Songs and Dances of the Italian Ars Nova

Donna, s'amor m'invita
The vocal and instrumental art of the Ars Nova
Continens Paradisi
Symphonia 95142

Contents:

    Prologo

    Johannes Ciconia, Oxford Bodleian Library, MS canonici misc. 213 (cantus I & II, tenor) - Bologna, Civico Museo, Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q 15 (contratenor):
  1. O felix templum jubila (motet; rebec, shawm, vielle, lute)

    2. La Scoperta dell'Amore

    Francesco Landini, Codex Squarcialupi - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, med.Pal. 87:
  2. Charo signor palesa (ballata; voice, vielle, lute)

    3. Anon., Codex Vaticano Rossi 215, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana:
  3. Amor, mi fa cantar (ballata; 2 vielles, lute, percussion)

    4. Anon., Chicago, private collection of Edward Lowinsky:
  4. Dolce, mie donna (ballata; shawm, 2 vielles)

    5. Il Gioco dei Dubbi

    Anon., Codex Reina, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, f.n.a.fr. 6671:
  5. Eh, vatene, signor mio (ballata; voice, 2 vielles, percussion)
  6. La Nobil Scala (madrigal; 2 vielles)

    7. Anon., Codex Vaticano Rossi 215, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana:
  7. Dal bel chastel (madrigal; 2 rebecs)

    8. Francesco Landini, Codex Squarcialupi - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, med.Pal. 87:
  8. Chosi pensoso (caccia; voice, shawm, vielle)

    9. Anon., London, British Library, add. 29987:
  9. Saltarello (rebec, lute, vielle, shawm)

    10. La Passione

    Anon., London, British Library, add. 29987:
  10. La Manfredina (shawm, rebec, lute, vielle)

    11. Johannes Ciconia?, Stresia, Collegio Rosmini (olim Domodossola, Convente di Monte Calvario, MS 14):
  11. Amor, per ti sempre ardo (ballata; voice, 2 vielles, lute)

    12. Anon., Pistoia, Archivio Capitolare del Duomo:
  12. State a Dio (ballata; shawm, vielle)

    13. Guil. De Francia, Codex Squarcialupi - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, med.Pal. 87
  13. Donna, s'amor m'invita (ballata; voice, 2 vielles, shawm)

    14. La Disillusione e la Perdia

    Vincenzo da Rimini, Codex Squarcialupi - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, med.Pal. 87
  14. Ite se n'era (madrigal; rebec, vielle)

    15. Francesco Landini, Codex Squarcialupi - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, med.Pal. 87
  15. Gran piant'agli ochi (ballata; voice, lute)
  16. Gran piant'agli ochi (variations; lute, vielle)

    17. Johannes Ciconia , Pistoia, Archivium Capituli Pistoriensis, MSB3 n.5 - Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, n.a.frç. 4917:
  17. Merçé o morte (ballata; voice, vielle)

    18. Anon.:
  18. Istampitta (2 vielles, shawm, lute)

    19. Epilogo

    Anon., Codex Vaticano Rossi 215, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana:
  19. Che ti çova nascondere (ballata; voice, 2 vielles, lute, percussion)

Playing time: 61' 58"

Performers: Witte Weber (singer), Thais Ohara (viella, rebec), Marcelo Ohara (viella, rebec), Norihisa Sugawara (lute, viella), Rogério Gonçalves (shawm, percussion)

Recording site and date:
Eremo di Ronzano, Bologna [10/1995]

Other releases (identical, first and re-releases): This the original CD release

Other releases by this group: none known

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from owned CD. Continens Paradisi was founded in 1992 by musicians specialising in early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

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Pierre-F. Roberge