Renaissance Italian Lute Virtuosi

Fantasia de mon triste

Renaissance Lute Virtuosi of Rome and Venice
Christopher Wilson
Metronome 1025

Contents:

Francesco Spinacino (fl.1507)

1. Recercare
2. Malor me bat
3. Recercare
4. Adieu mes amours
5. Recercare

Vincenzo Capirola (1474-c.1548)

6. Padoana
7. Recercare Primo
8. De tous biens pleine
9. Et in terra
10. Qui tollis

Francesco da Milano (1497-1543)

11. Ricercar 88
12. Fantasia 33
13. De mon triste desplaisir
14. Fantasia 36 de mon triste
15. Ricercar 34 La Compagna
16. Ricercar 84
17. Fantasia 28
18. Las ye me plains
19. Fantasia 31
20. Ricercar 9
21. Ricercar 12

Previously issued as Hyperion 66233

Playing time: 50'

Recording date: August 1985 (London)

This is a fine program, again emphasizing Francesco da Milano who was unanimously hailed as the greatest lutenist of the time. The works of Spinacino appeared in the first commerical publication devoted exclusively to instrumental music, and so offer a distinct point of history.

Other major programs by the present performer:

Rosa: Elizabethan Lute Music

Christopher Wilson
Virgin Veritas 59034

French Renaissance Lute Music

Christopher Wilson
Virgin Veritas 45140

La Magdalena: Lute Music in Renaissance France

Attaignant / Parigi / Paladin / Morlaye / Rippe
Christopher Wilson
Virgin Veritas 45159

Francesco Canova da Milano: Lute Music

Fantasias, Ricercars and Duets
Christopher Wilson
Naxos 8.550774

And recordings devoted to Spinacino and Capirola:

Spinacino: Intabulature de Lauto, I & II

Massimo Marchese
Tactus 451901

Capirola: Lute Music

Federico Marincola
Pierre Vérany 793012

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