Chominciamento di gioia

Chominciamento di gioia

Virtuoso dance music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone
Ensemble Unicorn
Naxos 8.553131

Contents

Anon., Italy

1. Chominciamento di gioia
   Saltarello No. 4
2. Lamento di Tristano - La Rotta
3. Belicha
4. Tre fontane
5. Parlamento
6. Principio di virtú
7. Saltarello No. 1
8. Trotto
9. Saltarello No. 2
10. Isabella
11. Ghaetta
12. Saltarello No. 3
13. In pro
14. La Manfredina - La Rotta

Recorded:
Tontstudio W.A.R., Vienna Austria [01/1994]

Performers:
Ensemble Unicorn, Vienna [Michael Posch (recorders), Marco Ambrosini (keyed fiddle, fiddle, mandorla, kuhhorn, shawm, ocarina), Riccardo Delfino (harp, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipe, dulcimer), Thomas Wimmer (ud, fiddle, saz, vihuela d'arco), Wolfgang Reithofer (percussions)]

Compilation:
Naxos 8.505075 [CDx5] Faszination Alte Musik - Lieder & Tänze des Mittelalters

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 73/867-98 (august 1995)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 19/2- (november/december 1995)

Correction and comment from Sergey Lebedev: All anonymous compositions are taken from the well known Ms. GB-LBm Add. 29987 (so called 'Codex Lo'), probably of the Italian late Trecento provenance.

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