Ratas del viejo Mundo – Philippe De Monte: Madrigals and Chansons (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

2021 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Philippe de Monte. Time. This Flemish Renaissance master was undoubtedly one of the greatest composers of his generation. For 35 years he held the prestigious position of imperial court bandmaster, the first half of which was in Vienna and then in Prague. He composed more music than any other composer in the second half of the 16th century: about 800 secular and spiritual madrigals, 40 chansons, 40 masses, 250 motets and a handful of other spiritual works. His compositions have been published in all the major music centres of Europe and have been performed from Lisbon to Gdansk and from Naples to Dublin. Throughout his career he enjoyed the greatest appreciation of professional musical life. However, the attention he receives today in musicology and in connection with it in the general public is out of proportion to the great prestige he enjoyed during his lifetime. This selection of madrigals, motets and chansons would like to contribute to giving him the prestige he deserves.

The year 2021 will mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Philippe de Monte. This Flemish Renaissance master was one of the greatest composers of his generation. He held the prestigious position of Hofkapellmeister to the Imperial Court for thirty-five years, first in Vienna and then in Prague. He composed more music than any other composer during the second half of the sixteenth century, producing close to eight hundred works; these included secular and sacred madrigals; forty chansons, forty masses, two hundred and fifty motets, and a handful of other sacred works. His compositions were published and distributed in all the important musical centres of Europe; contemporary records show that they were performed from Lisbon to Danzig and from Naples to Dublin. Whilst he was much appreciated within contemporary professional circles throughout his career, the attention paid to him by musicologists and his resultant appreciation by today’s music lovers is not at all in proportion to the great reputation he enjoyed during his lifetime. This selection of madrigals, motets and chansons is a contribution to the restoration of his much-merited fame.

Tracklist:
1. Ratas del viejo Mundo – S’io odo alcun felice, e lieto amante / Amor, che sol de i cor leggiadri ha cura (04:29)
2. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Sortez regretz et allegez mon cœur (02:06)
3. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Poi che ‘l mio largo pianto (02:26)
4. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Oimè, che belle lacrime fur quelle (03:38)
5. Ratas del viejo Mundo – O triste ennuy, o fortune meschante (06:27)
6. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Domine Jesu Christe (03:19)
7. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Ombra son io, sepolto in queste pene (03:00)
8. Ratas del viejo Mundo – La grand’ amour que mon las cœur vous porte (03:48)
9. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Se tropp’alto desir mi pung’il core / O beata colei, ch’al fin puo dire (04:49)
10. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Adoramus te Christe (01:14)
11. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Di dí in dí vo cangiando il viso e ‘l pelo (04:28)
12. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Quando da gl’occhi del divin mio sole (02:15)
13. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Giunto m’à Amor fra belle et crude braccia (02:04)
14. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Alma ben nata se mi duol e dolse (01:31)
15. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Io son si vago de li miei sospiri (02:14)
16. Ratas del viejo Mundo – Se voi per me sentiste quel ch’io sento (03:02)