Ecco la Primavera

Ecco la Primavera - Florentine music of the 14th century
The Early Music Consort of London - David Munrow, dir.
Argo ZRG 642 [LP]
London "Treasury" STS 15583 [LP]
Decca/London "Serenata" 436 219-2DM [CD]

Contents:

    Francesco Landini:
  1. Ballata: Ecco la primavera

    2. Anon.:
  2. Lamento di Tristano

    3. Francesco Landini:
  3. Ballata: Giunta vaga biltà
  4. Ballata: Questa fanciull'amor

    5. Anon.:
  5. Trotto

    6. Francesco Landini:
  6. Canonic madrigal: De! dinmi tu

    7. Magister Piero:
  7. Caccia: Con dolce brama

    8. Anon.:
  8. Saltarello I
    Saltarello II

    9. Andrea Zachara da Teramo:
  9. Organ: Rosetta

    10. Anon.:
  10. Canonic madrigal: Quan ye voy le duç

    11. Francesco Landini:
  11. Cara mie donna
  12. La bionda treçça

    13. Anon.:
  13. La Manfredina

    14. Francesco Landini:
  14. Ballata: Donna'l tuo partimento

    15. Giovani da Firenze:
  15. Caccia: Chon brachi assai

    16. Anon.:
  16. Istampita Ghaetta

    17. Lorenzo di Firenze:
  17. Madrigal: Dà, dà, a chi avaregia

    18. Jacopo da Bologna:
  18. Fenice fu' e vissi

    19. Anon.:
  19. Biance flour

Playing time: 51' 10"

Performers:
The Early Music Consort of London [James Bowman (counter-tenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Oliver Brookes (bass viol), Mary Remnant (treble rebec, fiddle), Robert Spencer (lute), Christopher Hogwood (organ, harp, percussion), Alan Lumsden (tenor sackbut), David Munrow (recorders, soprano & alto crumhorn, tenor shawm)] - David Munrow, dir.

Recording site and date:
Decca Studio No. 3, West Hampstead, London [04-05/1969];
rel. 1969

Compilation:
London SU 7005 [LPx2] The medieval super concert - Music from 14th Century Florence & Music of the Crusades
Argo D40D3 [LPx3] Festival of Early Music - Music from 14th Century Florence, Music of the Crusades & The Triumphs of Maximilian
Decca/London 289 452 967-2 [CDx2] Early Music Festival

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 47/560- (january 1970)
Diapason (#-p.): 161-52 (november 1971), 398-213 (november 1993)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments: Information from owned LP, and CD compilation. Titles and composers' names have been slightly modified in accordance to the listing in the CD compilation. Probably the first recording of the Early Music Consort under Munrow's direction.

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Pierre-F. Roberge