C.Monteverdi - Zefiro Torna , oh di soavi accenti (N.Rial - P.Jaroussky) (L'arpeggiata Ensemble)

Poema in versi di Ottavio Rinuccini:
Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti
l'aer fa grato e'il pié discioglie a l'onde
e, mormoranda tra le verdi fronde,
fa danzar al bel suon su'l prato i fiori.
Inghirlandato il crin Fillide e Clori
note temprando lor care e gioconde;
e da monti e da valli ime e profond
raddoppian l'armonia gli antri canori.
Sorge più vaga in ciel l'aurora, e'l sole,
sparge più luci d'or; più puro argento
fregia di Teti il bel ceruleo manto.
Sol io, per selve abbandonate e sole,
l'ardor di due begli occhi e'l mio tormento,
come vuol mia ventura, hor piango hor canto.

[@yumapoint]

I had a former student who wrote an entire doctoral theory dissertation on the *rhythm* of this madrigal. I thought that was totally insane until I saw the score and realized that driving bass line is not notated as you hear it. What we hear as the offbeat--the third beat in a three-beat meter--is written as the downbeat. So there's a complex interaction between the perceived pulse and the written one. So her dissertation was not as crazy as I thought, though still pretty nuts. And BTW, I listen to this performance all the time. I've loved this madrigal for years, and this one is something quite special.

[@arniekevinvalera8166]

That smile of the woman playing the lute in the end is how Monteverdi must have smiled had he heard this wonderful rendition.

[@marcellogenesi6390]

Wonderful every single one! Thank you Christina for your ensemble, European music and culture at its very best

[@racheldemain1940]

They answers one of the musical instruments questions . What is the man next to the Violinist playing? This is just heavenly. I love Monteverdi, specially the Vespers.

[@solezuroleman8892]

Christina Pluhar is the woman playing the lute and she is the leader of L'arpeggiata (instrumental group). Wonderful indeed!

[@markdejong2309]

@@racheldemain1940 some good ol' wikipedia wisdom here: that man is playing an Cornett (a curved cornett to be precise)

[@citipol]

@@racheldemain1940 . david doron sherwin playing a 'cornetto'. Bruce dickey's best cornetto player. Enjoy your baroque music. regards.

[@FransJSuper]

Al the trouble in de real world tends to depress me. This truly wonderful performace makes all trials and tribulations fade into insignificant nonsense. Thanks Philippe Jaroussky and Núria Rail, thanks Christina Pluhar and the Arpeggiata ensemble, for this beauty!

[@scottinichols4886]

I only wish I'd discovered this when it was published - I'd be 10 years happier!

[@jb77808]

You would also be nearly 400 years older ! It was first published in 1632 in Scherzi musicali !

[@james5796]

Baroque it is and very beautiful vocal harmonies

[@creightonward7271]

i had a beloved bolognese dog named Rocco and we loved this song. i picked it as his song because my dog loved nothing more than sitting in the grass on a warm spring day and squinting at the sun and feeling the breeze in his ears. we spent so many days together in my garden enjoying the fresh air and getting our ankles wet in the morning dew while waiting for sun to rise. he was a beautiful white dog and i called him my cloud. three days ago my precious dog was struck and killed by a distracted driver in a horrific accident. when it was all over i came home from the vet and stopped to pick up some of the things i had left outside in my rush to get him to the pet hospital, and the sky opened up and it started pouring heavy sheets of rain. but the day after was a beautiful temperate summer day and i know my cloud sent me a gorgeous day to live in to make the first day without him a little bit easier. so i laid down and listened to this song and thought about all the impossibly soft, simple, but luxurious days we spent together in his almost 12 years of life. he would have been 12 on june 22. i will always think of my sweet cloud when i hear this joyful song.

[@21chesterarthur]

Do not forget: he is with you lifelong...............

[@lorenmiller3797]

I can't stop listening to this, over and over and over. This song and this performance in particular is just like a warm spring breeze, and all that comes with it. It is so full of warmth and life and happiness. This performance may be my favorite musical discovery of the year.

[@PalmerLaura84]

Indeed! That's the purpose of this piece. They are singing about spring:)

[@mihaitalpas8250]

Me to

[@kostaborojevic498]

Same dawg. This shit is incredibly. Fuck modernity and all this bs.

