The lute became the instrument of choice at European courts around 1500, the time of their greatest cultural and spiritual importance. The lute was considered by the Humanists to represent Orpheus's lyre, as it embodied the metaphysical ideal of the power of music and was also closely linked to improvisation. Here we revive this tradition for the first time on record: this programme is almost entirely improvised and presents the Renaissance lute with all its surprising colours and sonorities as a living instrument.
Works:
•Bor Zuljan: 7 Ricercare
•Bor Zuljan: Bassadanza
•Joan Ambrosio Dalza / Bor Zuljan: Calata alla spagnola
•Joan Ambrosio Dalza / Bor Zuljan: Calata alla spagnola ditto Terzetti
•Joan Ambrosio Dalza / Bor Zuljan: Piva
•Johannes Ockeghem: Malor me bar
•Vincenzo Capirola / Bor Zuljan: Stavasi Amor dormendo
•Marco dall'Aquila / Bor Zuljan: La traditora
•Bor Zuljan / Monica Pustilnik: Ricercare
•Bor Zuljan / Monica Pustilnik: La Cara Cossa
•Bor Zuljan / Monica Pustilnik: Piva
•Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Zephyro spira
•Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Su, su leva, alza le ciglia
•Francesco Canova da Milano / Monica Pustilnik: Ricercare, Fantasia a dui liutti
•Antoine Busnois / Bor Zuljan: Fortuna desperata
•Michele Pesenti / Vincenzo Capirola: Che faralla, che diralla
•Giovanni Maria da Crema / Bor Zuljan: Passamezzo alla Bolognese
•Giovanni Maria da Crema / Bor Zuljan: Saltarello alla Bolognese
•Vincenzo Capirola / Bor Zuljan: Pavana descordata
•Angelo Poliziano / Bor Zuljan: Il buon nocchier & Ricercare dietro