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2017-08-13 01:30:00
FOUR COMPOSERS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS In a previous post on the Italian Renaissance a CD gave the opportunity to listen to the original "Ancient Airs and Dances for Lute": here we have Respighi's transcription instead. (His grand orchestration is exemplified also in the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor already posted →post). Bruno Maderna, interested in the music of the past like his teacher Malipiero, made a similar job with the anthology "Harmonice Musices Odhecaton", published in Venice in 1501, and with some other works of the 17th century. Luigi Dallapiccola reworked baroque music more freely in his two Tartinianas. A hundred years earlier Giovanni Bottesini paid homage to the then dominant world of the opera with his instrumental output, which includes also different kinds of compositions (leading the way to the most European of the Italian Romantics). Other works of these composers are given in the CDs pictured on the […]
2017-06-24 01:00:00
Loyset Compére (1440/45-1518) Missa Galeazescha Alexander Agricola (1445-1506) Gaspar van Weerbeke (1455-1517) Motets Heinrich Lübeck, Johannes Martini (c1440-1497/98) Instrumental music Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col – Pian&Forte, Gabriele Cassone – La Pifarescha – LaReverdie – Liuwe Tamminga organ Classic Voice/Antiqua CA001 (2009). Recorded 2005 [flac, cue, log, scans, covers of a later reissue] Rare and recommended! "In the second half of the fifteenth century, in times of the Duchy of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), Milan lived an extraordinary artistic flowering period, particularly in music. The Duke decided to create a large chapel for which he would hire some of the most famous Franco-Flemish polyphony composers active at the time, including Alexander Agricola, Gaspar van Weerbecke and Loyset Compère. The court of Galeazzo Maria Sforza promoted a new genre of polyphonic Mass, which in its texts attributed particular importance to the cult of Our Lady of Grace and Mercy. One […]
2017-04-11 01:00:00
[…] Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae La Colombina Schola Antiqua Glossa GCD 922002 (© 2005) [3.18'25"] EAC rip; flacs, log, cue, scans (300dpi); 770 MB Courtesy of member Thomas Cadfael Download Christoph Demantius (1567-1643)Deutsche Johannes-PassionSechs Deutsche Motetten KammerChor SaarbrückenGeorg Grün - directionLabel: Christophorus CHR 77229Recorded March 1997Courtesy of member Aart[Flacs & scans]Download Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Giaches de Wert (1535-1596) Missa in illo tempore and other vocal works Ensemble Odhecaton Paolo da Col - direction Label: Ricercar RIC 322 Recorded September 2011 Courtesy of member Nozomi [Flacs & scans] Download Weep and RejoiceMusic for Holy Week from theconvents of 17th-century Italy Cappella ArtemisiaCandace Smith - directionLabel: Brilliant Classics BC 94638Recorded June 2013[Flacs & scans]Download Sulpitia Cesis (1577-p.1619) Motetti Spirituali, 1619 Cappella Arteminia Candace Smith - direction Label: Tactus TC 572801 Recorded October 2001 [Flacs & scans] Download […]
2017-01-13 16:28:07
[…] which required a considerable complexity of execution beyond printed text alone – did not begin to appear until 1501 with the editions of Ottaviano Petrucci in Venice . Petrucci’s music prints – treasured by collectors throughout Europe for their great beauty and clarity – set a standard of magnificence that was rarely if ever matched by the work of other music printers in the century to follow. Adieu mes amours (Josquin) from Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, Petrucci, 1501, Venice (click to enlarge) But Petrucci’s editions were notoriously expensive. To produce his superlative music books, Petrucci used a triple impression process, running each leaf through the press six times – every printed page receiving separate impressions for staves, words, and notes. It was extremely laborious, running up costs and putting the acquisition of these first editions of printed music in Europe beyond the reach of those without very deep pockets […]