Arcadelt / Hofbauer / Behr - Co'l Dolce Suono - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Firmly established on the Early Music scene, soprano soloist Ulrike Hofbauer regularly performs together with renowned ensembles and conductors. A versatile artist, she not only appears on the concert but also on the opera stage and is featured on many studio and radio recordings as well as in films. She is particularly interested in the study of musical rhetoric, ornamentation and the Inchrecitar cantandoInch style, making her an ideal interpreter of the works recorded here. Co'l dolce suono presents virtuosic Renaissance music for soprano, recorder and strings by Venetian artists around the composer Adrian Willaert and the singer Polissena Pecorina. Recorded with an ensemble of early Italian viols, painstakingly reconstructed following the latest scholarly findings, a new soundworld emerges current research documents that string instruments of the early sixteenth century were built without sound posts and bass bars. Performing these sparkling Renaissance works, the sound of these instruments can now be experienced for the first time. The ensemble arcimboldo (Basel) was founded in 1991 by Thilo Hirsch. Outstanding reviews, numerous concert engagements, and frequent invitations to European festivals document the ensemble's success. Alongside radio recordings the ensemble has recorded several albums since 2005. Album Tracks 1. Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno 2. Lasciar' Il Velo 3. Amor Mi Fa Morire 4. Recercar Primo 5. Recerchar Quarto 6. Ricercare XV 7. Madrigal 8. Io Vorrei Dio D'amore 9. Recercada 10. Ricercar X 11. Recercar Secondo 12. Recerchar Primo 13. Quando Co'l Dolce Suono 14. O Amorose Mamelle 15. Recerchar Terzo 16. A la Mia Grave Pen 17. Un Giorno Mi Prego Una Vedovella 18. Pavana Ternera 19. Recercada Ottava 20. O Felici Occhi Miei 21. O Felici Occhi Miei 22. Tiento Quarto Tono 23. Passa la Nave