MONTEVERDI: Canzonette a tre voci, Venice 1584 [CD de audio] Armoniosoincanto, Franco Radicchia and Monteverdi

The canzonette genre is the light version of the madrigal: using only 3 voices it is playful and popular in character, based on secular poems in a strophic form of three or four verses with ritornello. Monteverdi composed his canzonette a tre voci when he was seventeen, in order to gain recognition with a wider audience, and they have proven to be a perfect preparation for the more serious and complex works he embarked on later, such as the madrigals. and the operas. These enchanting works are performed with appropriate light mood and dramatic impact by harmonious inchantment, conducted by Franco Radicchia, using a rich continuous ensemble consisting of flutes, viola da braccia, viola da gamba, theorbo, baroque guitar and harpsichord.