Composer: Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Performer: Profeti Della Quinta
Conductor: Elam Rotem
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pan Classics
Catalogue: PC10350
Release: 2016
Size: 333 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Luzzaschi: Il Lauro verde
01. Ecco il bel Lauro verde
Luzzaschi: 12 Madrigali per cantare et sonare a uno, e doi, e tre soprani
02. Cor mio, deh, non languire
03. Anerio: Gagliarde in D Major
04. Luzzaschi: Quivi sospiri, pianti e alti guai
Luzzaschi: Sacrarum cantionum, Book 1
05. Deus tu scis insipientiam meam
Luzzaschi: Secondo libro de ricercari à 4
06. Ricercar quarto
Luzzaschi: Madrigals, Book 3
07. Dolci sospiri ardenti
Luzzaschi: Madrigals, Book 2
08. Deh non cantar, Donna gentil, ch’io sento
Luzzaschi: I lieti amanti
09. Filli al partir del suo caro Pastore
Luzzaschi: Sacrarum Cantionum, Book 1
10. In tribulatione mea
Luzzaschi: 12 Madrigali per cantare et sonare a uno, e doi, e tre soprani
11. Aura soave
12. Stral pungente d’Amore
Luzzaschi: Madrigali a 5, Book 2
13. Lucenti e chiare stelle (arr. E. Rotem for voice and keyboard)
Luzzaschi: Canzoni per sonare
14. Canzona X
Luzzaschi: Secondo libro de ricercari à 4
15. Ricercar terzo
16. Luzzaschi: Toccata e Ricercar del quarto tono
Luzzaschi: Madrigali a 5, Book 2
17. Lucenti e chiare stelle (arr. E. Rotem for voice and keyboard) : Io veggio pur pietate
18. Anerio: Gagliarde in E Minor
Luzzaschi: Madrigali a 5, Book 3
19. Morir non può’l mio core
In his publications, Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545-1607) presents himself, rather modestly as the “Organist of the Serene Highness Duke of Ferrara”. Accordingly, Luzzaschi’s reputation today is similarly modest; he is known, if at all, thanks only to the music he composed for the Concerto delle Dame – an ensemble of virtuoso female singers at the d’Este court in Ferrara. And yet, when his entire oeuvre is explored, one discovers that his music and influence are greater than could have been imagined. In fact, Luzzaschi was both musically and historically one of the central musical figures of the late Renaissance.
This recording presents a broad picture of Luzzaschi’s oeuvre, selecting works in various genres, performed in historically informed settings with appropriate performance practices. While pieces for the Concerto delle Dame are included, one of the intentions of Profeti della Quinta is to highlight the fact that the rest of Luzzaschi’s output stands equally alongside these compositions. Many of the pieces are recorded here for the very first time. The programme opens with a festive 6-voice madrigal, ‘Ecco il bel Lauro verde’, performed by singers and an instrumental consort. This is followed by madrigals for 5 voices, performed either a cappella or with chitarrone accompaniment; grave polyphonic motets, performed with organ accompaniment, and various instrumental pieces. The picture is completed by pieces written for the Concerto delle Dame as well as special new arrangements of 5-voice madrigals into solos and duets, which evidence suggests was done at the time of the Concerto delle Dame.