Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318 Ensemble Lundabarock, Höör Barock, Ensemble Altapunta & Fredrik Malmberg

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): L'Orfeo, SV 318:
• 1Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318: Toccata01:27
• L'Orfeo, SV 318, Prologue:
• 2Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Prologue: Dal mio permesso amato05:30
• L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I:
• 3Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: In questo lieto e fortunato giorno01:34
• 4Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni (1)00:53
• 5Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Muse, honor di Parnaso00:55
• 6Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Lasciate i monti (1)01:56
• 7Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ma tu gentil cantor00:38
• 8Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Rosa del ciel, vita del mondo02:05
• 9Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Io non dirò00:50
• 10Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Lasciate i monti (2)00:59
• 11Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni (2)00:57
• 12Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ma s'il nostro gioir00:49
• 13Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Alcun non sia04:27
• L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II:
• 14Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno05:45
• 15Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ahi caso acerbo (1)02:54
• 16Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: In un fiorito prato03:48
• 17Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Tu se' morta02:17
• 18Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ahi caso acerbo (2)01:03
• 19Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ma io ch'in questa lingua02:30
• 20Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Chi ne consola ahi lassi?05:24
• L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III:
• 21Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sinfonia01:27
• 22Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Scorto da te, mio Nume01:23
• 23Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ecco l'atra palude02:36
• 24Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Dove, ah dove te'n vai00:49
• 25Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: O tu ch'innanzi morte01:35
• 26Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Possente spirto08:06
• 27Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sol tu, nobile Dio01:03
• 28Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ben mi lusinga alquanto02:44
• 29Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ei dorme02:08
• 30Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Nulla impresa per huom03:30
• L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV:
• 31Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Signor, quell'infelice02:28
• 32Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Benchè severo e immutabil fato01:58
• 33Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: O degli habitator01:03
• 34Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Quali grazie ti rendo01:35
• 35Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Pietade oggi00:40
• 36Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Qual honor di te fia degno03:38
• 37Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Ahi vista troppo dolce02:04
• 38Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: È la virtute un raggio03:10
• L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V:
• 39Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Ritornello00:41
• 40Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Questi i campi di Tracia07:05
• 41Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Perchè a lo sdegno e al dolor in preda02:04
• 42Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Padre cortese al maggior uopo arrivi02:28
• 43Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Saliam cantando al Cielo01:16
• 44Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Vanne Orfeo, felice a pieno01:20
• 45Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Moresca00:48
• Total Runtime01:44:20

Info for Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318

L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) is often described as the first opera. The composer himself used another term for his work, however: 'favola in musica', a musical tale. Taking this as their point of departure, the performers on the present recording place the emphasis on the libretto's direct narrative, and how the music alone is used to express emotions, a music which underpins the plot and the text word for word. To quote the liner notes: 'To modern ears the musical heritage of L'Orfeo is more to be found in the Lieder tradition than in the grand opera of the nineteenth century.' The tale told by Monteverdi and the members of the three ensembles which bring his score to life, is that of Orpheus, the poet and musician who travels to the Underworld in order to persuade Hades to let his beloved Eurydice return to the living. Under the direction of Fredrik Malmberg, and with Johan Linderoth as their Orfeo, the 38 singers and musicians that make up Ensemble Lundabarock, Höör Barock and Ensemble Altapunta perform a score which in 1607 was state-of-the-art contemporary. Four full centuries after the first performance in Mantua it remains almost shockingly modern, as in the sound of cornetts and trombones that summon up the spirits of the Underworld or the portrayal of undiluted, raw grief in Orfeo's celebrated aria Possente Spirto.

Johan Linderoth, tenor
Kristina Hellgren, soprano
Christine Nonbo Andersen, soprano
Maria Forsström, mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Lundabarock
Höör Barock
Ensemble Altapunta
Fredrik Malmberg, conductor

Fredrik Malmberg
The Swedish conductor Fredrik Malmberg is one of the most prominent choral conductors of his generation. He is a regular conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, and since July 2012 chief conductor of the famous Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. Fredrik Malmberg navigates with ease among many periods and styles, but has a special fondness for the contemporary music that he has cultivated with great success in among other ensembles his own Harmony of Voices.

Fredrik Malmberg has conducted in several countries in Europe, in the Middle East and in Japan, and as an orchestral conductor he has worked with Concerto Copenhagen, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, the Tallin Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. Furthermore, In the autumn of 2011 Fredrik Malmberg was appointed Professor of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.

Booklet for Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318