[@davidbenson3931]

Me too! Awesome.

[@mariorocci9624]

Che gioia ascoltare giovani che, nel terzo millennio, amano eseguire musica di questo genere...

[@anglicanman1]

I can't tell you how many times I've listened to this performance. This is paradise on Earth. I love L'arpeggiata, Ms Nurial Rial, and Mr Philippe Jaroussky. I only wish I lived in France to hear them in person. Many blessings!!!

[@organicplanets]

+Gregory Potter They are performing in London this December at The Wigmore. I cannot get there to see such a magical performance :(

[@anglicanman1]

+marko peelo, I now live in Idaho Falls, ID USA. I just moved here from Portland, OR where I was the Cantor and Bass Soloist for Trinity Cathedral for 34 years. There is no outlet for my talent here in Idaho. I make do by listening to others perform early music which my training was in. Thank goodness for KZbin. Unfortunately, even London is beyond my reach at this time. Thank you for responding to my comment. I shall listen to some of your favorites. It is a goal of mine to travel to Europe and hear some of my favorite artists perform! ^_^

[@organicplanets]

Hello again, have you any recordings of yours? I have just checked my playlists and realised they was all private. Not really been using youtube to save anything until recently. Now I know why I couldn't see things when on the ipad. I went into a small independent music shop in the UK and Christina Pluhar was playing. Bought the album there and then. It was amazing. since bought others and thoroughly watch the videos here. Brilliant music.

[@liliancastro6412]

Yes, I agree. This is paradise:)

[@lro63]

Ditto😊💙

[@manuelbayogisbert9267]

If I could give a grade to every performance of every piece I've ever heard in my life, this would be the highest. It is perfect. I wish I could personally thank the performers.

[@nettaglover8183]

I could listen to Monteverdi all day.

[@jasonhurd4379]

I often do! ❤

[@amyashlyn9293]

Oh my, this brings back memories. I taught this to a children's choir I directed a very long time ago. We didn't have instrumental accompaniment expect a lone cello playing the continuo bass line, and we went a little slower. But OMG the kids ages 8-12 learned all that. It was thrilling to perform it.

[@ChelseyLee830]

Wow. Both singers are fabulous, but what an impeccable countertenor. Perfect blend.

[@maxinehibbert2928]

Sublime.. Just discovered this. It's addictive.

[@sergpie]

When the bass drops at 2:09 😂 In all seriousness, what a jovial and fun piece; so evocative of the auspicious arrival of the Zephyr.

[@vinch1305]

Rinuccini's words are as pure as the composition of Monteverdi. This always brings me to tears

[@gabrielequadri8827]

Eccezionale, perfetto! non so quale musica "primaverile" possa essere migliore di questa. Oltre tutto, le parole del più grande lirico italiano delle nostre Origini avvalorano uno spartito tanto ricco e suggestivo da incantare anche i più pigri degli ascoltatori!

[@OliviaSobolevskay]

Фантастической красоты исполнение!!! Прекрасное сопрано Нурии Риаль и контратенор Жарусски - непередаваемое удовольствие!!! Уже несколько дней не могу не слушать эту прекрасную музыку. Душа наслаждается от этих чарующих звуков))) огромная благодарность исполнителям и оркестру! Всем добра и счастья!!!

[@williammillar2892]

This music is so beautifully uplifting and joyful.

[@jamessutton9323]

It is so joyful. The glorious coming of spring. It brings tears to my eyes. A wonderful performance

[@Blanchedoree2257]

Magnifique ! Merci à Christina Pluhar qui a redonné tant de fraîcheur à la musique. Le monde a tant besoin de beauté 🌹

[@baltasarcaubet8271]

Overwhelming. Catalan soprano Nuria Rial shows always happy. She seems to sing more for herself than for others. Perhaps that's why she doesn't need the vibratos that other interpreters abuse of.

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

Baltadar Caubet - yes she certainly seems to enjoy performing and that adds to the pleasure we get when listening/watching. I am not familiar with much early Baroque vocal music but I would imagine that it doesn't want too much (if any) vibrato: a clean sound is what we get here and it suits the music perfectly.

[@taylordiclemente5163]

Vibrato was considered an ornament at this time, not a default state.

