Harmonies of Devotion Contrapunctus & Owen Rees

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Cantate Domino:
• 1 Monteverdi: Cantate Domino 02:06
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 - 1690): Salve regina:
• 2 Legrenzi: Salve regina 06:37
• Intret in conspectu tuo:
• 3 Legrenzi: Intret in conspectu tuo 10:23
• Claudio Monteverdi: Adoramus te Christe:
• 4 Monteverdi: Adoramus te Christe 04:44
• Antonio Lotti (1667 - 1740): Crucifixus a 5:
• 5 Lotti: Crucifixus a 5 03:22
• Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637 - 1695): Victimae paschali laudes:
• 6 Colonna: Victimae paschali laudes 03:10
• Agostino Steffani (1654 - 1728): Qui diligit Mariam:
• 7 Steffani: Qui diligit Mariam 10:41
• Claudio Monteverdi: Domine, ne in furore tuo:
• 8 Monteverdi: Domine, ne in furore tuo 03:36
• Quam amarum est Maria:
• 9 Legrenzi: Quam amarum est Maria 05:58
• Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus a 8:
• 10 Lotti: Crucifixus a 8 03:40
• Claudio Monteverdi: Christe adoramus te:
• 11 Monteverdi: Christe adoramus te 02:59
• Giovanni Legrenzi: Converte nos Deus:
• 12 Legrenzi: Converte nos Deus 03:07
• Ercole Bernabei (1622 - 1687): Tribulationes cordis mei:
• 13 Bernabei: Tribulationes cordis mei 07:40
• Giovanni Legrenzi: Ave regina cælorum:
• 14 Legrenzi: Ave regina cælorum 02:59
• Total Runtime 01:11:02

Info for Harmonies of Devotion

Harmonies of Devotion is both an exploration of the Italian motet repertory of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and a celebration of the devotion to this sacred repertory displayed by English antiquarian collectors of the eighteenth century. Among the works recorded here for the first time are Giovanni Legrenzi’s six-voice masterpiece Intret in conspectu tuo, which survives thanks to a copy made in London by Handel, a five-voice Crucifixus by Legrenzi’s pupil Antonio Lotti, sent to London’s newly formed Academy of Ancient Music, a grand Marian motet written for the Academy by Agostino Steffani, and music by Steffani’s teacher Ercole Bernabei, again collected by members of London’s antiquarian music clubs. The recording reveals lines of influence between teachers and pupils, and traces the lineage of the dramatic seconda prattica motet back to its principal source and pioneer: Monteverdi.

Contrapunctusir
Owen Rees, conductor

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Booklet for Harmonies of Devotion