Italian dances

La Rovattina
Canzoni e danze nelle corti europee del Rinascimento e del primo Barocco
Accademia del Ricercare - Pietro Busca
Stradivarius Dulcimer 33380

Contents:

  1. Attaignant: Branle simple (crumhorns, recorders, percussion)
    Branle gay (crumhorns, recorders, percussion)
    Basse dance "La Magdalena" (2 recorders, viol, spinet, percussion)
    Tourdion (tutti)
  2. Gervaise: Almande (crumhorns, recorders, percussion)
    Bransle I (crumhorns, recorders, percussion)
    Bransle II (3 recorders, psaltery)
    Bransle de Champaigne I (recorders, crumhorns, percussion)
    Bransle de Champaigne II (recorders, crumhorns, percussion)
  3. Banchieri: Canzone "La Rovattina" (4 recorders)
  4. Frescobaldi: Canzone (4 recorders)
  5. Mainerio: Pass'e mezzo "La Paganina" (recorders, crumhorns, percussion)
    Ballo furlano "L'Arboscello" (4 recorders)
    Gagliarda "La Lavandara" (crumhorns, recorders, percussion)
  6. Byrd: Pavane (4 recorders, viol)
    Galliarda I et II (crumhorns, recorders, viol, percussion)
  7. Susato: Basse dance (crumhorns, recorders, percussion)
    Ronde (4 recorders)
    Galliarda (crumhorns, 3 recorders, psaltery, percussion)
    Pass'e mezzo e Nachtanz (recorders, viol, crumhorn, dulcian, spinet)
    Pavana "La Battaglia" (recorders, crumhorns, percussion)
  8. Aichinger: Canzone (2 recorders, spinet)
  9. Praetorius: Pass'e mezzo (recorders, crumhorns, percussion)
    Galliarda (recorders, crumhorns, percussion)
    Balletto (recorders, viol, lute, spinet, glockenspiel)
    Spagnoletta (recorders)
    Pavana di Spagna (3 recorders, 2 viols, spinet)
    Volte (tutti)

Performers: Anna Aguzzi (spinet, recorders, pipes), Valter Parisi (glockenspiel, percussion), Elena Bonaudo (recorders, psaltery, lute), Germana Busca (recorders), Laura Serra (recorders, crumhorns, pipes), Claudia Ferrero (recorders, spinet), Emilia Gliozzi (recorders, viols, pipes), Marta Gliozzi (recorders, crumhorns, spinet), Linda Murgia (recorders, percussion), Alessandro Percelsi (bass viol, recorders, crumhorns), Massimo Sartori (recorders, crumhorns, pipes, percussion), Paolo Stagnoli (recorders, pipes), Roberto Terzolo (dulcian, crumhorns, pipes, recorders), Davide Ficco (percussion)

Playing time: 52'

Recording date: July 1990

This recording includes a broad stylistic range of dance music, including items by Pierre Attaignant (d.c.1552), Claude Gervaise, Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634), Frescobaldi, Giorgio Mainerio (1535-1582), Byrd, Tielman Susato (d.c.1561), Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628), and Michael Praetorius (1571-1621).

Other recordings by the present ensemble:

La Mascharada
European Dances & Instrumental Music, 1390-1617
Accademia del Ricercare - Pietro Busca
Stradivarius Dulcimer 33381
Schein: Banchetto Musicale
Accademia del Ricercare - Pietro Busca
Stradivarius Dulcimer 33403
Chenonceau
Music at the Court of Caterina de' Medici
Accademia del Ricercare - Pietro Busca
Stradivarius 33479
Dialogo Pastorale
Music for the Jubilee of 1600
Accademia del Ricercare - Pietro Busca
Stradivarius 33533

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Todd M. McComb