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Dufay, Mouton, Palestrina: In Spiritum: Music for Cello and Bandoneon / Bracalente, Bonaventura
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Dufay, Mouton, Palestrina: In Spiritum: Music for Cello and Bandoneon / Bracalente, Bonaventura

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Bracalente, Bonaventura
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 10, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96381
UPC
5028421963815

About

This recording, from friends and collaborators Federico Bracalente and Daniele di Bonaventura, stems from an idea they had almost 10 years ago: to merge the sounds of their respective instruments, the cello and the bandoneon, into a single sound. After a long period of research and experimentation the artists settled on the polyphonic vocal repertoire of the 15th and 16th centuries to realise their vision, reworking it through the inclusion of free and improvised parts. The practice of improvising pieces to alternate with other writings was commonplace during this musical period. Tinctoris in ‘Liber de arte contrapuncti’ describes the custom of Cantare super librum - the ability of the performers to elaborate a counterpoint to the mind. Taking advantage of the vocal characteristics of the two instruments – the extensive range and singing likeness of the cello and the two liturgical registers of the bandoneon (left hand and right hand) – the artists perform this music as if they are three singers, inserting it into a new tonal instrumental framework. In two pieces, Bracalente and di Bonaventura use an overdubbing technique to enable the cello to simultaneously perform the parts of Superius and Bassus (in Alexander Agricola’s De tous biens plaine II) and create a polyphonically more complex fabric in Jean Mouton's 8-voice motet Nesciens Mater.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Ave maris stella (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 06:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ave maris stella (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Guillaume Dufay
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  2. 2 Tu dormi et amor veglia per mio danno (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 02:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tu dormi et amor veglia per mio danno (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Eliseo Ghibellini
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  3. 3 Sequentia No. 1 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sequentia No. 1
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Daniele di Bonaventura
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  4. 4 Je languis en piteux martire (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 03:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    Je languis en piteux martire (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Guillaume Dufay
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  5. 5 Tema del desiderio (version for cello and bandoneon) 03:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tema del desiderio (version for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Daniele di Bonaventura
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  6. 6 Adieu m'amour No. 2 (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 05:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    Adieu m'amour No. 2 (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  7. 7 Sequentia No. 2 01:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sequentia No. 2
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Daniele di Bonaventura
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  8. 8 De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 2 (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 03:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 2 (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  9. 9 Adieu adieu mon joyeulx souveni (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 05:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Adieu adieu mon joyeulx souveni (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  10. 10 Jesu, rex admirabilis (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 04:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    Jesu, rex admirabilis (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  11. 11 Corale (version for cello and bandoneon) 04:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Corale (version for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Daniele di Bonaventura
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  12. 12 Sequentia No. 3 01:30
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sequentia No. 3
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Daniele di Bonaventura
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura
  13. 13 Nesciens mater virgo virum (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon) 05:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    Nesciens mater virgo virum (arr. D. di Bonaventura and F. Bracalente for cello and bandoneon)
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Jean Mouton
    Performer
    Federico Bracalente, Daniele di Bonaventura