O Lux Beata - Renaissance Harp Music / Becky Baxter

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
November 29, 1995
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TROMBONCINO MODERNE CABEZON
    • PERFORMER
      Becky, Baxter
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 29, 1995
    • UPC
      053479319326
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DOR-93193
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Del tuo bel volto

      Composer: Bartolomeo Tromboncino

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    2. Branles de Bourgoigne

      Composer: Jacques Moderne

      Performer: Tom Zajac, Becky Baxter

    3. O Lux Beata Trinitas

      Composer: Antonio de Cabezón

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    4. Conde Claros

      Composer: Enríquez de Valderrábano

      Performer: Becky Baxter, Therese Honey

    5. Folia

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Alan Austin, Grant Herreid, Paul Shipper, Becky Baxter

    6. Basse dance

      Composer: Pierre Attaingnant

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    7. Pour ung plaisir

      Composer: Claudin de Sermisy

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    8. Gaillarde

      Composer: Pierre Attaingnant

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    9. Balle and Branles

      Composer: Pierre Attaingnant

      Performer: Tom Zajac, Becky Baxter

    10. Fantasia XIII de vihuela

      Composer: Luis Venegas de Henestrosa

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    11. A la mia

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Tom Zajac, Becky Baxter

    12. Veni Creator Spiritus

      Composer: Antonio de Cabezón

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    13. Frais et gaillard

      Composer: Giovanni della Casa

      Performer: Grant Herreid, Becky Baxter

    14. Piva

      Composer: Joan Ambrosio Dalza

      Performer: Tom Zajac, Becky Baxter

    15. Fantasia octavi toni

      Composer: Tomás de Santa María

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    16. So ell encina

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    17. Fantasia secundi toni

      Composer: Tomás de Santa María

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    18. Entra Mayo

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    19. Surge cor lasso

      Composer: Bartolomeo Tromboncino

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    20. Ung gay Bergier

      Composer: Riccardo Rognoni

      Performer: Grant Herreid, Becky Baxter

    21. O occhi manza mia, cigli dorati

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    22. I, Herba Fresca gagliarda

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    23. Pavane: Bel fiore

      Composer: Pierre Attaingnant

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    24. Gaillarde No. 2

      Composer: Pierre Attaingnant

      Performer: Becky Baxter

    25. Trop lonc temps ai este en desplaisir

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Performer: Grant Herreid, Becky Baxter, Therese Honey


It's hard to say just what kind of market there is for a disc of Renaissance harp music, but there's no denying the agreeable, even soothing sound of these instruments--and there are several different types featured here--played with such conviction, clear articulation, and sensitivity by harpist Becky Baxter. Although among plucked stringed instruments we more often hear from the guitar, lute, and theorbo, in Renaissance Europe the harp held enough importance that, although comparatively small in quantity, music was published specifically for it, most notably in Spanish manuscripts. Given the nature of the instrument, primarily its role in accompanying songs and dances, much of the harp's solo music reflects its association with those traditional, popular forms, from engagingly melodic chansons to highly rhythmic dance styles. We get a fair selection of all of these kinds of pieces among the disc's 25 tracks, but on several tunes Baxter also is joined by instruments such as Baroque violin, an additional harp, guitar, and even bagpipes. For the pieces with bagpipe, the harp is fitted with "brays", which are special wooden pins set in the soundboard so the vibrating string will buzz against them. Together, the reedy sound of the bagpipes and the buzzing harp strings produce a wild and very colorful effect that's impossible to ignore. Baxter is one of the world's most accomplished and versatile masters of these difficult instruments, and she makes it all sound effortless. She also supplies informative liner notes and presents the whole program in excellent sound. --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com