Bassano - Viva L'Amore

Bassano - Viva L'Amore
Flanders Recorder Quartet / Capilla Flamenca
Opus 111 30-239

Contents:

  1. Henry VIII: Pastime with good company (4 recorders, 4 voices)
  2. Henry VIII: Helas, madame (4 recorders, 2 voices, lute)
  3. Jeronimo Bassano II (1559-1635): Fantasia a 5 No. 3 (5 recorders)
  4. Anon: Let not us that young men be (4 voices)
  5. Lodovico Bassano (fl.1554-d.1593): Pavan (lute)
  6. Anon: Madame d'amours (4 recorders, 4 voices)
  7. Holborne: Galliard "Passion" (lute)
  8. Holborne: Pavana "Ploravit" (5 recorders)
  9. Holborne: Galliard "Sic semper soleo" (5 recorders)
  10. Holborne: Almaine "The Choyse" (5 recorders)
  11. Holborne: Almaine "The Honie-suckle" (5 recorders)
  12. Holborne: Galliard "The Fairie-round" (5 recorders)
  13. Alphonso Ferrabosco I (c.1543-1588): Pavin (lute)
  14. Alphonso Ferrabosco I: Di sei bassi (6 recorders)
  15. Alphonso Ferrabosco I: Interdette speranze (6 voices, 6 recorders)
  16. Augustine Bassano (fl.1545-d.1604): Pavane 16 a 6 (6 recorders)
  17. Jeronimo Bassano II: Almande 15 a 6 (6 recorders)
  18. Coperario: Almande 22 a 6 (6 recorders)
  19. Lassus: Mon coeur se recommande à vous (5 voices, 5 recorders)
  20. John Lloyd (c.1475-1523): Puzzle-canon I (4 recorders)
  21. John Lloyd: Puzzle-canon II (4 recorders)
  22. Marenzio: Nel più fiorito Aprile (6 voices, 6 recorders)
  23. Edward Blancks (fl.1582-d.c.1633): Phancy (5 recorders)
  24. Vecchi: Saltavan Ninfe, Satiri e Pastori (6 voices, 6 recorders)
  25. James Harden (fl.1574-d.1626): A Fancy I (4 recorders)
  26. James Harden: A Fancy II (4 recorders)

Performers: Bart Spanhove (recorder), Paul Van Loey (recorder), Joris Van Goethem (recorder), Fumiharu Yoshimine (recorder), Peter Van Heyghen (recorder), Geert Van Gele (recorder), Katherine Rooman (recorder), Katelijne Van Laethem (soprano), Marnix De Cat (countertenor), Jan Caals (tenor), Jan Van Elsacker (tenor), Lieven Termont (baritone), Dirk Snellings (bass), Toyohiko Satoh (lute), Philippe Malfeyt (lute)

Playing time: 66'

Recording date: September 1998 (Pellenberg, Belgium)

There were six members of the Bassano family employed by England's court recorder consort from 1531 to 1642. They form the orientation for the present recording, which nonetheless contains mostly material by other composers.

Some other recordings featuring the Flanders Recorder Quartet:

Magic
Flanders Recorder Quartet et al.
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Armonia di Flauti
Bach / Vivaldi
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Opus 111 30-201
The Nations
Dornel, Bach, Scheidt, Isaac, Hacquart, Farina, Merula, Paradizo, Baldwin, Byrd
Flanders Recorder Quartet
Koch Discover 920191
Sonata Pro Tabula
Flanders Recorder Quartet / Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 453 442
Isaac: Vocal & Instrumental Music
Amherst Festival Choir / Amherst Faculty - Patricia Petersen
AEM Festival Recordings 101

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Todd M. McComb