1 | Giorgio Mainerio | Caro Ortolano / Saltarello / Ballo Francese0 | 3:36 |
2 | Girolamo Frescobaldi | Se l’aura spira tutta vezzosa | 4:52 |
3 | Claudio Monteverdi | O mio bene, o mia vita | 2:33 |
4 | Adriano Banchieri | Canzona terza “La Galluppa revista” | 3:13 |
5 | Aurelio Bonelli | Canzona “Istrina” | 1:55 |
6 | Claudio Monteverdi | Jubilet tota civitas | 4:02 |
7 | Biagio Marini | Aria “La Soranza” | 2:20 |
8 | Claudio Monteverdi | Sì dolce è ’l tormento | 3:23 |
9 | Biagio Marini | Sinfonia grave “La Zorzi” | 2:25 |
10 | Claudio Monteverdi | Christe, redemptor omnium | 4:37 |
11 | Giorgio Mainerio | Tedescha / Saltarello / Ungarescha | 3:45 |
12 | Claudio Monteverdi | Eri già tutta mia | 7:03 |
13 | Gasparo Zanetti | Bassa Gioiosa / Gagliarda / Il Matacino | 1:42 |
14 | Claudio Monteverdi | Non voglio amare | 2:45 |
15 | Gasparo Zanetti | Il Spagnoletto / Gallaria d’Amor / Caccia Amorosa | 4:15 |
16 | Claudio Monteverdi | Salve Regina | 3:42 |
17 | Gasparo Zanetti | Il Ballo Della Torchia / Il Tortaglione/ Il Ballo de Colla / Il Bagaran | 4:18 |
18 | Claudio Monteverdi | Zefiro torna e di soavi | 3:07 |
#10, Christe, redemptor omnium, fragm, 2 min 15 sec, mp3, 320 Kbps
#14, Non voglio amare, fragm, 1 min 41 sec, mp3, 320 Kbps
#16, Salve Regina, fragm, 2 min 54 sec, mp3, 320 Kbps
Total time 65:36
The CD titled canto:) is not trying to be an anthological overview of Italian music from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is rather a walk through the streets of Italian cities of the time, sometimes passing by a church, sometimes slipping into tavernas or listening to sounds coming from the open windows of the doge’s palazzo… This album lacks the puritanical-musicological ambition to remove a layer of dust from the yellowed manuscripts lying on archive shelves. The uninhibited performance of Hortus Musicus − that is LIFE, our life itself.
Andres Mustonen, artistic director of Hortus Musicus
Human voice was the most important musical instrument in the Middle Ages. Every great instrumentalist tried to imitate singing and most of the music played was originally composed for voice. However, dance music was an exception. Instrumental music that has reached us, forms a microscopic part of music from the Middle Ages.
During the Renaissance, pure instrumental music that was written especially for musical instruments and meant to be performed on them (different dances, preludes, ricercars) started to demand an equal place next to vocal music. Polyphonic ensemble music, where specific instruments didn’t have fixed parts, became more and more popular. The regard towards written texts was relaxed and musicians were able to experiment within the frames of existing possibilities. Musicians nowadays have similar opportunities and challenges when performing music from these times.
Since the beginning of the Renaissance, Italy started to play a more important role in musical life in Europe. Leading composers were the Franco-Flemish School, many of whom had studied or worked in Italy − Guillaume Du Fay, Jacob Obrecht, Josquin des Prez and Orlande de Lassus.
Printing music started in the 16th century in Italy. One of the most notable composers of the century, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina lived in Rome, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli worked in Venice. At the end of the century, the Florentine Camerata − Jacopo Peri, Giulio Caccini, Vincenzo Galilei and others − laid the foundations for the musical aesthetics of the new era. Characteristics of the Baroque period − basso continuo and opera − were born in Italy. Prominent composer of the time was probably one of the greatest minds in music history, maestro di capella at the basilica of San Marco in Venice, Claudio Monteverdi. Italy was the dominant music force in Europe during the Baroque period, italian musicians were highly esteemed and every self-respecting composer had studied there.
Hortus Musicus has worked with Italian music from the 16th and 17th centuries for over 45 years, since the beginning of the ensemble. The music of Monteverdi and his contemporaries that can be heard on this album, has constantly been represented in their different concert programmes, proving that music from these times is an endless treasury, that can offer great pleasure even nowadays, centuries later.
Recording session in Estonia Concert Hall
Ensemble Hortus Musicus:
Andres Mustonen − violin, artistic director
Anto Õnnis − tenor, percussion
Tõnis Kaumann − baritone, percussion
Riho Ridbeck − bass, percussion
Olev Ainomäe − shawms, recorders, rauschpfeife
Tõnis Kuurme − curtal, rauschpfeife, recorders
Valter Jürgenson − trombones
Imre Eenma − viola da gamba
Taavo Remmel − double bass
Ivo Sillamaa − positive organ, harpsichord
Booklet in Estonian and English
Recorded on Jan 12th and 13th, 2018 in Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Sound engineer Siim Mäesalu
Assistant sound engineer Algis Pauljukaitis
Liner notes by Robert Staak and Kaisa Luik
Photos by Jaan Krivel
Designed by Daan Bos
Artistic producer − Peeter Vähi
© 2018−2019 Hortus Musicus, ERP, Eesti Kontsert
ERP 10518
Worldwide distribution by Note 1 Music (Carl-Benz-Straße 1, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany, phone +49 6221 720351, fax +49 6221 720381, info@note1-music.com, www.note1-music.com) and amazon.com
Distribution in North America by Naxos USA
Distribution in Estonia by Eesti Kontsert (www.concert.ee) and Easy-Living Music (reispuk@neti.ee, phone +372 51 06058)
Other recordings of Hortus Musicus: Messe de… Carmina Burana, Hommage à brillance de Lune, Gregorianische Choräle − Plainchants, Maypole, 1200–1600 Medieval-Renaissance, Vuestros Amores He Señora, Telemann. Quartets, Ave, 2000 Years After the Birth of Christ, Early Music of 3rd Millennium, Jerusalem
See also other early music recordings by ERP: Amarilli mia bella