Trio Settecento - An Italian Sojourn - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Trio Settecento, the Inchsuperlative Chicago-based early music ensembleInch (Gramophone) completes it's grand tour of the European Baroque with An English Fancy, it's highly anticipated survey of English Baroque chamber works. It is the final leg of a musical journey that has delighted record collectors and critics alike. Early-instrument enthusiasts will be intrigued by the prominent role of the viola da gamba in this repertoire. Previous installments include An Italian Sojourn, a German Bouquet, and a French Soiree. Album Tracks 1. Sellenger's Rownde 2. Captain Hume's Lamentations 3. Fantasia 4. Allemande, 'La Goutte' 5. Courante 6. Fantasia 7. Air 8. Coranto 9. Pavane 10. Corant 11. Ayre 12. Corant 13. Alman 14. Corant 15. Saraband 16. John Come Kiss 17. Fantazie 18. Pavan 19. Ayre 20. Courante 21. Saraband 22. Jigg 23. Ouverture 24. Slow Air 25. Air 26. Hornpipe on a Ground 27. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman 28. Pavane in B Flat Major 29. Hornpipe

Album Tracks 1. Entree Pour Vertumne 2. Entree Pour Les Jardiniers Et Quatre Galants 3. Entree Pour Les Galants Et Les Dames 4. Menuet Pour Les Memes 5. III. Allemande 6. IV. Sarabande 7. Pieces de Viole, Book 3 La Guitare 8. VII. Sicilienne 9. VI. Gavote 10. I. Prelude 11. III. Chaconne 12. I. Prelude No 3 13. II. Allemande 14. III. Courante 15. IV. Sarabande 16. V. Gavotte 17. VI. Muzette 18. VII. Chaconne 19. I. Grave 20. II. Corrente 21. III. Rondeau 22. I. La Pantomime 23. II. L'indiscrete 24. III. La Rameau 25. I. Adagio 26. II. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 27. III. Largo 28. IV. Ciaccona

The new recording project by La Compagnia del Madrigale is dedicated to the Ninth Book of Madrigals (1588) by Giaches de Wert. Wert-Flemish by birth but active for most of his life in Italy at the Gonzaga court in Mantua-embodies the figure of the great composer capable of transcending fashion to create art that, as they used to say in the sixteenth century, is destined to remain durable and eternal. The Ninth Book, published during a period of personal tribulation and heartbreak over his thwarted love for the poetess Tarquinia Molza, marks a pinnacle of artifice and pathos. Here, Wert explores the heights of Petrarch's Canzoniere, alongside verses by Torquato Tasso, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Battista Guarini, alternating luminous courtly homages with an innovative lyricism that foreshadows the style of Carlo Gesualdo. La Compagnia del Madrigale - one of the world-leading ensembles in the performance of Monteverdi, Marenzio, Gesualdo, and Rore - delivers these pages with absolute artistic excellence. Album Tracks 1. Wert Or Si Rallegri Il Cielo 2. Wert L'anima Mia Ferita 3. Wert Vago Augelletto Che Cantando Vai 4. Wert Valle Che De' Lamenti Miei Se' Piena 5. Wert Quel Rossignol, Che SÍ Soave Piagne 6. Wert Ecco Che Un'altra Volta, O Piagge Apriche 7. Wert Mia Benigna Fortuna E'l Viver Lieto 8. Wert Sovra Un Bel Cristallino E Puro Rivo 9. Wert Un Bacio Solo À Tante Pene, Hai, Cruda? 10. Wert Di Morte Già Sentìa Il Fero Ultimo Dardo 11. Wert Mesola, Il Po Da Lato, E'l Mar a Fronte 12. Wert O Come Vaneggiate, Donna 13. Wert Ha Ninfe Adorne, E Belle 14. Wert Padre Del Ciel, Dopo I Perduti Giorni