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Reviewer: Catherine
Groom Giulio San Pietro de'Negri seems to have spent the first quarter of the 17th century travelling fairly far and wide, to judge from the title‑page dedications to farflung Italian patricians and noblemen fronting his volumes. These volumes include two books entitled Grazie ed Affetti (comprising monodic writing as well as strophic multi‑part items) and one (incomplete) Canti Accademici as well as collections of canzonette. Beyond that we don’t know a great deal about him, and this disc is the fruit of Marco Horvats enthusiastic labours in Negri’s cause. What’s here is wellworth discovering.
It's hard not to think of Monteverdi while listening; Negri was evidently steeped in a musical sphere of which history has left us Monteverdi as the primary protagonist and the few works by Negri’s contemporaries are similarly reminiscent. The fast ciaccona 'O Amante, se non sai' (Ghizzolo), for instance, is eerily similar to 'Ecco pur ch’a voi ritorno' from L'Orféo. That said, it also calls to mind Giovani Stefani’s alfabeto song 'Bella mia, questo mio core', so perhaps this is retrospective generalisation.
Either
way, if you like Monteverdi, try this. The music is refreshing and
delightful and the performances universally fîrstrate; to single out Magali
Imbert’s recorder playing seems to do a disservice to the plural and
excellent chordophonists. | |
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