Monteverdi: Lamento d’Arianna
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COMPOSERS: Monteverdi
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
ALBUM TITLE: Monteverdi
WORKS: Lamento d’Arianna
PERFORMER: Helga Müller-Molinari (mezzosoprano); Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs (1984)
CATALOGUE NO: HMA 1951129
Time reveals the faults of yesterday’s Early Music stars. Müller-Molinari’s recitative is sung like a passage of Verdi. The artists sometimes force Monteverdi’s music into a stiff metric framework. We have moved on – thankfully. Berta Joncus