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A Songbook for Isabella
Music from the circle of Isabella
d’Este
Musica Antiqua
directed by Philip Thorby
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"a very satisfying compilation combining scholarship with sensuous
pleasure"
Peter Grahame Woolf, Musical Pointers |
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"a very civilized disc with music to charm and excite"
Gary Higginson, Ludwig Van Web |
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"pleasurable and abundant discoveries await the more
adventurous listener"
Michael Cookson, Music Web
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Performance Notes
INSTRUMENTARIUM
| Clare Wilkinson |
(a) |
mezzo-soprano |
| Philip Thorby |
(b) |
tenor viol |
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(c) |
alto recorder |
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(d) |
tenor recorder |
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(e) |
alto crumhorn |
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(f) |
bass crumhorn |
| John Bryan |
(g) |
treble viol |
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(h) |
tenor recorder |
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(i) |
tenor crumhorn |
| Alison Crum |
(j) |
tenor viol |
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(k) |
bass recorder |
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(l) |
bass crumhorn |
| Roy Marks |
(m) |
bass viol |
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(n) |
tenor recorder |
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(o) |
tenor crumhorn |
| Jacob Heringman |
(p) |
lute (Andrew Rutherford, USA, 1997) |
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(q) |
lute (Michael Lowe, Oxfordshire, 1999, after Frei) |
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(r) |
Renaissance guitar (Brendan Hirst, England, 1990) |
Set of four viols by West Dean Musical Instrument Workshop, England 2002 Bows by Alan Crumpler, Gerhard Landwehr & Roger Rose Strings by Real Guts & Gamut Set of four recorders by Bob Marvin, Canada 1975 Set of four crumhorns by Eric Moulder, England 1980
| La Fortuna: |
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| 1 |
Or su corere à 4 - anon |
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j |
b |
m |
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[3:31] |
| 2 |
Fortuna desperata à 4 - Antoine Busnois |
g |
b |
j |
m |
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[1:36] |
| 3 |
Facia ognon
in fin che po à 4 - anon |
a |
b |
j |
m |
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[2:23] |
| Prenez sur moy vostre example: |
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| 4 |
Prenez sur moy à 3 - Johannes Ockeghem |
a |
p |
g |
j |
m |
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[3:21] |
| 5 |
Helas que pora advenire à 3 - Firminius
Caron |
g |
b |
m |
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[3:13] |
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Or che son di pregion à 4 - Bartolomeo Tromboncino |
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b |
j |
m |
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[3:20] |
| A la cazza: |
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| 7 |
A la pesca à 4 - Iannes Plice |
c |
h |
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k |
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[2:00] |
| 8 |
(8) [Gagliarda]
Peschatore - anon |
r |
c |
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[0:37] |
| 9 |
A la cazza à 4 - anon |
a |
r |
d |
h |
j |
m |
[1:53] |
| Kyrie Eleison: |
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| 10 |
Kyrie leison à 4 - anon |
a |
b |
j |
m |
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[3:54] |
| 11 |
Colomba
senza fielle - anon |
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g |
b |
m |
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[5:30] |
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| 12 |
Pavana regia - anon |
q |
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[2:06] |
| Carmine sine verbis I: |
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| 13 |
El piove à 3 - anon |
g |
b |
m |
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[1:57] |
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Si dedero à
3, à 4 - Alexander Agricola |
g |
b |
j |
m |
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[2:33] |
| Ave Maris Stella: |
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| 15 |
Ave maris stella à 3 - anon |
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g |
b |
j |
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[5:35] |
| La Mi La Sol: |
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| 16 |
La mi à 4 - Heinrich Isaac |
g |
b |
j |
m |
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[2:16] |
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La mi la sol la mi gia vol à 4 - anon |
a |
b |
j |
m |
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[1:40] |
| Viva el Grand Hercule!: |
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| 18 |
O triumphale diamante à 4 - G.L. |
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i |
o |
f |
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[1:18] |
| 19 |
Tente alora à 4 - anon |
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h |
o |
l |
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[0:47] |
| In Festo Natalis Domini: |
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| 20 |
Verbum caro factus est à 3 - anon |
g |
b |
j |
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Ne la digna stalla à 2 - anon |
a |
r |
g |
b |
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[2:44] |
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| 22 |
Recerchar di Benedictus - anon |
q |
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[1:31] |
| 23 |
Benedictus - anon/Isaac |
q |
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[2:18] |
| Carmine sine Verbis II: |
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| 24 |
Absque verbis à 3 - Heinrich Isaac |
b |
j |
m |
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| 25 |
Gratis acceptistis à 4 - Heinrich Isaac |
g |
b |
j |
m |
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[1:50] |
| 26 |
La Mora à
3, à 4 - Heinrich Isaac |
g |
b |
j |
m |
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[2:27] |
| La Speranza: |
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| 27 |
In te Domine speravi à 4 - Josquin des Prez |
a |
p |
g |
h |
j |
m |
[4:21] |
| 28 |
[Salterelli] Zorzi, Giorgio - anon |
p |
c |
h |
n |
k |
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[1:33] |
| 29 |
Forte cosa è la speranza à 5 - anon |
a |
r |
g |
b |
j |
m |
[3:22] |
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| Total Running Time |
[75:26] |
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Order Code:
SIGCD038 Barcode:
635212003824 Release date:
19th
May 2003
Recorded:
20–22 September 2002, National
Centre for Early Music, York
Production:
Mark Anthony Music Productions
Engineering:
Floating Earth Producer:
Mark Brown Engineer:
Limo Hearn Producer:
Mark Brown Booklet Notes:
Philip Thorby Translations:
English translation of ‘In te Domine’: Richard Andrews
English translations of ‘Colomba senza fielle’,
‘Or su corere’ and ‘Ne la digna stalla’: Massimo Redaelli
English translations of all other Italian works:
Alessandro Scafi
French translation: Robert Bagur
German translation: Margarete Forsyth
Text and translation editor:
Christine Darby
Booklet cover design:
ATX
Design Associates Booklet layout and typesetting:
Jan Hart Copyright:
© Copyright 2003 Signum Records Ltd |
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