Episode 1
Donald Macleod follows Monteverdi on the road to stardom at the court of Mantua and uncovers, in this first programme, a musical obsession with sex and violence.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata from L'Orfeo
Performer: Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Sacqueboutiers, European Voices, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm
- Virgin Classics 5456422,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
La giovinetta pianta
Performer: The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
- Musica Oscura 070995,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Si ch'io vorrei morire
Performer: The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
- Virgin Classics 7592832,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Vivrò fra i miei tormenti
Performer: The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
- Virgin Classics 7592832,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Performer: Catherine Bott (Clorinda, soprano), Andrew King (Tancredi, tenor), John Mark Ainsley (Testo, tenor), New London Consort, conducted by . Philip Picket
- L'Oiseau-Lyre 440 637-2,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo, (extract from Act 1)
Performer: Ian Bostridge, (Orfeo, tenor), Patrizia Ciofi (Euridice, soprano), Carolyn Sampson (Ninfa, soprano), European Voices, Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Sacqueboutiers, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm
- Virgin Classics 5456422,.
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