[@baltasarcaubet8271]

@@taylordiclemente5163 Of course. Notice that I do not criticize vibrato, but the abuse of it. Although I must admit that I very seldom find it necessary.

[@sebastiangagnon1838]

My friends laugh at me for listening to this type of music but I love it!

[@kostaborojevic498]

Your friends are stupid peasants mine are too haha

[@realtijuana5998]

Get better friends.

[@chong2389]

The only thing that can be said of your friends is that they actually subsidise this and other genres of music by purchasing the over 'manufactured, monotonous drivel whose aim seems to be to be as offensive as possible. So thank them and have a chuckle whenever they laugh.

[@Masties518]

Great voices , great music, it's like you lived this era

[@filipbueno]

must have been rock'n'roll at its times. Glorious voices.

[@tempeman101]

Incredible piece of music. Like many others I can't stop listening to this. This is my favorite version. Interestingly it has a very "modern" feel to it. Just wow.....

[@lbs4064]

En la Universidadiversidad de Pisa, para un examen de historia de la música uno de los temas de exponer era Monteverdi, El sentir esta ejecución magistral me ayudó tantísimo. Dos voces al unísono cielo, capaces de penetrar en el tiempo y sentidos. Ejecución magnífica de la orquesta.

[@78fufluns]

Sono totalemnte innamorata di questo duo! Jaroussky é proprio straordinario! bravissimi!

[@lbs4064]

La mejor de las performances que jamás he visto, emociones múltiples y sensaciones que hace volar el espíritu a través de cada nota.

[@moniquereed3294]

These two together. Perfection. And all the members of L'arpeggiata--chef's kiss.

[@jegraham440]

The text painting is so wonderful you should read the translation. ENGLISH VERSION: Return O Zephyr, and with gentle motion Make pleasant the air and scatter the grasses in waves And murmuring among the green branches Make the flowers in the field dance to your sweet sound; Crown with a garland the heads of Phylla and Chloris With notes tempered by love and joy, From mountains and valleys high and deep And sonorous caves that echo in harmony. The dawn rises eagerly into the heavens and the sun Scatters rays of gold, and of the purest silver, Like embroidery on the cerulean mantle of Thetis. But I, in abandoned forests, am alone. The ardour of two beautiful eyes is my torment; As my Fate wills it, now I weep, now I sing.

[@jadashi]

jegraham440, where did you find this translation/who did it? Many thanks!

[@willmarshall2082]

thank you for this translation

[@eriskooo]

this is not the best translation. more valuable is one from dutch wiki, even tranlated via tranlator

[@zahiranavarrete7935]

thank you for this!

[@jeandoten1510]

Yeah perhaps not the best, but my Italian isn't good enough to translate the whole thing. I used to teach this piece to my undergraduate music class, and I found that you can follow the text painting pretty well if you understand a key words in each phrase.

[@organicplanets]

I have watched this piece over and over again, and again and over and over and again and again. STUNNING

[@williamma69]

Consummate music making . Superb.

[@margheritadigiorgio3868]

Ogni primo giorno di primavera ascolto questo brano e ogni volta mi incanta. Una meraviglia

[@paulcarter641]

this is monstrously good

[@giovannisarli7984]

Che gioia! Mi riempie il core di grazia e letizia! In pochi minuti esprime tutto il bello della nostra Italia e quindi, nonostante tutto, torno ad amarla! Grazie Maestro Monteverdi!

[@maxmartin9308]

What human mankind can produce the best on earth. Gives hope.

[@sebastianverney7851]

Oh what divine music

[@IoanNicut]

This piece is full of pure joy!

[@kthea1414]

This piece makes me so happy! Fabulous!

[@sccorco]

Sublime!!! Maravilloso duo ❤

[@grecuadriana2830]

Una meraviglia!! Grazie di cuore!!

[@inesdeerausquin5658]

Sheer brilliance, as always, from both singers and ensemble - love Jaroussky, Rial and L'Arpeggiata, talk about a dream team!! I've always loved this duet but this is the best performance of it I have heard; it is so *alive* it makes me want to dance from the very first note! And the prelude from the orchestra is genius!!

[@kennethlicker9292]

Inés de Erausquin Your description is quite accurate. Jaroussky and Rial are a marvelous duo and complement each other so well.

