Frescobaldi: Fiori musicali / Lester, Bennett, Greenwood Consort

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Label
SOMM Recordings
Release Date
March 31, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Girolamo Frescobaldi
    • PERFORMER
      Richard Lester, The Greenwood Consort
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 31, 2023
    • UPC
      748871066120
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMMCD 0661
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Fiori musicali di diverse compositioni, Op. 12: Toccata avanti la Messa degli Apostoli

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    2. Kyrie

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    3. Christe

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    4. Kyrie

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    5. Canzon dopo l'epistola

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    6. Toccata avanti il Recercar

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    7. Altro Recercar

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    8. Toccata per L'Elevatione pour orgue

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    9. Canzon quarti toni, Dopo il Post Comune

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    10. Fiori musicali: Messa della Domenica: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    11. Kyrie

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    12. Christe

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    13. Kyrie

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    14. Canzon dopo l'Epistola

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    15. Ricercar dopo il Credo

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    16. Toccata Cromaticha per l'elevatione

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    17. Canzon post il Comune

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    18. Fiori musicali: Messa della Madonna: Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    19. Kyrie

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    20. Christe

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    21. Kyrie

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: The Greenwood Consort

      Performer: Richard Lester

      Conductor: Mark Bennett

    22. Canzon dopo l'Epistola

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    23. Toccata avanti il Recercar

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    24. Fiori musicali: Messa della Madonna: Recercar con obligo di cantare la quinta parte senza toccarla

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Mark Bennett, Richard Lester

    25. Toccata per l'elevatione

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    26. La Bergamasca

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester

    27. Capriccio sopra la Girolmeta

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Richard Lester


SOMM Recordings marks the anniversaries of the birth and death of the late-Renaissance, early-Baroque master Girolamo Frescobaldi with a revelatory new recording of his celebrated collection of liturgical organ music, Fiori musicali. Making their label debuts are acclaimed organist Richard Lester, who also provides authoritative booklet notes, and a baritone quartet drawn from The Greenwood Consort. Although the history of the Organ Mass dates to the early 15th century, Frescobaldi’s Fiori musicali of 1635, the feted composer’s last work comprising three Masses, represents a highwater-mark of the genre and “a final flowering and significant celebration of his musical genius and creativity”. The first, In Dominicis infra annum (Orbis factor), composed for Sunday Mass, begins in declamatory style and transitions to a buoyant, playfully expressive conclusion. The Mass for the Apostles, Missa: In Festis Duplicibus I (Cunctipotens Genitor Deus), is marked by striking dynamic and textural contrasts. The third Mass, to mark Feasts of the Virgin Mary, In Festis Beata Mariae Virginis I (Cum jubilo), shows Frescobaldi daringly borrowing popular folk tunes to underline the connection between the secular and the sacred. Richard Lester’s five-decades-spanning career began with harpsichord studies with George Malcom and saw him hailed by The Telegraph as “one of our leading players”. He has recorded more than 80 albums of harpsichord and organ music and is the author of Girolamo Frescobaldi: A Variety of Inventions. Led by baritone Mark Bennett, Devon-based The Greenwood Consort is a flexible ensemble of singers and instrumentalists committed to performing to communities with limited access to live music, who focus on historically informed performance of Baroque and pre-Baroque music.