Pierre Attaignant - Preludes, Chansons & Dances For The Lute

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This is essentially small, intimate music, so perhaps it is best not to make too much of it. Still, there is something seductive about these little lute pieces by Pierre Attaingnant (1494-1552), a contemporary of Rabelais who obviously shared that immortal author's excitement over being part of an age when the sheer joys of being human were about to be rediscovered. From his cramped printing shop in the Left Bank, not far from the Sorbonne, Attaignant produced quiet yet extraordinary music for the lute. Hopkinson Smith, without doubt the finest lute player in the world today, here follows his explorations of Iberian lute music with this revealing glimpse at the sounds of the Paris of Rabelais. It is a delicious recording. Octavio Roca

contents:


Bransle Gay
-Pavane & sauterelle, for lute (from 18 basses dances)
-Bransle de Poictou
-Unspecified Prelude for lute (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Le jaulne et blanc, lute intabulation (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Bransle gay, C'est mon amy, for lute (from 18 basses dances)
-Basse Danse "La Magdalena"
-Haulberrys
-Unspecified Prelude for lute (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Une bergerote, lute intabulation (after Claudin de Sermisy) (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-La Roque
-Destre amoureux, lute intabulation (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Bransle Gay
-Il me suffit, lute intabulation (after Claudin de Sermisy) (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Unspecified Prelude for lute (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Amy souffres, lute intabulation (after Pierre Moulu) (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Galliarde, for lute
-Tant que vivray, for lute
-La brosse, basse dance, recoupe, tourdion, for lute (after P[ierre] B[londeau]) (from 18 basses dances)
-Unspecified Prelude for lute (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Dolent depart, lute intabulation (from Tres breve et familiere introduction)
-Cuer angoisseux, basse dance for lute (after P[ierre] B[londeau]) (from 18 basses dances)

Hopkinson Smith, lute