Music at the time of Dante

Dante Alighieri - Lo mio servente core
Ensemble Lucidarium
L'Empreinte digitale ED 13051

Contents:

    Bonaiuto del Casentino
  1. Hæc Medela

  2. Salimbene de Adam: Cronica
  3. Frater de Cornetta

  4. Anon., Italy, Cortona Biblioteca Communale Ms 91
  5. Damni conforto

  6. Anon., Italy, Cortona Biblioteca Communale Ms 91
  7. O divina virgo fiore

  8. Anon., Italy, Bologna Biblioteca universitaria Ms 2216
  9. Virgine Benedeta

  10. Salimbene de Adam: Cronica
  11. Frater Deutsalvet

  12. Anon., Italy, Venezia Biblioteca Marciana Ms Ital IX, 945
  13. O Crux fructus

  14. Salimbene de Adam: Cronica
  15. Stellae et ravioli

  16. Anon., Italy, Luca Arch. de Stato, Ms 184 (Mancini)
  17. De Mia Frarina

  18. Anon., Tuscany (?), mid 14th c.: Liber de Coquina
  19. Liber de coquina

  20. Anon.
  21. Saltarello

  22. Dante Alighieri: Comoedia, Purgatorium XXVI-115-148
  23. Dante incontra Arnaut Daniel

  24. Arnaut Daniel
  25. Lo ferm voler

  26. Perotinus (attr.), Firenze, Biblioteca Laurenziana, Ms Pluteus 191
  27. Clausola

  28. Franco Sacchetti: Il Trecentonovelle
  29. Dante e il fabbro

  30. Dante Alighieri/Arnaut Daniel
  31. Lo mio servente core

  32. Anon., Italy, Roma Ms Vaticano Rossi 215, framm. Greggiati
  33. Canto lo gallo

  34. Anon., Italy, Roma Ms Vaticano Rossi 215, framm. Greggiati
  35. E con cavalchè

  36. Anon., Paris B.N. Fonds italien 568
  37. Amor merçe

  38. Franco Sacchetti: Il Trecentonovelle
  39. Dante et il Genovese

  40. Anon., Padova S. Giustina Ms. 533
  41. E par che la vita mia

  42. Anon., Italy, Roma Ms Vaticano Rossi 215
  43. Sulla rivera

  44. Giovanni Sercambi: Novelle
  45. Dante e il re Uberto

  46. Anon., London British Library, Ms. 29987
  47. Non posso far bucato

  48. Salimbene de Adam: Cronica
  49. Alleluia

  50. Anon., Siena Arch. Santa Maria dei Servi, Ms. G
  51. Ave Stella Matutina

Playing time: 72' 41"

Recording date: Sovanna's Cathedral, Italy [10/1995]

Performers: Ensemble Lucidarium [Annemieke Cantor (voice), Isabel Pedro (voice), Avery Gosfield (pipe and tabor, double flute and tabor, recorder, percussions), Marco Ferrari (shawm, claramella, double flute), Francis Biggi (citole, bagpipe, percussion), Thais Ohara (mediaeval fiddle), Markus Tapio (mediaeval fiddle)] & Mira Andriolo (voice), Marco Andriolo (voice), Anna Poli-Carrara (narrator), Francesco Ghezzi-Dongio (narrator), Franco Anania-Maida (narrator), Marleen van den broeck (bells), Marie-Hélène De Giovanni (bells) - Avery Gosfield & Francis Biggi, dirs.

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 74/883-128 (december 1996)
Diapason (#-p.): 427-143 (june 1996)
Fanfare:

Comments: Information from owned CD. A very unusual recording, and quite funny to hear or read the texts. Refreshing. Solo part by Annemieke Cantor is absolutely charming. Recommended without any hesitation.

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En chantan m'aven a membrar
Ensemble Lucidarium
L'empreinte digitale ED 13079
Le droict chemin
Dévotion populaire au temps de la Réforme
Ensemble Lucidarium - Avery Gosfield & Francis Biggi
L'Empreinte Digitale 13126

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Pierre-F. Roberge