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Alfabeto Falso
Arcana

Alfabeto Falso

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Details

Composer
FOSCARINI KAPSBERGER PICCINI
Artist
I Bassifondi, Vallerotonda
Format
CD
Label
Arcana
Released
Jul 28, 2017
Catalog #
A435
UPC
3760195734353

About

After the success of ''L'ultimo romano'', his album of music for archlute from the 1718 collection of the Roman composer Giovanni Zamboni, Simone Vallerotonda presents something totally new with his Baroque ''power trio'' I Bassifondi: ''Alfabeto falso''. Their debut album is devoted to Italian and Spanish music for guitar and theorbo from the first half of the seventeenth century. A little-known repertory, characterized by rhythmic oddities and harmonic extravagances that challenge those of contemporary jazz. Ordinary ''alfabeto'' was the system used by guitarists of the period to mark chords: each letter corresponded to a single chord. But, in the ''false alphabet'', those letters which were marked with a slash indicated chords containing dissonances, often very bold. The trio, comprising guitar/theorbo, percussion instruments and colachon, reconstructs an ensemble typical of the seventeenth century. Breathtaking rhythms, ''dirty'' chords, improvisations and variations: these are the colors they seek to convey in their sound. The beauty and the challenge of this disc lie precisely in providing an interpretation that respects everything notated in the score, and in the choice of arrangements and timbres. This music sounds modern and perhaps slightly provocative to us, but all of it was written around 1640.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 Toccata detta la Inamoratta 01:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Toccata detta la Inamoratta
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  2. 2 Gagliarda francese 01:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gagliarda francese
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  3. 3 Passacagli passegiati sopra l'e 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Passacagli passegiati sopra l'e
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  4. 4 Improvisation No. 1 00:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Improvisation No. 1
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Simone Vallerotonda
    Performer
    Simone Vallerotonda
  5. 5 Sfessania 01:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sfessania
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  6. 6 Passacaglia 04:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    Passacaglia
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  7. 7 Scaramanze 02:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scaramanze
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Antonio Carbonchi
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  8. 8 Folias gallegas 02:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    Folias gallegas
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Santiago de Murcia
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  9. 9 Capona 02:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    Capona
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Francesco Valdambrini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  10. 10 Toccata cromatica 03:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    Toccata cromatica
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Alessandro Piccinini
    Performer
    Simone Vallerotonda
  11. 11 Improvisation No. 2 00:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    Improvisation No. 2
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Josep Maria Marti Duran
    Performer
    Josep Maria Marti Duran
  12. 12 Partite sopra quest'aria francese detta l'Alemana 01:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    Partite sopra quest'aria francese detta l'Alemana
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Alessandro Piccinini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  13. 13 Corrente No. 6 Sopra l'Alemana 01:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    Corrente No. 6 Sopra l'Alemana
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Alessandro Piccinini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  14. 14 Improvisation No. 3 00:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    Improvisation No. 3
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Simone Vallerotonda
    Performer
    Simone Vallerotonda
  15. 15 Cumbees 02:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    Cumbees
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Santiago de Murcia
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  16. 16 Passacaglia in D 03:06
    Track
    16
    Title
    Passacaglia in D
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Angelo Michele Bartolotti
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  17. 17 Passacaglia 02:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    Passacaglia
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Francesco Corbetta
    Performer
    Simone Vallerotonda
  18. 18 Kapsberger 02:19
    Track
    18
    Title
    Kapsberger
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  19. 19 Corrente Sesta 01:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    Corrente Sesta
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  20. 20 Aria di Frenze per la C (D Major) 01:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    Aria di Frenze per la C (D Major)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  21. 21 Colascione 03:33
    Track
    21
    Title
    Colascione
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  22. 22 Los Impossibles 03:32
    Track
    22
    Title
    Los Impossibles
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Santiago de Murcia
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi
  23. 23 Improvisation No. 4 02:39
    Track
    23
    Title
    Improvisation No. 4
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Simone Vallerotonda, Josep Maria Marti Duran, Gabriele Miracle
    Ensemble
    I Bassifondi