[@brianenglebardt1757]

So beautiful...the mix of instruments and the vocals, just gorgeous!

[@LordHRthend]

This is a Grade A certified bop.

[@neronalipiocortesberghause8814]

Maravilhosa interpretação...

[@ferruville4542]

Stupenda musica, stupenda interpretazione, stupenda esecuzione, stupendi cantanti 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@GreatKingOfLipnice]

I am moved to tears. This is the most amazing piece of music on Earth . I am saying that as a fan of many styles and genres and as an uploader of a different version of this song, that has just found out that it is not sung by two women, which shocked him profoundly :)

[@frogmouth]

Shimmering chords they are so pitch perfect

[@Masties518]

Me too❤❤❤❤

[@SalvatoreLinguantiBia]

Una musica che stimola emozioni, ciao🌹👋

[@shupingwang3392]

Nurial Rial is lovely.

[@ferdinanddefournoux2754]

Man this is a pop song

[@taylordiclemente5163]

Yep. "La Ciaccona."

[@yeah8598]

Monteverdi created pop

[@riohenry6382]

Many early music arias are fist pumping pop songs. Try Handel

[@mysticmouse7261]

We kick up our heels and dance like an Italian Spring!

[@Masties518]

Sublim, beautiful.a journey to the medieval era

[@pedronebredag]

Magnífica interpretación de este madrigal de Monteverdi.¡¡¡BRAVO¡¡¡

[@labananiere]

Je ne me lasse pas d'écouter ce chef d'oeuvre, avec le tandem Rial + Jarousski, exécution de maîtres, j'aime en particulier quand Jarousski poursuit Nuria, avec sa voix inimitable, quelles voix!!! Un plaisir de vous écouter, bravo, merci.

[@christiancarrie8137]

Une pure joie et une grande admiration pour tous.

[@kristianbarta]

My heart is full! Beautiful! :)

[@jessblinn]

Wow!! What an incredible performance. I've heard many, and the joy, passion, drive and precision in this performance is just beautiful! Thank you!

[@Masties518]

C'esr merveilleux de savoir que notre patrimoine culturel n'est pas perdu et que la releve exite.❤❤❤❤ in english: our culture is still alive via this talented youth

[@Hallelujahman]

I'm French Canadian ; )

[@DavidCruz-yu2nx]

Sublime interpretación, el Paraíso en la tierra.

[@garcimex]

Una deliciosa obra que he escuchado una y muchas veces. Grandiosa la música de Monteverdi y la interpretación de estos dos jóvenes y del grupo musical.

[@papagenoharto]

Wondrful. J S BACH, Monteverdi, Beethoven ,Schubert , Handel ,Mozart and Vivaldi the best composers in the history of music

[@johnbutler5402]

Hey, you forgot Haydn!

[@carmencortegoso4132]

que maravilla y que alegre.menuda pareja

[@Meravigliosus]

I had the pleasance to listen them live.. it´s really marvelous...you can´t believe they are even better than in this video

[@racheldemain1940]

I can actually. That must be amazing to hear them live . Lucky you. 🙂

[@janetdiehl9010]

Wow! Makes me want to get up and dance using some of the movements of middle eastern & of midieval dance

[@jedavilav1]

Une vrai merveille! Monteverdi, les vers de Rinuccini, les chanteurs, les musicians, l'evocation de Botticelli!

[@geridelbello4480]

Bravo che ti sei ricordato di Ottavio Rinuccini! Parodia di una poesia di Francesco Petrarca

[@a.ge.2620]

Philippe votre voix céleste rend un juste tribut au génie du Maestro Monteverdi. Bravissimo

[@arletebannwartvieira7833]

Je suis d'accord!!! Bravooo!!

[@valterlellissiqueira290]

Simplesmente maravilhoso. Uma das melhores interpretações desta obra originalíssima de Monteverdi.

[@lancegagelman7641]

The phrase - Zefiro Torna, oh di soavi accenti - which means 'Zephyr returns, oh of sweet accents' describes the aria well, for the aria's melody carries one along, drawing him in, much like a bouquet of lustrous, fragrant flowers.

[@AndrewRudin]

The harmonic daring of Monteverdi, on the lines: "Sol io, per selve abbandonate e sole, l'ardor di due begli occhi e'l mio tormento, come vuol mia ventura, hor piango hor canto." Just amazing!

