Composer: Baldassare Vialardo, Adriano Banchieri, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Ignazio Donati, William Dongois, Michelangelo Grancini, Francesco Rognoni, Bartolemeo di Selma y Salaverde
Performer: Musica Fiorita
Conductor: Daniela Dolci
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pan Classics
Catalogue: PC10344
Release: 2016
Size: 265 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Vialardo: Missa ‘Vestiva I colli’
01. Kyrie
02. Grancini: Exultate Christo
03. Rognoni: Vestiva I Colli
Vialardo: Missa Vestiva i colli
04. Gloria
05. Donati: O gloriosa Domina
06. Cima: Laudate Dominum
Vialardo: Missa Vestiva i colli
07. Credo – Cricifixus
Banchieri: Canzona sesta sopra
08. Canzona sesta sopra Vestiva
09. Cima: Veni sponsa Christi
10. Cima: Iubilate Deo
11. Grancini: Quid est, quod dilectus meus
12. Salaverde: Vestiva i colli
Vialardo: Missa Vestiva i colli
13. Sanctus
14. Dongois: Improvisation on ‘Vestiva I colli’
15. Cima: Cantantibus organis
16. Grancini: Trium puerorum
17. Cima: Confitemini Domino
Vialardo: Missa Vestiva i colli
18. Agnus Dei
The madrigal ‘Vestiva i colli’ is probably one of the greatest examples of enduring music, crossing centuries. It originated as a five-voice setting by Palestrina, but gained in popularity as other authors made parodies and variations on it. The art of improvising was thoroughly intertwined with performance practice between the 16th and 17th centuries, and it was expected that performers were able to provide their own variations and embellishments.
‘Vestiva i colli’ is a prime example of a common melody to which embellishments are applied; Bassano, Della Casa, De Selma, and Rognoni et al provide their own, sometimes in multiple versions. These are all showcase pieces, for display of instrumental technique and improvisatory imagination. Besides the aforesaid composers the recording focuses on the premiere recording of a Mass by Baldassare Vialardo (d. after 1620), Maestro di Cappella active in Milan. It is a late example of a parody on ‘Vestiva i colli’: an ideal recapitulation of the different genres and styles on this CD, in an intense musical experimentation.