TARQUINIO MERULA Musica Sacra (CD)

Merula Musica Sacra
TARQUINIO MERULA 1595-1665
Sacred Music for Voices and Instruments
1. Confitebor tibi, Domine – “Sopra alla Chiacona” (1640)
for 2 sopranos, bass, 2 violins, cello, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 5’54
2. Credidi (1652)
for bass, 2 violins,cello, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 5’20
3. Laetatus sum (1639)
for alto, tenor, 2 violins, cello, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 7’40
4. Favus distillans – “con tre Viole, overo Tromboni” (1624)
for soprano, violin, viola, cello, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 4’49
5. Nisi Dominus (1639)
for soprano, tenor, bass, 2 violins, cello, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 4’58
6. Gaudeamus omnes (1640)
for alto, violin, viola da gamba, organ and theorbo 4’00
7. Confitebor tibi, Domine (1639)
for alto, tenor, 2 violins, cello, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 6’11
8. Cantate, Jubilate (1624)
for soprano, violin, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 4’49
9. Nisi Dominus (1652)
for alto, 2 violins, dulciana, great bass viola, organo and theorbo 6’16
10. Laudate Pueri (1639)
for 2 sopranos, bass, violin, cello, dulciana, great bass viola, organ and theorbo 5’03
Total time 55’08
Mélanie Remaud solo soprano (5, 8), soprano I (1, 10)
Antonella Gianese solo soprano (4), soprano II (1, 10)
Marta Fumagalli alto (3, 6, 7, 9)
Paolo Borgonovo tenor (3, 5, 7)
Salvo Vitale bass (1, 2, 5, 10)
IL DEMETRIO
Maurizio Schiavo violin (6, 8), violin I (1-3, 5, 7, 9) viola (4)
Ayako Matsunaga violin (4,10), violin II (1-3, 5, 7-9)
Antonio Papetti cello (1-5, 7, 10)
Cecilia Medi dulciana (1-5, 8-10)
Maurizio Less viola da gamba (6), great bass violin (1-5, 7-10)
Danilo Costantini organ
Andrea Antonel theorbo
Maurizio Schiavo artistic director
Recording: 26-27-28-29 June 2016 at Chiesa di S. Chiara Nuova, Lodi, Italy