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Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967)

  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
  • Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale by Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967) - CMRR Music Publishing
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Monteverdi: Selva Morale E Spirituale

Michel Corboz (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967)

6 disc(s) - 68 track(s)
Total length: 06:56:56

 

Although four centuries have passed since the death of Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), one may say that he remains one of the most fascinating figures in the history of modern music. He lived at a decisive moment in history: the period that witnessed both the decline of a cappella vocal polyphony and the birth of music drama. His art marks, in a sense, the beginning of a musical era to which our own time still belongs. His exceptional longevity allowed him to experience the flourishing of the madrigal, with Luca Marenzio and Carlo Gesualdo, as well as the earliest developments of opera: in Florence, in Rome, and later in Venice.

Monteverdi sought, as he himself said, to unite melody so closely with the words that it “would resemble a body without a soul” if the words were removed. Melody and harmony were born of the text; and in order to give life to a dramatic situation, Monteverdi employed harmonies of unprecedented boldness.

He wrote for specific instruments, assigning to each a distinct role and a characteristic voice. To increase the expressive power of the string instruments, he invented pizzicato (plucking the strings) and tremolo (a trembling on a single note); for all the instruments, he created new and compelling rhythms. Monteverdi developed recitative with a keen sense of the character’s psychology. Yet although expression was his sole aim, he did not neglect melody: he truly achieved the ideal balance between words and music.

The collection Selva morale e spirituale, published in Venice in 1640, is the last work engraved during his lifetime. It brings together around forty pieces, including a Mass and Mass fragments, psalms, hymns, and motets, most likely written within the highly prestigious framework of his position as maestro di cappella at St Mark’s Basilica.

Taken as a whole, the concerted pages of the Selva morale e spirituale shine with the same brilliance as Monteverdi’s secular works, quite simply because the composer draws on the same means. It is the richness of his melodic writing and his combinations of timbre, his luminous alternation between voices and instruments, that convinces us of the theatrical subjectivity of his sacred style.

Revealed to the general public by the Erato Records label, the musician and choir director devoted to sacred music, founder of the Ensemble vocal de Lausanne in 1961, left behind around one hundred recordings, including benchmark versions of works by Monteverdi, Bach, and Mendelssohn. What fascinated Michel Corboz (1934–2021) about the human being was the voice—above all the speaking voice—“a cry of nature,” much like laughter. To exalt this voice, this timbre, this unique color, was the mission to which he devoted himself, forging a powerful, passionate bond with his choristers and seeking to lead them toward a shared joy in music. This remastered edition honors the maestro’s vocal artistry, offering a sound presence and naturalness of timbre never before achieved.

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Track listing

CD 1 – Selva Morale e Spirituale

I. Laetatus sum (a 5 strumenti e 6 voci) (2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
II. Nisi Dominus (a 3 voci e due violini, B.C. - alto, baritono, basso). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
III. Laudate Pueri Dominum (a 5 voci e B.C.). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IV. Laetaniae della Beata Vergine (a 6 voci e B.C. - soprano-alto). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
V. Currite Populi (a voce sola e B.C. - baritono). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VI. O Beatae Viae (a 2 voci e B.C. - soprano-alto). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VII. Gloria (a 7 voci concertate con strumenti). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VIII. Salve Regina (a 2 voci e B.C. - due soprani). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967

CD 2 – Selva Morale e Spirituale

I. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, Primo (a 5 voci concerto con due violini e B.C.). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
II. Confitebor Secondo (a 3 voci concerto con due violini e B.C. - soprano, tenore, basso). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
III. Magnificat Secondo (a quattro voci in genere da Capella). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IV. Dixit Dominus Secondo (a 8 voci, coro, soli e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
V. O ciechi ciechi (coro e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VI. Voi ch'ascoltate (soli e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VII. E questa vita un lampo (coro a 5 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VIII. Et iterum (2 tenori e baritono). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IX. Deus tuorum militum (3 voci e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
X. Laudate Dominum (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XI. Magnificat primo (a 8 voci, coro, soli e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967

CD 3 – Selva Morale e Spirituale

I. Fuge, fuge anima mea (2 voci e violino). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
II. Adoramus (coro a 6 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
III. Ego dormio (tenore e basso). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IV. Venite, venite (soprano e alto). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
V. Confitebor Terzo (coro e soprano). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VI. Spontava il di (3 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VII. Chi vol che m'innamori (alto, tenore, baritono e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VIII. Sanctorum meritis Primo (voce sola e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IX. Beatus vir Secondo (coro a 5 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
X. Laudate pueri Dominum Secondo (coro a 5 voci e 2 tenori). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XI. Jubilet (soprano). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XII. Memento (coro a 8 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XIII. Ab aeterno (basso). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967

CD 4 – Selva Morale e Spirituale

I. Nisi Dominus (coro a 6 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
II. Confitebor (soprano e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
III. Dixit Dominus (doppio coro). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IV. Laudate Dominum (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
V. Cantate Domino (2 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VI. Christe adoramus te (coro a 5 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VII. Salve Regina (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VIII. Domine ne in furore (coro a 6 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IX. Sancta Maria (soprano e alto). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
X. Lauda Jerusalem (coro a 5 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XI. Dixit Dominus Primo (a 8 voci, coro, soli e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XII. Salve Regina (alto, tenore e basso). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967

CD 5 – Selva Morale e Spirituale

I. Iste confessor (2 soprani e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
II. Beatur vir Primo (coro e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
III. Confitebor Primo (contro-tenore, tenore, basso e coro). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IV. Salve Regina (2 tenori e 2 violoni). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
V. Laudate Dominum Secondo (a 8 voci, coro e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VI. Et resurrexit (2 soprani e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VII. Beatus vir (a 7 voci, coro, soli e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VIII. Salve Regina II (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IX. Confitebor (2 voci e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
X. Dixit Dominus (a 8 voci, coro e soli). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967

CD 6 – Selva Morale e Spirituale

I. O bone Jesu (2 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
II. O quam pulchra (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
III. En gratulemur hodie (1 voce e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IV. Laetatus sum (coro a 5 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
V. Laudate pueri Dominum (a 5 voci, coro, basso solo e orchestra). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VI. Pianto della Madonna sopra il Lamento dell'Arianna (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VII. Crucifixus (coro a 4 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
VIII. Sanctorum meritis Secondo (1 voce e 2 violini). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
IX. Laudate Dominum Terzo (a 8, coro e soli). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
X. Cantate Domino (coro a 6 voci). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XI. Lauda Jerusalem (contro-tenore, baritono e basso). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XII. Ecce sacrum paratum (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XIII. Ego flos campi (voce sola). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967
XIV. Credidi (doppio coro). 2026 Remastered, Lausanne 1967

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