{"product_id":"746160920283","title":"Massimo Lombardi - Fontanesi, David : Les Regrets-madrigals Lombardi \/ Erato Ensemble - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassimo Lombardi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA meticulously crafted vocal ensemble where Renaissance poetry intersects with contemporary counterpoint.\nA collection of a cappella works by contemporary Italian composer Davide Fontanesi, who reimagines the 16th-century poetry collection *Le Lugure* using modern techniques.\n\nThis is a collection of unaccompanied vocal works by Italian composer Davide Fontanesi, who distances himself from avant-garde dogma and facile neo-Romanticism, instead placing great importance on counterpoint and the traditions of Western music. This work consists of 16 madrigals based on texts from *Les Lamentations* (Lamentations), a collection of poems by the 16th-century French poet Joachim du Bellay, a central figure of the Pléiade.\n\nIn Fontanesi’s works, the number “4” often functions as a principle of order, and in this collection as well, all 16 pieces are strictly divided into four groups (four pieces each) of “8-part,” “6-part,” “5-part,” and “8-part” works.\nThe work employs a technique that directly translates the syntactic structures of Du Bellay’s poetry—such as anaphora (repetition of the opening line) and rhetorical questions—into musical imitation and harmonic progressions. It reinterprets the spirit of the Italian madrigal (second style) of the Renaissance—which “follows the words”—using modern syntax; while primarily employing a syllabic style, a chromatic approach is inserted in passages expressing anguish or irony.\n\nChanges in the number of voices create dramatic effects, clearly distinguishing between the architectural expansiveness and assertiveness of the 8-voice sections, the introspective meditation of the 6-voice sections, and the sharp, polemical tone of the 5-voice sections. This recording features a brilliant interpretation of intricate polyphony by the Erato Ensemble, who are well-versed in early music and the Renaissance repertoire.\nTokyo M Plus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Vinci Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52699441824033,"sku":"746160920283","price":3411.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/746160920283.jpg?v=1779022656","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/746160920283","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}