Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 2 September 2021
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About this concert
1600 was a turning point in the history of music: Emilio de' Cavalieri pushed the boundaries of musical drama so as almost to encroach on those of opera. In Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo – the earliest surviving theatre piece set entirely to music – Soul and Body argue about who is the better, with a place in heaven at stake. The musicians of Vox Luminis go out of their way to prove that, despite its moral lesson, Cavalieri's dramma per musica is no bloodless Sunday sermon. With its echo effects, vocal ping-pong games, sizzling ensembles, virtuosic sinfonias, choir and dance music, every minute of this masterpiece is worthy of framing.
Programme
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Emilio de’ Cavalieri
Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo (1600)
ca. 1550-1602
Musicians
- Stefanie True Anima
- Raffaele Giordani Corpo/Tempo
- Massimo Lombardi Consiglio/Mondo
- João Moreira Intelletto
- Jan Kullmann, Roberto Rilievi & Sebastian Myrus Piacere con doi compagni
- Victoria Cassano Angelo Custode
- Maria Chiara Gallo Vita Mondana
- Roberto Rilievi Uno del Choro
- Hugo Oliveira Anime Damnate
- Zsuzsi Tóth Anima beate
- Viola Blache, Victoria Cassano, Maria Chiara Gallo, Zsuzsi Tóth soprano
- Gabriel Diaz, Jan Kullmann alto
- Peter de Laurentiis & Roberto Rilievi tenor
- Lionel Meunier, Sebastian Myrus, Hugo Oliveira bass
- Gawain Glenton cornetto
- Miguel Tantos Sevillano, Laura Agut & Joost Swinkels trombone
- Tuomo Suni, Johannes Frisch violin
- James Munro violone
- Magnus Andersson, Samuel Chapman chittarone
- Bor Zuljan cetterone
- Lies Weyers lirone/viola da gamba
- Haru Kitamika harpsichord/organ
- Anthony Romaniuk harpsichord
- Lionel Meunier musical direction
About the performers
The Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis, consisting of a very international cast of soloists, focuses on vocal music written between the 16th and 18th centuries. Most of the group met at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. The ensemble operates independently but also collaborates with instrumental groups such as Les Muffatti. Their CDs on the Ricercar label have been received with enthusiasm, including Schütz’ Musikalische Exequien, and English Royal Funeral Music, with works by Purcell and others. Vox Luminis was artist in residence during the Utrecht Early Music Festival of 2015.