Arcadia

Monteverdi, Claudio;
Falconieri, Andrea;
Verdelot, Philippe;
Willaert, Adrian;
Wert, Giaches de;
Caccini, Giulio;
Ruffo, Vincenzo;
D'India, Sigismondo;
Rognoni, Riccardo;
Rognoni, Francesco;
del Badio, Giuseppino;
Asola, Giammatteo;
Tromboncino, Bartolomeo

de Lera, Leonor;
Laguna, Nacho;
FitzGerald, Pablo

PC 10459

Leonor de Lera has chosen the "Arcadia" described in Greek mythology as a transfigured place in idyllic nature as the title for her new CD. The genre of the pastorale, the Arcadian pastoral idyll, enjoyed incredible popularity during the Renaissance and all the great poets of the time wrote poems that were in turn set to madrigals by the great composers. Leonor de Lera plays a selection of such pastorals on her violin - accompanied by lute and guitar. She does this, as was customary for Renaissance and early Baroque instrumentalists, by not playing the melodies true to the notes, but by embellishing them with so-called "diminutions". There were many schools and styles for these, which are described in treatises of the time, and the virtuoso also demonstrated his skills with his art of diminution. The violinist now applies the different styles to the various pieces she has chosen for this programme, which are by Monteverdi, Caccini, Falconieri, Trombocino, Willaert and many others. The result is a stylistically diverse, highly virtuosic CD that is also a comprehensive compendium of the art of diminution in Italy around 1600.

Works:

•Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della ninja
• Claudio Monteverdi: Dolcissimo uscignolo
• Claudio Monteverdi: Zefiro Zefiro torna
•Andrea Falconieri: E viver, e morire
•Andrea Falconieri: Begli occhi lucenti
•Andrea Falconieri: Pastorella ove ti ascondi
•Philippe Verdelot: Trist'Amarilli mia
•Philippe Verdelot: Igno soave
•Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Zephyro spira e il bel tempo rimena
•Adrian Willaert: Vecchie letrose
•Vincenzo Ruffo: Liete piante, verdi erbe, limpide acque
•Giovanni Matteo Asola: In una verde piaggia
•Giaches de Wert: Ah, dolente partita
•Giuseppino del Biado: Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi da questo cielo
•Riccardo Rognoni: Un gai bergier
•Giulio Caccini: Al fonte, al prato
•Francesco Rognoni: Vestiva i colli del Palestrina
•Sigismondo d'India: Su su prendi la cetra o Pastore

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Pan Classics

03-04-2024

7619990104594