Jarzebski: Canzoni e Concerti

Jarzebski: Canzoni e Concerti
Ensemble Mensa Sonora - Jean Maillet
Pierre Vérany 799032

Contents:

  1. Corona Aurea (concerto a 3; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  2. Königsberga (concerto a 3; violin, 3 cellos, lute & keyboard)
  3. Sentinella (concerto a 4; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  4. Spandesa (concerto a 3; 3 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  5. Nova Casa (concerto a 4; 3 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  6. Chromatica (concerto a 3; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  7. Concerto Terzo (a 2; violin, cello, lute & keyboard)
  8. Concerto Secundo (a 2; violin, cello, lute & keyboard)
  9. Concerto Primo (a 2; violin, cello, lute & keyboard)
  10. Berlinesa (concerto a 3; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  11. Bentrovata (concerto a 3; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  12. Canzon Quinta (a 4; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  13. Canzon Terza (a 4; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  14. Canzon Prima (a 4; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)
  15. Canzon Seconda (a 4; 2 violins, cello, lute & keyboard)

Performers: Jean Maillet (violin), Joël Cartier (violin), Françoise Couvert (violin), Sylvette Gaillard (cello), Sabine Louys (cello), Sébastien Obrecht (cello), Pascale Boquet (theorbo, chitarrino), Yannick Varlet (organ, harpsichord)

Playing time: 53'

Recording date: July 1998 (Abbaye Royale de Celles-sur-Belle)

Adam Jarzebski (c.1590-1649) was one of the composers to forge the instrumental idiom of the transitional period between Renaissance & Baroque. Born in Poland, he took posts in Germany & Italy before returning to the court at Warsaw later in his life.

He was best-known for his collection Canzoni e concerti (1627), which was destroyed in World War II. Some items have survived in copies elsewhere, and the present program is drawn from those suriving in a Polish manuscript of chamber music in Poland. In his two-part music, Jarzebski treated themes of leading vocal composers in an instrumental manner.

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