Cradle of the Renaissance

The Cradle of the Renaissance
Italian music from the time of Leonardo da Vinci
Sirinu
Hyperion 66814

Contents:

  1. Traditional: Uccellino, bel uccellino (soprano, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, percussion)
  2. Traditional: Piva (soprano, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, percussion)
  3. Marchetto Cara: Non e tempo d'aspectare (soprano, lute, harp)
  4. Agricola: Cecus non judicat de coloribus (recorder, harp, lute)
  5. Cornago: Yerra con poco saber (soprano, organ)
  6. Traditional: Scaramella / Io ne tengo (soprano, recorder, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, percussion)
  7. Cara: O mia cieca e dura sorte (soprano, 3 viols)
  8. Agricola: Helas madame que feraige (lute, harp)
  9. Anon: Nam edunt de micis (3 recorders)
  10. Anon: Ben venga maggio (soprano, harp, gittern)
  11. Anon: Io vegio la mia vita ia finire (pipe, tabor, 3 voices, percussion)
  12. Francesco Bossinensis / Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Ricercare XV / Scopri, lingua (soprano, lute)
  13. Anon: De dos la mer (recorder, harp, lute)
  14. Serafino de' Ciminelli Dall'Aquila: Gridan vostri ochi (soprano, lute)
  15. Anon: Per la mya cara (2 shawms, sackbut, drum)
  16. Leonardo Giustiniani: Aime sospiri (soprano, harp)
  17. Isaac: La martinella (organ)
  18. Anon: J'ay pris amours (soprano, recorder, harp, lute)
  19. Traditional: Canzon de' pifari dico el Ferrarese (shawm, sackbut, drum)
  20. Anon: Regina delcor mio (4 voices)
  21. Poliziano: Dunque piangiamo (voice, lira da braccio)
  22. Poliziano / Traditional: Udite selve (soprano, bagpipes)
  23. Poliziano / Traditional: Villana (2 voices, hurdy-gurdy, shawm, percussion)

Performers: Sara Stowe (soprano, organ, recorder, percussion), Matthew Spring (lute, voice, hurdy-gurdy, shawm, lira da braccio, viol, gittern), Jon Banks (harp, sackbut, organ, viol, recorder, percussion, voice), Henry Stobart (recorder, bagpipes, voice, viol, shawm, pipe, tabor)

Playing time: 69'

Recording date: February 1995

This recording of music from 15th century Italy features many lighter songs, with a predominance of instrumental work. The connection with Leonardo da Vinci is basically nominal.

Closely related programs:

Léonard de Vinci - L'harmonie du monde
Doulce Mémoire - Denis Raisin-Dadre
Astrée 8883
Music for Mona Lisa
Concordia - Mark Levy
Metronome 1023
Music in the Age of Leonardo da Vinci
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise - Gilles Plante
CBC "Musica Viva" 1022
Leonardo da Vinci - Music of His Time
Various performers
Naxos 8.558057

A recording with a similar program, but with a more vocal orientation and a more extensive exploration of the frottola genre:

Non e' tempo d'Aspettare
Frottole dal Primo Libro di Franciscus Bossinensis
Roberta Invernizzi / Accademia Strumentale Italiana - Alberto Rasi
Stradivarius 33516

A recording of a similar selection of German music from this era:

Tugend und Untugend (Virtue and Vice)
German Secular Songs and Instrumental Music from the Time of Luther
Convivium Musicum / Ensemble Villanella - Sven Berger
Naxos 8.553352

A recording featuring music of Angelo Poliziano:

Poliziano: La Fabula di Orpheo
La Compagnia dell'Oprheo - Francis Biggi
K617 200

Finally, the next recordings by the present ensemble:

All Goodly Sports
The Complete Music of Henry VIII
Sirinu
Chandos Chaconne 0621
Stuart Age Music
Tunes from Troubled Times
Sirinu
Griffin 4007
Court Jesters
Tudor Minstrel Music: Dowland / Byrd / Henry VIII
Sirinu
Griffin 4013
Bold, Fearless and Rash
Music from the Courts of Burgundy, 1363-1477
Sirinu
Ensemble Music Label 007
Gentile Spiritus
Lute Trios and Spanish Songs from the Segovia Codex
Sirinu
Ensemble Music Label 053
Out of the Orient
Music from the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Sirinu
Ensemble Music Label 054

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Todd M. McComb