The Sylvan and Oceanic Delights of Posilipo

The Sylvan and Oceanic Delights of Posilipo
A short account of the entertainment with dances
New London Consort - Philip Pickett
L'Oiseau Lyre 425 610

Contents:

    Anon.:
  1. Sinfonia antica (cornett, trumpet, 3 sackbuts, 2 violins, 2 viols, violone, 2 harps, archlute, theorbo, organ)

    2. Pietro Antonio Giramo:
  2. Canzonetta della Ninfe e il Pastore (soprano I, soprano II, alto, baritone, lira da braccio, bass viol, 2 harps, 2 guitars)

    3. Hettore Della Marra (arr. Tom Finucane)
  3. Spagnoletta (2 lutes)

    4. Francesco Lambardi:
  4. Canto di Fortuna, Tempo, Fama e Invidia (soprano II, alto, tenor I, baritone, theorbo, organ)

    5. Anon.:
  5. Gagliarda (2 cornetts, 4 sackbuts, 2 violins, 2 viols, violone, 7 recorders, curtal, organ, regal, harpsichord, spinet, 2 harps, 2 lutes, lirone, tabors)

    6. Giovanni Maria Trabaci:
  6. Canto della Sirene (soprano I, soprano II, alto, 3 flutes, 2 lutes, harp)

    7. Arpa (?):
  7. Gagliarda (3 shawms, curtal, regal, tabor)

    8. Giacomo Spiardo:
  8. Ballo de' Selvaggie delle Simie (bagpipes)

    9. Andrea Ansalone:
  9. La Scesa de' Pastori dal Monte (2 cornetts, 4 sackbuts, 2 violins, 2 viols, violone, 7 recorders, curtal, organ, regal, harpsichord, spinet, 2 harps, 2 guitars, lirone)

    10. Giovanni Maria Trabaci:
  10. Canto di Venere (soprano I, harp, archlute, organ)

    11. Philip Pickett (after Girolamo Fantini):
  11. Fanfare (4 trumpets, 4 sackbuts, timpani)

    12. Giacomo Spiardo:
  12. Ballo de' Cigni (2 violins, 2 viols, violone, harp, 2 lutes)

    13. Francesco Lambardi:
  13. Canto del Dio Pane e i suoi Silvani (alto, tenor I, tenor II, baritone, 4 crumhorns, regal)

    14. Giacomo Spiardo:
  14. Ballo de sel vaggi e delle simie (4 shawms, 2 cornetts, 4 sackbuts, 3 recorders, regal, side drum)

    15. Don Giovanni Maria Sabini:
  15. Gagliarda falsa (2 violins, 2 viols, violone, 2 harps, 2 lutes, harpsichord)

    16. Francesco Lambardi:
  16. Canto d'amore (soprano II, harp, guitar, lirone)

    17. Andrea Ansalone:
  17. Le' tre arie del Ballo Cabalieri (2 cornetts, 4 sackbuts, 2 violins, 2 viols, violone, 7 recorders, curtal, organ, regal, harpsichord, spinet, 2 harps, 2 guitars, lirone, tabors, tambourine)

Performers: Patrizia Kwella (soprano I), Cathrine Bott (soprano II), Christopher Robson (alto), Andrew King (tenor I), John Mark Ainsley (tenor II), Michael George (baritone), New London Consort [Pavlo Beznosiuk, Andrew Manze (renaissance violins), Julia Hodgson (tenor viol), Richard Boothby, Erin Headley (bass viol), William Hunt (five-string violone), Pavlo Beznosiuk (lira da braccio), Erin Headley (lirone), Frances Kelly (Italian double harp), Andrew Lawrence-King (Spanish cross-strung double harp), Tom Finucane, Paula Chateauneuf (guitars, lutes, archlute and theorbo), Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff, Michael Harrison, Malcom Smith (natural trumpets), Jeremy West, David Staff (cornetts), David Purser, Paul Niemann, Kenneth Hamilton, Stephen Saunders (sackbuts), Nancy Hadden, Janet See, Lisa Beznosiuk (flutes), Anneke Boeke, Pamela Thorby, Penny Pay, Elizabeth Stanbridge, Catherine Latham, Giles Lewin, William Lyons (recorders), Andrew Watts (curtal), Keith McGowan, Giles Lewin, Andrew Watts, Philip Pickett, Penny Pay (shawms), Keith McGowan, Giles Lewin, Penny Pay, Andrew Watts (crumhorns), Philip Pickett (bagpipes), David Roblou (regal) David Roblou, Timothy Roberts (organ), David Roblou, Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Nigel Tilley (spinet), Stephen Henderson, Neil Rowland (timpani, tabors, tambourine and side drums)].

Playing time: 60'34"

Recording date: Henry Wood Hall (London), 15-17 April 1998

Sources: Breve racconto della festa a ballo, Bibliotèque Nationale, Paris
MS 4.6.3, R. Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella, Naples (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 15)

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