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Fire and Ice
Various composers

Clare Wilkinson

Fire and Ice

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212003527
Catnr: SIGCD 035
Release date: 01 October 2002
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212003527
Catalogue number
SIGCD 035
Release date
01 October 2002
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About the album

In the late 15th century, Italy was divided between the independence of the mighty Venetian Republic and tiny Dukedoms such as Ferrara and Mantua. Music and literature were patronised by the ruling classes as statements of power and local identity. However the most revered European composers were from the north, and their musical style owed little to Italian culture.

In northern Italy an educated classicist, Isabella Marchioness of Mantua, devised the frottola where text was set to a simple melody following speech rhythms, and accompanied by 2 or 3 instruments. The frottola is a Cinderella of Renaissance song and has suffered in comparison with the English and Italian Madrigal and the French Chanson in the 2oth century revival of interest in Renaissance music.

On Fire and Ice we present frottole taken from a Venetian manuscript, compiled around 1520, to argue the case for a re-evaluation of this repertoire. The collection is notable for the quality of both the poetry and the music. The texts deal frequently with emotional extremes - the “fire and ice” of our title!

Modelled on the court bands of the 16th century, Musica Antiqua is the only group in Great Britain to play on specially commissioned matched sets of viols and recorders, copied from 16th century originals. This CD offers a rare opportunity to hear the very different sound these instruments make compared to their "modern" counterparts from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Frottole van hoge kwaliteit met emotionele uitersten
In Noord-Italië bedacht Markiezin Isabella van Mantua de frottola. Meerstemmige liedjes op een een simpele melodie, al dan niet begeleid door instrumenten. De frottola is de Assepoester onder de renaissanceliederen, en heeft in vergelijking tot het Engelse en Italiaanse madrigaal en het Franse chanson geleden onder de opleving van de interesse in renaissancemuziek in de 20e eeuw. Het was aristocratische muziek die bijzonder populair was aan de Noord-Italiaanse vorstenhoven van Mantua, Ferrara en Urbino.

Fire and Ice bevat frottole uit een Venetiaans manuscript, samengesteld rond 1520, om te pleiten voor een nieuwe evaluatie van dit repertoire. De collectie is noemenswaardig vanwege de kwaliteit van zowel de poëzie als de muziek. De teksten gaan vaak over emotionele uitersten – vandaar Fire and Ice als titel!

Musica Antiqua neemt de hofensembles uit de 16e eeuw als voorbeeld, en is het enige Britse ensemble dat speelt op speciaal voor hen gebouwde bij elkaar passende sets van gamba’s en blokfluiten, naar voorbeeld van originele 16e-eeuwse instrumenten. Dit album biedt de zeldzame gelegenheid om de bijzondere klank van deze instrumenten te beluisteren, die verschilt van hun moderne tegenhangers uit de 17e en 18e eeuw.

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01.
Bussa la porta [villotta à 3
00:28
(Anonymous)
02.
Su, su, leva [frottola à 4]
01:57
(Bartolomeo Tromboncino)
03.
Era di maggio [villotta à 3]
00:19
(Anonymous)
04.
La via de la fiumera [frottola à 4]
01:31
(Anonymous)
05.
Il marchese o di Saluzio [villotta à 3]
00:18
(Anonymous)
06.
El marchese di Saluzzo [saltarello à 4]
01:27
(Anonymous)
07.
Donde ne vienstu bella [villotta à 4]
00:24
(Anonymous)
08.
La gatta (basse danse à 4)
01:02
(Pierre Attaingnant)
09.
Nel tempo che riveste il verde manto [frottola à 4]
03:39
(Ioannes Lulinus Venetus)
10.
Vostro son, né d?altra mai [frottola à 4]
01:58
(Anonymous)
11.
O vaghe luci [frottola à 4]
04:35
(Anonymous)
12.
Recercar secondo (lute solo)
02:38
(Vicenzo Capirola)
13.
O miei ciecha e dura sorte (lute solo)
02:15
(Marco Cara)
14.
Che farala (lute solo)
01:15
(Bartolomeo Tromboncino)
15.
Amor, da che convien [frottola à 4]
04:10
(Anonymous)
16.
La morte de la ragion [pavana à 4]
02:01
(Anonymous)
17.
Dura passion [frottola à 4]
02:19
(Anonymous)
18.
O dolce farfarela [frottola à 4]
01:02
(Anonymous)
19.
Mentre io vo per questi boschi [frottola à 4]
03:37
(Marco Cara)
20.
Pavana alla ferrarese (lute solo)
00:51
(Joan Ambrosio Dalza)
21.
Saltarello (lute solo)
00:53
(Joan Ambrosio Dalza)
22.
Piva (lute solo)
00:49
(Joan Ambrosio Dalza)
23.
Tanto mi trovo [frottola à 4]
03:14
(Anonymous)
24.
Aspicias utinam [frottola à 4]
05:48
(Bartolomeo Tromboncino)
25.
Perché son tutto foco [frottola à 4]
03:40
(Marco Cara)
26.
Fiamma amorosa e bella [frottola à 4]
02:54
(Marco Cara)
27.
Nel foco tremo [frottola à 4]
02:39
(Bartolomeo Tromboncino)
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