Episode 2
Monteverdi lobbied hard to be put in charge of music at Mantua but he found the work stressful and underpaid, plus his unorthodox musical style was coming under fire. Presented by Donald Macleod.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Io mi son giovinetta
Performer: Concerto Italiano, directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini
- Opus OPS3081.
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Claudio Monteverdi
E così, a poco a poco
Performer: Monteverdi: Questi vaghi concenti Performer: Delitiae Musicae, directed by Marco Longhini
- Naxos 8555311,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Cruda Amarilli
Performer: Monteverdi: O Mirtillo Performer: Delitiae Musicae, directed by Marco Longhini
- Naxos 8555311,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Mass 'In Illo Tempore' (Kyrie & Gloria)
Performer: The Sixteen, Margaret Phillips (organ), conducted by Harry Christophers
- Hyperion CDA66214,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Quel' augellin che canta
Performer: The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
- Musica Oscura 070995,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Tirsi e Clori
Performer: I Fagiolini, Dir Robert Hollingworth
- Chandos, CHAN0749,.
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