Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Performer: Richard Lester, The Greenwood Consort
Conductor: Mark Bennett
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Somm
Catalogue: SOMMCD0661
Release: 2023
Size: 1.34 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Fiori musicali, Op. 12
01. No. 18, Toccata avanti la messa delli apostoli, F 12.18
02. No. 19, Kyrie delli apostoli, F 12.19 – No. 21, Kyrie, F 12.21
03. No. 22, Christe, F 12.22 – No. 23, Christe, F 12.23
04. No. 24, Kyrie, F 12.24 – No. 26, Kyrie, F 12.26
05. No. 27, Canzon dopo l’epistola, F 12.27
06. No. 28, Toccata avanti il recercar, F 12.28
07. No. 30, Altro recercar, F 12.30
08. No. 31, Toccata per l’elevatione, F 12.31
09. No. 33, Canzon quarti toni dopo il post comune, F 12.33
10. No. 1, Toccata avanti la messa della domenica, F 12.01
11. No. 2, Kyrie della domenica, F 12.02 – No. 3, Kyrie, F 12.03
12. No. 4, Christe, F 12.04 – No. 7, Christe alio modo, F 12.07
13. No. 8, Kyrie, F 12.08 – No. 13, Kyrie alio modo, F 12.13
14. No. 14, Canzon dopo l’epistola, F 12.14
15. No. 15, Ricercar dopo il credo, F 12.15
16. No. 16, Toccata cromaticha per l’elevatione, F 12.16
17. No. 17, Canzon post il comune, F 12.17
18. No. 34, Toccata avanti la messa della Madonna, F 12.34
19. No. 35, Kyrie della Madonna, F 12.35 – No. 36, Kyrie, F 12.36
20. No. 37, Christe, F 12.37 – No. 38, Christe, F 12.38
21. No. 39, Kyrie, F 12.39 – No. 40, Kyrie, F 12.40
22. No. 41, Canzon dopo l’epistola, F 12.41
23. No. 43, Toccata avanti il recercar, F 12.43
24. No. 44, Recercar con obligo di cantare la quinta parte senza toccarla, F 12.44
25. No. 45, Toccata per l’elevatione, F 12.45
26. No. 46, Bergamasca, F 12.46
27. No. 47, Capriccio sopra la Girolmeta, F 12.47
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.