forest) doesn’t feature the complete collection of some forty titles contained in the master’s last work published in 1640, but rather a carefully minded selection of fifteen titles to provide the broadest possible overview of the various styles as well as melodic and choral genres approached by Monteverdi, with indeed a penchant for the sacred. A complete collection would have required three to four hours… Let’s get to the point: Pablo Heras-Casado’s reading at the head of the Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble is absolutely stunning, allowing ample room for the vocal and instrumental colours (because Monteverdi quite specifically described the instrumentations and alternations between vocals and instruments) and sound layers so specific to the Venetian language. Undoubtedly Heras-Casado has proven to be not only an excellent symphonic conductor, but also that he fully understand the art of vocals and the writing of the Renaissance.

Tracklist:

1-01. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Dixit Dominus secondo, SV 264 (07:47)
1-02. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Confitebor secondo, SV 266 (05:05)
1-03. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Iste confessor primo, SV 279 (02:30)
1-04. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: O ciechi, ciechi, SV 252 (03:05)
1-05. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Jubilet tota civitas, SV 286 (04:19)
1-06. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Salve Regina, SV 283 (06:06)
1-07. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Laudate pueri Dominum primo, SV 272 (06:45)
1-08. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Laudate Dominum terzo, SV 274 (04:06)
1-09. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Ut queant laxis, SV 279a (03:00)
1-10. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Crucifixus, SV 259 (02:09)
1-11. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Et resurrexit, SV 260 (01:28)
1-12. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Et iterum, SV 261 (01:26)
1-13. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Voi ch’ascoltate, SV 253 (04:34)
1-14. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Salve Regina, SV 285 (05:54)
1-15. Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Solisten, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: Magnificat primo, SV 281 (12:27)

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