Willaert in Italy

Adriaan Willaert en Italië

Capella Sancti Michaelis / Currende Consort - Erik Van Nevel
Eufoda 1160

Also issued in De Vlaamse Polyfonie (10 CDs)

Contents:

1. De Macque: Canzona alla Francese
2. Willaert: Ave virgo
3. Willaert: Lauda Ierusalem
4. Rore: Signor mio caro
5. Rore: Schiet' arbuscel
6. Willaert: Douleur me bat
7. Willaert: Vecchie Ietrose
8. Wert: Saule, Saule
9. Wert: Egressus lesus
10. De Macque: Capriccio sopra re fa mi sol
11. Wert: Giunto alla tomba
12. Wert: Tu canti
13. Willaert: Quante volte diss'io
14. Rore: Mia benigna fortuna
15. Rore: Vous sçavez bien
16. De Macque: Canzona 2
17. Rore: Fratres, scitote
18. Wert: Amen, amen dico vobis
19. Wert: Vox clamantis
20. Rore: Agimus tibi gratias

Performers: Katelijne van Laethem (soprano), Cristel de Meulder (soprano), Jan Caals (alto), Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Job Boswinkel (bass), Ludwig van Gijsegem (tenor); Sophie Wattillon (viol), Gail-Ann Schroeder (viol), Piet Stryckers (viol), Peter van Heyghen (recorder), Jean Tubéry (cornet), Simen van Mechelen (alto sackbut), Jean-Jacques Herbin (tenor sackbut), Frank Poitrineau (bass sackbut), Philippe Malfeyt (lute), Herman Stinders (harpsichord), Johan Laleman (organ); Hildegard van Overstraeten, Anne Marie Buyle, Mieke Wouters, Gertie Lindemans, Lieve Jansen (choir sopranos); Alma Ooms, Els Spanhove, Tim Mc Taggart, Martine Renson, Hans van den Broeck (choir altos); Werner Trio, Jan Melaerts, Joris Bosman, Carlo Vandenhende, Lieven Termont, Michel Pirson (choir tenors); André Vierendeels, Luk Martens, Ludo Peeters, Michel Labro (choir basses)

Playing time: 75'

Copyright date: 1993

This program shows the range of the Flemish presence in Italy, beginning with Willaert in 1527, and continuing with his successor Rore also in Venice. Wert was the last Fleming to hold a major post in Italy, as a predecessor to Monteverdi at the Gonzaga court in Mantua.

A recording devoted to a more obscure composer from this circle:

Nasco: Lamentations of Jeremiae

Ensemble Vocale Speculum Musicae - Marina Malavasi
Bongiovanni 5610

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