[@paulcaswell2813]

One of the 'Great' moments in all music.

[@donbosco50]

I am no expert - just a music lover - this is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard - both vocalists are sublime - the accompanists equally so - it is so uplifting and exquisite - the performers are so joyful and integrated in the piece.

[@mikeseensoul8154]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful lightness, sun, charm, colors Ahhhhhhh :)

[@arletebannwartvieira7833]

É um.bálsamo ouvir esse artista. Não me canso de admirá_lo!!

[@laurotramujas4605]

Spectacular 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jos53cor]

¡Maravilloso! ¡Hermosa interpretación! No me canso de escucharla y ver a estos virtuosos.

[@carlosilvestri7252]

incredibile! Molto amo la musica di Monteverdi! E' un compositore grande! Una bella redazione!

[@sirasy]

SPLENDIDI!!!!BRAVISSIMI TUTTI!!!!

[@jlapierremusic]

Observe @ 3:49 how both Rial and Jaroussky's head both rises in the same way with the rising 5-note note line....thats how you know musicians are connected on an artistic and spiritual level. Bravissimo.

[@jenniferdumesh1412]

Qué hermoso, magnifico! Monteverdi fue una joyita.

[@user-jm6nu8hn2k]

Extremely beautiful !!!

[@guillermocervilla9527]

Gracias!! por subirlo, todo bello!! musicos voces!!

[@VlnAlexandrosIakovou]

I love so much this performance! Great singers, great musicians!

[@dottygirl6973]

Beautiful, simply beautiful

[@IreneJansson-vl3yw]

simply wonderful

[@rikeimvogelnest291]

i LOVE this piece...makes my heart wide as the sky...I always listen to it this time of year, when autumn is near

[@HiruniGunaratne]

One of the most beautiful performances I came through of this :) :) :)

[@mahindagga2204]

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[@budandchuck]

if you can find the version with Nigel Rogers------------it is faster and more compellingly danceable

[@marvinsilverman4394]

Amazing, I always loved this piece

[@ameliaaroca8290]

¡ Maravillosos ! Gracias

[@cuentaabandonada169]

Uno de los madrigales más famosos escrito por Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), en el estilo de la segunda práctica o concertante del siglo XVII. Disfruten el entrelazado de las dos voces solistas y del magnífico bajo continuo de los instrumentos, recién nacido en esta época. Monteverdi fue el maestro italiano más célebre de la primera mitad del siglo XVII.

[@ississanchez6322]

Gracias información valiosa para mí trabajo de la cq ✨👌🏻

[@marvinsilverman4394]

@@ississanchez6322 para tu trabajo y para ti mismo tambien

[@sergioaguirre6466]

BELLÍSIMO, EMOCIONA!!

[@wilsonguida1027]

L'Arpeggiata and Zéfiro, the perfect junction. Transparent, airy, the most integrated sound I've ever heard. Great tribute to the composer Monteverdi, the Zéfiro himself, and the listeners. Congratulatios from Brasil.

[@abigailaronson5527]

So beautiful!!

[@danielrodriguez9630]

Cada uno maestro en lo suyo. Suma perfecion total. Arte para el alma...

[@marieanab]

Magnific!

[@francescolicata9169]

semplicemente emozionante.

[@RaffAff1]

Have loved this work for years and years and this performance is among the very best. Many congratulations.

[@TRIBALTECHNIK]

Amazing, Delightful and Outstanding!!! :-) Thank You :-)

[@bernadettemartini8823]

Invitando al baile..dos voces de una gran belleza! Un délice

[@JamesaSW5]

Simplemente maravilloso!

[@davephillips1263]

Truly beautiful music and performance.

[@g.pieromura7703]

Great Jaroussky singing in "Falsetto". Great also Nuria Rial and all the ensemble.

[@DubiousDubs]

Jaroussky may be the greatest proof that falsetto is a misnomer. Nothing false about this. Makes me wonder why we don't simply call it head voice the way we do with women

[@user-ku8wf3ny2h]

Великолепно!!! Браво!!!

[@marcuscarrington3688]

Beautiful voices. Amazing musicians. It’s just heavenly

[@liliancastro6412]

I love it... Reaches untouched places of the soul!