Lamento della Ninfa by Claudio Monteverdi Passionate performance
Sometimes a sublime work of art defines a genre, at least in the minds of later generations. Lamento della Ninfa is such a work: this madrigal in three parts by Claudio Monteverdi epitomizes the dramatic lament. Making this video was certainly an exciting idea and a rewarding experience: gathering together in the great, empty, reverberant hall of this former cotton mill on a hot June afternoon, plunging ourselves headfirst into the recording process, much the same way they probably did almost 400 years ago in Monteverdi s day. Performed by Maikki Säikkä, soprano, with Mats Lillhannus, tenor, Teemu Mustonen, tenor, Pekka Alonen, bass, Jussi Laukola, keyboards, Jouni Pusa, percussion and Tuomas Kourula, theorbo. Video sound were recorded at the Barker cotton mill, Turku, Finland.
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