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I am Music - The Music of the 14th Century Vol. 3

The Music of the Fourteenth Century series presents some of the earliest and most significant polyphonic settings of late medieval lyric poetry. Songs by Francesco Landini, performed by the Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century.

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  • CatalogueMD 3093
  • Released1997
  • Playing time76 minutes 56 seconds

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  1. 1 Musica son Francesco Landini 3:15
  2. 2 Fa metter bando Francesco Landini 4:17
  3. 3 Deh, pon quest’amor giù! Francesco Landini 6:41
  4. 4 Altri n’arà Francesco Landini 3:53
  5. 5 Angelica biltà Francesco Landini 2:21
  6. 6 Non creder, donna Francesco Landini 4:58
  7. 7 Vita non è più misera Francesco Landini 3:23
  8. 8 Ama, donna, chi t’ama Francesco Landini 4:05
  9. 9 Amor con fede Francesco Landini 2:49
  10. 10 Ecco la primavera Francesco Landini 1:02
  11. 11 Donna, che d’amor senta Francesco Landini 2:30
  12. 12 Oimé ‘l core! Francesco Landini 7:17
  13. 13 A le’ s’andrà lo spirto Francesco Landini 4:13
  14. 14 Che cosa è questa, Amor Francesco Landini 4:06
  15. 15 Amor in te spera’ Francesco Landini 2:28
  16. 16 O fanciulla giulìa Francesco Landini 4:51
  17. 17 Che pena è questa al cor Francesco Landini 3:41
  18. 18 Or su, gentili spirti Francesco Landini 4:33
  19. 19 Sì dolce non sonò Francesco Landini 3:05
  20. 20 Contemplar le gran cose Francesco Landini 3:28

A team of musicologists, literary scholars and performers from the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and the Australian Research Council, directed by John Stinson and John Griffiths, collaborated to research and interpret works by the principal composers and from the central collections of the fourteenth century. The musical sources of France and Italy in the age of Machaut, Petrarch and Boccaccio include some 1500 works, most of which had never been available on recordings.

Alongside the restoration, research and interpretation of important manuscripts, software developed for the project was used in over 30 universities around the world.

The Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century and Les Six are collectives of specialist singers and instrumentalists brought together for the Fourteenth Century Recording Project. They were formed around the leading mediaeval ensemble La Romanesca and expanded for the varied instrumental and vocal combinations required by the repertory.

1997 marked the 600th anniversary of Francesco Landini’s death. Landini was a poet, polemicist and performing musician whose fame even during his lifetime equalled that of the greatest artistic figures of his century. His music is the kernel of every surviving manuscript that documents the music of fourteenth-century Italy; even 600 years after his death, less than half his works had been recorded.

This collection presents twelve works not previously recorded as well as fresh readings of some of his most famous pieces. Most of the madrigals and ballatas deal with love, from the most extroverted manifestations to poems of a more contemplative mood; others contain abstract and philosophical ideas of the time. Companion volumes in the series include Two Gentlemen of Verona, Every Delight and Fair Pleasure and A Florentine Annunciation.

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— Soundscapes

... an excellent thoughtful and committed recording ... if you like the sounds of mediæval two and three part polyphony, this CD is a worthy investment. If you don't, get it anyway; this recording may convert you.

— Early Music News, NSW

Artists

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Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century

ensemble

The Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century is a collective of specialist singers and instrumentalists brought together for the Fourteenth Century Recording Project. The ensemble was initially formed around the leading Australian mediaeval ensemble La Romanesca, which was expanded to provide the varied instrumental and vocal combinations required by the repertoire.

 Photograph of Francesco Landini

Francesco Landini

composer

Francesco Landini (c. 1325–1397) was a Florentine composer, poet, organist and singer, and a central figure of the Italian Trecento. Blind from childhood, he left a large body of madrigals and ballate that dominate the surviving sources of fourteenth-century Italian polyphony.

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Technical credits

  • Producer John Griffiths
    Ruth Wilkinson
    Vaughan McAlley
  • Recording Engineer Martin Wright
  • Venue Trinity College Chapel
  • Thanks to Australian Research Council
    La Trobe University
    University of Melbourne

Details

List price
$25.00 AUD
Total playing time
76 minutes 56 seconds
Release date
Categories
Early music, Vocal
Genres
Early Music, Vocal & Opera
Musical work copyright
© 1997 The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University
Sound recording copyright
℗ 1997 Move Records
Catalogue
MD 3093
EAN
9314574309324

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