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Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Music of the 14th Century Vol. 1

Two Gentlemen of Verona gathers secular polyphony from the first known generation of Italian composers. This volume presents madrigals, caccie and a motet by Jacopo da Bologna and Giovanni da Firenze.

No photograph: Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century Ensemble of the Fourteenth Centuryensemble John Griffithsdirector, lute John Stinsondirector
  • CatalogueMD 3091
  • Released1987
  • Playing time71 minutes 58 seconds

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  1. 1 Sì come al canto (3 part version) Jacopo da Bologna 2:55
  2. 2 Sì come al canto (2 part version) Jacopo da Bologna 3:03
  3. 3 Fenice fu' Jacopo da Bologna 2:20
  4. 4 In su bei fiori Jacopo da Bologna 2:26
  5. 5 Giunge 'l bel tempo de la primavera Jacopo da Bologna 3:28
  6. 6 Aquila altera — Uccel di dio — Creatura gentile Jacopo da Bologna 2:40
  7. 7 O in Italia felice Liguria Jacopo da Bologna 2:27
  8. 8 Osselletto silvagio (3 part caccia) Jacopo da Bologna 2:56
  9. 9 Osselletto silvagio (2 part madrigal) Jacopo da Bologna 4:07
  10. 10 Lux purpurata — Diligite iustitiam — Tenor Jacopo da Bologna 2:31
  11. 11 O cieco mondo Jacopo da Bologna 3:26
  12. 12 Sotto l'imperio del possente prince Jacopo da Bologna 3:37
  13. 13 Più no mi curo Giovanni da Firenze 3:55
  14. 14 O perlaro gentil Giovanni da Firenze 3:05
  15. 15 Per larghi prati Giovanni da Firenze 2:57
  16. 16 Nascoso el viso (Rossi 215) Giovanni da Firenze 3:38
  17. 17 Nascoso el viso (Panciatichi 26) Giovanni da Firenze 3:00
  18. 18 Agnel son bianco Giovanni da Firenze 3:03
  19. 19 O tu cara scienza Giovanni da Firenze 5:51
  20. 20 Fra mille corvi Giovanni da Firenze 2:26
  21. 21 La bella stella Giovanni da Firenze 5:36
  22. 22 De' come dolcemente Giovanni da Firenze 2:31

The Music of the 14th Century, Vol. 1.

Jacopo da Bologna and Giovanni da Firenze stand as the most prolific voices of the earliest documented generation of Italian polyphonic composition. Written under the patronage of the della Scala family in Verona and the Visconti in Milan, their works display the sweetness and intricacy of melody that contemporaries already prized.

Directed by John Griffiths and John Stinson, the Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century offers carefully researched readings drawn from the principal manuscript sources. Companion volumes in the series are Every Delight and Fair Pleasure, I am Music, and A Florentine Annunciation.

Reviews

The performances have a fine flow and an impressive clarity ... it has opened my ears ...

— Clifford Bartlett, Early Music News, UK

a satisfying mixture of scholarly research and musical inspiration ... is of particularly good value and worth a listen by the general collector.

— Sammy Breve, Australian Music Teacher Magazine

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.

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John Griffiths

director, lute

John Griffiths is a Melbourne-born vihuelist, lutenist and musicologist whose research and performance have made him a leading authority on the sixteenth-century Spanish vihuela and its music.

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John Stinson

director

John Stinson directs the Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century through the secular and sacred polyphony of trecento Italy. His recordings restore madrigals, cacce and ballatas by Jacopo da Bologna, Landini and their circle with clarity, flow and scholarly bite.

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Jacopo da Bologna

composer

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Giovanni da Firenze

composer

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Performers

Technical credits

  • Contributor Giovanni Carsaniga
  • Producer John Griffiths
    Martin Wright
    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
71 minutes 58 seconds
Release date
Categories
Early music, Vocal
Genres
Early Music, Vocal & Opera
Musical work copyright
© 1987 The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University
Sound recording copyright
℗ 1987 Move Records
Catalogue
MD 3091
EAN
9314574309126

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