Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa - Figueras

High resolution and stereo sound: Claudio Monteverdi Lamento della Ninfa, from “Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi, 1638“ (Ottavo Libro de’ Madrigali) Text: Ottavio Rinuccini Part I: Non havea Febo ancora (TTB) Part II: Amor, dicea (STTB) Part III: Si, tra sdegnosi pianti (TTB) In this recording: Montserrat Figueras, soprano Lambert Climent, tenor Francesc Garrigosa, tenor Daniele Carnovich, bass La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall Auvidis, 1995 Recorded in the Protestant church (temple) of Ribeauvillé, France, in 1994 Lamento della ninfa is the 18th piece from Monteverdi’s eighth book of madrigals (Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi, 1638). The three male voices narrate the story and offer empathy to the nymph while she is lamenting over her abandonment. This movement of the madrigal is a beautiful ex