Italy - 16th century instrumental

Ricercari, Capricci e Fantasie a tre
Italienische Musik im Cinquecento
La Gamba Freiburg - Ekkehard Weber
Ars Musici 1168

Contents:

  1. Guami: Ricercar 3 (1588)
  2. Ruffo: El Chioco (1564)
  3. Ruffo: La Brava (1564)
  4. Ruffo: Il Capriccioso (1564)
  5. Ruffo: La Disperata (1564)
  6. Lasso: La Sol Fa Re Mi (1579)
  7. Ruffo: La Sol Fa Re Mi (1564)
  8. Ruffo: La Gamba in basso & soprano (1564)
  9. Ruffo: La Gamba in tenor (1564)
  10. Ruffo: El Pietoso (1564)
  11. Ruffo: La Piva (1564)
  12. Guami: Ricercar 8 (1588)
  13. Willaert: Ricercar 1 (1559)
  14. Agricola: A les regrets (1545)
  15. Willaert: Ricercar 6 (1559)
  16. Agricola: L'homme banni (1545)
  17. Willaert: Ricercar 7 (1559)
  18. Agricola: Cecus non judicat de coloribus (1538)
  19. Giovanni Bassano (c.1558-1617): Fantasia I (1585)
  20. Bassano: Fantasia II (1585)
  21. Bassano: Fantasia III (1585)
  22. Bassano: Fantasia IV (1585)
  23. Bassano: Fantasia V (1585)
  24. Lasso: Fantasia (1579)
  25. Monteverdi: Canzonetta I (1584)
  26. Monteverdi: Canzonetta II (1584)
  27. Monteverdi: Canzonetta III (1584)
  28. Monteverdi: Canzonetta IV (1584)
  29. Monteverdi: Canzonetta V (1584)
  30. Giovanni Battista Conforti (fl. c.1550-c.1570): Ricercar del secondo tono (1558)

Performers: Ekkehard Weber (treble & alto viols), Petra Manz (alto viol), Martina Rothbauer (bass viol)

Playing time: 65'

Recording date: May 1996

This recording contains a good selection of music showing the transition between purely vocal models for instrumental composition at the beginning of the century to freely instrumental ideas toward the end. The liner notes are also nicely informative in this regard. The restriction of playing only 3-voice works on viols is both a positive and negative for the release.

Other recordings by the present ensemble:

Deutsche Consortmusik
Suites & Variations by Scheidt, Reusner, Schein, Schop & Sweelinck
La Gamba Freiburg - Ekkehard Weber
Ars Musici 1096
Purcell: 15 Fantasien
La Gamba Freiburg - Ekkehard Weber
Ars Musici 1135

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Todd M. McComb