Anne-Kathryn Olsen (soprano), Riccardo Pisami (baritone), Bertrand Cuiller (harpsichord), Berengere Sardin (harp), Pau Marco (viola bastarda), Bor Zuljan (lute), Guillermo Perez (organetto)
Under the label Alia Vox Diversa , Jordi Savall invites the ensemble Tasto Solo, founded in 2006, whose first albums were critically acclaimed : Diapason d’or, Amadeus “CD du Mois”, Ritmo & Audio Clásica “Excellent”, Pizzicato “Supersonic”, Scherzo “Exception- Nel”, France Musique “Coup de Coeur”... It brings us back to the Europe of the XVIIth Century , which experienced an unparalleled development of treatises about the art of instru- mental and vocal performance. Italy was the epic enter of a new style derived from the world of dance. This album revolves mainly around the work of composer Vincenzo Ruffo and his contemporaries. The instruments used in the present recording are typical of the Italian culture of the early Renaissance in chamber music : a small harpsichord without damper in the upper register, a simple harp, a viola da gamba and a lute.
- Arcadelt: O Felici Occhi Miei
- Castell'Arquato: Pavana & Saltarello
- Castell'Arquato: Ricercare
- Ferrabosco, D: Io mi son giovinetta
- Gero: Madonna io v'amo
- Ruffo, V: Da' bei rami scendea
- Ruffo, V: Dormendo un giorno
- Ruffo, V: El Cromato
- Ruffo, V: Gentil mia donna
- Ruffo, V: La Disperata
- Ruffo, V: La Gamba in Basso, e Soprano
- Ruffo, V: Lieti felici spiriti
- Ruffo, V: Martin menoit
- Ruffo, V: Quand'io penso al martire
- Verdelot: Dormend'un giorno a Baia
March 2023
The effect of this sequence of variations and musical dialogues is strangely mesmerising – a shifting play of surface texture and contrapuntal depth.