Danze italiane del medioevo

Dança Amorosa
Danze italiane del medioevo
Ensemble Modo Antiquo - Bettina Hoffmann & Frederico Maria Sardelli
Opus 111 30-142

Contents:

  1. Ghaetta (2 recorders, shawm, cornetto, fiddle, cittern, nakers, tambourin)
  2. Saltarello II (recorder, darbukka)
  3. La Manfredina, Rotta della Manfredina (gemshorn, 2 shawms, cornetto, fiddle, cittern, darbukka, harp, nakers)
  4. Chançoneta Tedescha II (recorder, tromba marina, ud, Jew's harp)
  5. Isabella (recorder, fiddle, cittern, organ)
  6. Saltarello IV (2 recorders, fiddle, cittern, tromba marina)
  7. Saltarello III (2 recorders, organ, tambourin)
  8. Chançoneta Tedescha I (gemshorn, tromba marina, nakers, jingles)
  9. Chançoneta Tedescha IV (cittern, bells, tambourin)
  10. Principio di virtù (bagpipes, 2 recorders, fiddle, darbukka)
  11. Danç amorosa, suo Troto (fiddle, rebec, tromba marina, drum)
  12. Chominciamento di Gioia (recorder, organ)
  13. Chançoneta Tedescha III (pipe, cornetto, bells)
  14. Trotto (recorder, shawm, fiddle, cittern, drum)
  15. Bel fiore dança (fiddle, ud, harp, bells, 2 recorders)
  16. Lamento di Tristano, sua Rotta (gemshorn, recorder, pipe, crumhorn, fiddle, rebec, cittern, harp, darbukka, drum)

Performers: Federico Maria Sardelli (recorders, gemshorn, shawm, crumhorn), Ugo Galasso (recorders, shawm, crumhorn, reed-pipe), Bettina Hoffmann (fiddle, rebec, tromba marina), Gian Luca Lastraioli (cittern, ud), Annaberta Conti (portative organ), Paolo Fanciullacci (cornetto muto, bagpipes), Susanna Giannò (harp), Luca Brunelli Felicetti (drums, darbukka, nakers, bells, tambourin, Jew's harp), Massimo Risaliti (drum, crotales, jingles)

Playing time: 59'

Recording site and date:
Santa Maria Casa, Vecchio, San Casciano, Italy [04/1994]
Rel.: 1995

Compilation:
Brilliant Classics BRIL 92888 [CDx6] Secular Songs & Dances from the Middle Ages: Carmina Burana / Music for the Crusade / Dances from England, France and Italy

Some other recordings devoted to this repertory:

Istanpitta!
A Medieval Dance Band
New York's Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz
Lyrichord 8016
Red Iris
Instrumental Music from 14th century Italy
Sinfonye - Stevie Wishart
Glossa 920701
Bel fiore dança
Música Instrumental del Trecento (h. 1390)
Grupo Cinco Siglos - Miguel Hidalgo
Fonoruz 611
Lamento di Tristano
Dances and instrumental music of the Middle Ages
Capella de Ministrers - Carles Magraner
Licanus "Capella de Ministrers" 0307
Danza
Danses Médiévales
Millenarium
Ricercar 274
Chominciamento di gioia
Virtuoso dance music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone
Ensemble Unicorn
Naxos 8.553131
Istanpitta
Musiques de fête à la cour des Visconti en Italie à la fin du XIVe siècle
Pierre Hamon / Carlo Rizzo / Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-325
Danze Strumentali Medievali Italiane, vol. 1
Anima Mundi Consort
Tactus 300002
Istanpitta
Danses florentines du Trecento
Henri Agnel et al.
Alpha 510
L'Art des Jongleurs, Vol. 1
Estampies Italiennes / Virelais de Machaut
Ensemble Tre Fontane
ADDA 590126
Istampitte
Medieval Italian Dances
Ensemble Chominciamento di Gioia
Tactus 300001
Danza del Medioevo
(Ristampa con brano inedito)
Aurea Proportio
Edizioni Musicali III Millennio 0221
Estampies Italiennes du XIVème siècle
Henri Agnel / Djamchid Chemirani
Al Sur 238

And a recording devoted to the wind music of the broader era:

Gothic Winds
Ensemble Les haulz et les bas
Christophorus 77193

The other medieval recordings by the present ensemble:

Ghirardello da Firenze
Magridali, Cacce, Ballate dal Codice Squarcialupi
Ensemble Modo Antiquo - Frederico Maria Sardelli & Bettina Hoffmann
Nuova Era 7151
Carmina Burana
Modo Antiquo - Bettina Hoffmann
Amadeus "Speciale" 056-57 (2 CDs)
La Musica dei Crociati
Modo Antiquo - Bettina Hoffmann
Amadeus "Speciale" 062-63 (2 CDs)

Finally, a set which may be a reissue compilation of all of these recordings:

Secular Songs & Dances from the Middle Ages
Carmina Burana / Music for the Crusade / Dances from England, France and Italy
Modo Antiquo - Bettina Hoffmann
Brilliant Classics 92888 (6 CDs)

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Todd M. McComb