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Firenze, Landini & Teramo: Paradigma Medioevo - Music from 14th-Century Italy
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Firenze, Landini & Teramo: Paradigma Medioevo - Music from 14th-Century Italy

Medieval Romantic Playful Exotic Nostalgic
$13.99

Details

Composer
Andrea da Firenze, Francesco Landini, Antonio Zacara da Teramo
Artist
Aquila Alter
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 19, 2024
Catalog #
BRI96922
UPC
5028421969220

About

Polyphonic 14th-century Italian secular music seems to emerge out of nowhere in the history of music. Nevertheless, this tradition – which often goes by the name Ars Nova – fits seamlessly into the history of Italian culture. Our knowledge of it has been pieced together from relatively few sources, which nevertheless reveal three distinct phases. In its first phase, Italian Ars Nova spread out from universities, including those of Padua and Bologna, which had strong links with the dominant and contemporaneous French Ars Nova. In the second phase, the centre of 14th-century Italian polyphony seems to shift markedly to Florence. The final phase, which bridged the late 1300s and early 1400s, shows the influence of intense cultural exchange brought about by an international circulation of musicians and poets caused by the political instability of the papacy’s return from Avignon to Rome and the consequent heightened mobility among the various courts and their entourages.
This phase is reflected in such sources as the renowned Squarcialupi Codex. Compiled in Florence around 1415, it contains over 350 compositions (madrigals, ballate and cacce) and is the source of the majority of the tracks on this album. Francesco Landini (c.1325/35–1397) is represented by five of his 141 ballate and the virelai ‘Adiu, adiu dous dame’. Also from the Codex are one ballata by Andrea da Firenze (c.1350–1415) and two ballate and a caccia by Antonio ‘Zacara’ da Teramo (1355–1416). Three instrumental tracks complete the album, two of them from the ‘London’ Manuscript (British Library) compiled in Florence, probably in Medici circles. In addition to mostly polyphonic music by Landini and other Florentine composers, this tome features several anonymous instrumental works including the lively dances ‘Chominciamento di gioia’ and ‘Tre fontane’. The madrigal ‘Aquila altera’ has a different background entirely: the version presented here is the instrumental arrangement found in the Codex Faenza, a unique volume assembled in the early 15th century containing around 50 Italian and French polyphonic compositions for organ.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Ecco la primavera 01:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ecco la primavera
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Francesco Landini
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  2. 2 Dicovi per certança 03:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Dicovi per certança
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Antonio Zacara da Teramo
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  3. 3 Dolce speranza d'amoroso foco 02:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Dolce speranza d'amoroso foco
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Andreas de Florentia
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  4. 4 Chominciamento di Gioia 05:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Chominciamento di Gioia
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  5. 5 I' priego Amor 03:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    I' priego Amor
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Francesco Landini
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  6. 6 Ochi dolenti mie 02:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ochi dolenti mie
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Francesco Landini
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  7. 7 Questa fanciull'Amor, fallami pia 03:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Questa fanciull'Amor, fallami pia
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Francesco Landini
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  8. 8 Non voler, donna, me di morte cruda 03:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Non voler, donna, me di morte cruda
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Antonio Zacara da Teramo
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  9. 9 Aquila altera 02:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Aquila altera
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  10. 10 Adiu, adiu, dous dame 04:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    Adiu, adiu, dous dame
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Francesco Landini
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  11. 11 Amor mi fa cantar [Rossi Codex, 14th century] 03:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Amor mi fa cantar [Rossi Codex, 14th century]
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  12. 12 Non creder donna 03:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Non creder donna
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Francesco Landini
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  13. 13 Tre fontane 05:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tre fontane
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera
  14. 14 Cacciando per gustar di quel tesoro - Ai cinci, ai toppi, ai bretti ai ferri 04:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    Cacciando per gustar di quel tesoro - Ai cinci, ai toppi, ai bretti ai ferri
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Antonio Zacara da Teramo
    Ensemble
    Aquila Altera