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Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history. Born in Cremona, where he undertook his first musical studies and compositions, Monteverdi developed his career first at the court of Mantua and then until his death in the Republic of Venice where he was maestro di cappella at the basilica of San Marco. His surviving letters give insight into the life of a professional musician in Italy of the period, including problems of income, patronage and politics. Much of Monteverdi's output, including many stage works, has been lost. His surviving music includes nine books of madrigals, large-scale religious works, such as his Vespro della Beata Vergine of 1610, and three complete operas. His opera L'Orfeo is the earliest of the genre still widely performed; towards the end of his life he wrote works for Venice, including Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and L'incoronazione di Poppea. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Madrigals, Book V: Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, Rossana Bertini, Claudio Cavina, Sandro Naglia, Giuseppe Maletto, Daniele Carnovich, Claudio Monteverdi, and Giovanni Battista Guarini
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Act III - "Possente spirto"
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Madrigals, Book VI: Lamento d'Arianna: No. 1., Lasciatemi morire
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, Anna Simboli, Gabriella Martellacci, Raffaele Giordani, Luca Dordolo, Sergio Foresti, Claudio Monteverdi, and Ottavio Rinuccini
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Madrigals, Book IV: Sí ch'io vorrei morire
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, Rossana Bertini, Bianca Simone, Claudio Cavina, Sandro Naglia, Marcello Vargetto, Claudio Monteverdi, and Maurizio Moro
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Prologo - Ritornello - Dal mio Permesso amato
English Baroque Soloists

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Impressions of Orient (feat. Albert Ketèlbey, Albert Roussel, Alexander Borodin & Alexander Glazunov)

Album • 2025
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Album • 2024
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Infinite Refrain: Music of Love’s Refuge

Album • 2023
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Duo Voice²

EP • 2025
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Monteverdi: Messa et Salmi

Album • 2024
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Monteverdi: Madrigali, Libri primo e nono

Album • 2023
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#LetsBaRock

Album • 2024
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Monteverdi: Il combattimento, Lamento della ninfa & Madrigali

Album • 2024
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Danzas - From Taboo to Triumph

Album • 2024
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Monteverdi: Tutti I Madrigali

Album • 2023

Singles

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Vespro della Beata Vergine

2025
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Soave libertate, SV 130

2023
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Zefiro torna

2021
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Moja i Twoja Nadzieja

2024
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Monteverdi: Vorrei baciarti, o Filli

2022
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Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci

2020
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Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251

2024
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Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale: Psalm 116: Laudate Dominum I, SV 270

2022
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Con che soavità, SV 139

2023
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Lamento della ninfa, SV 163: Amor

2022

Videos

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Claudio Monteverdi: "L'Orfeo", Toccata (conductor J. Savall)

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monteverdi pur ti miro

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Monteverdi - "Si dolce è'l tormento" - Accordone

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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): "Zefiro torna, oh di soavi accenti"

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Georg Nigl - L'Orfeo - Monteverdi - Tu se' morta

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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

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Vi ricorda Monteverdi subtítulos en español. LOrfeo Savall flv

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Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa (Lib. 8)

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Monteverdi - Le Couronnement de Poppée - Pur ti miro

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Marco Beasley Si Dolce e'l Tormento (C Monteverdi) Best Version

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