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In the last two decades of the sixteenth century, Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, supported an extraordinary professional trio of women singers and instrumentalists and engaged some of the leading composers of the time to write for them. The trio, known as Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara, performed only music that had been written exclusively for them, and only privately, for the most scrupulously vetted audiences. Perhaps the group's most remarkable legacy is the effect its performances had on Carlo Gesualdo, who spent a year and a half working with it and who wrote that the group's influence radically altered his views on harmony. Most of the repertoire for the group has been lost, but two of the ensemble's composers, Luzzasco Luzzaschi and Ludovico Agostini, published collections of madrigals after the Duke's death, and this CD is made up largely of their work for one, two, or three voices, with instrumental accompaniment. The music is characterized by an intense expressivity, harmonic freedom, and, in some pieces, almost freakishly demanding ornamentation. At the same time, it's consistently lyrical and gratifyingly written for the voice. The sound of the two or three women's voices in gorgeously interwoven contrapuntal lines, the astonishing harmonies, and the florid embellishments give the music an immediate appeal; anyone who loves Gesualdo's madrigals will find much to savor here. The performances by the ensemble Doulce Mémoire, led by Denis Raisin-Dadre, are consistently top notch. Sopranos Véronique Bourin, Axelle Bernage, and Christel Boiron sing with tonal purity and warmth, a beautiful blend, and great passion, and they are ably accompanied by an ensemble consisting of lute, harp, gamba, and harpsichord. The sound is clear, clean, and intimate.
contents:
1 - Non sa che sia dolore, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
2 - Cor mio, deh non languire, madrigal for 2 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
2: - Campai contento, for lute, harp & continuo
Giulio Cesare Barbetta
4 - I' mi son giovinetta, madrigal for 2 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
5 - Ecco col nostro Duca, for 3 women's voices & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
6 - Qual e maggior, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
7 - Una si chiara luce, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo (from Enigmi musicali)
Lodovico Agostini
8 - Balletto de Contadini Lombardi, for lute
Giulio Cesare Barbetta
9 - Tu che girando, for 3 women's voices & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
10 - T'amo mia vita, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
11 - Fantasia a quattro sopra Ave maris stella, for harp
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
12 - Aura soave, for voice and continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
13 - Quel canto oime, for 3 women's voices & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
14 - Toccata del Quarto Tono for organ
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
15 - Ch'io non t'ami cor mio, for voice & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
16 - O dolcezze amarissime, madrigal for 3 voices & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
17 - Mentre l'argute sue dolci parole, madrigal for 2 women's voices & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
18 - Contrapuncto primo, for lute, harp & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
19 - Stral pungente d'amore, for 2 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
20 -Questa ch'el cor, for lute, harp & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
21 - Se parti io moro, madrigal (Book 5) for voice & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
22 - Il nostro vago, for lute, harp & continuo
Lodovico Agostini
23 - Vago augellin, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo (from Enigmi musicali)
Lodovico Agostini
24 - Deh vieni ormai cor mio, madrigal for 2 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
25 - Ne la beata vespa, for lute, harp & continuo (from Enigmi musicali)
Lodovico Agostini
26 - Troppo ben può, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin-Dadre
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