The critic Andrew Clements describes the Claudio Monteverdi’s Eighth Book of madrigals as "a statement of artistic principles and compositional authority", in which the composer "shaped and expanded the madrigal form to accommodate what he wanted to do... the pieces collected in Book Eight make up a treasury of what music in the first half the 17th century could possibly express."
The selection of works from this treasure trove – Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi accompanied by chosen works from Book Seven will be presented by the artist Capella Cracoviensis ensemble.

Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo: Balletto terzo, corrente e passacagli, F 2.26
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi: Dolcissimo uscignolo, SV 161
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi: Gira il nemico insidioso amore, SV 148
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali, Settimo libro: Ohimè dove il mio ben, SV 140
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali, Settimo libro: S’el vostro cor madonna, SV 131
Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo: Cento partite sopra passacagli, F 2.29
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali, Settimo lbro: Al lume delle stelle, SV 138
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi: Chi vol haver felice e lieto il core, SV 162

Antonina Ruda soprano
Matylda Staśto-Kotuła alto
Piotr Szewczyk Szczepan Kosior tenor
Przemysław Józef Bałka bass
Klaudia Łoboda harpsichord