:At the latest since the productions of ALPHA's so-called "White Series", the creative examination of the points of contact between early music and its folkloric roots has become fully established and led to numerous fascinating productions. The album of the exquisitely cast ensemble Suonar e cantare, which brings us closer to the natural charm and irresistible musicality of Neapolitan music of the 16th century, is also part of this tradition. During this time, in Naples, as a counter-movement to the artistic madrigals, extremely popular collections of folk songs, so-called Villanesche, were created, whose unadulterated beauty undoubtedly laid the foundation for the traditional image of the always singing Neapolitan.

Ambrosio Dalza: Piva; Calata alla spagnola
+Orlando di Lasso: O belle fus
+Giovanni da Nola: Tri cechi siamo; La morte della ragione; Cingari simo; Chi la gagliarda; Le fave ch'o chiantate; Medici sui siamo; Una lampuca ho visto
+J. de Colonia: Madonna tu mi fai lo scorruciato
+Giorgio Mainerio: Schiarazula Marazula; La lavandara
+Giulio Cesare Barbetta: Moresca 4a detta "La bergamasca"
+Donato Baldassara: O quant'amore t'ho portato
+Tomaso Giovan di Maio: Madonna non e piu lo tiemp'antico
+P. P. Borrono da Milano: Saltarello de la preditta
+J. de Colonia: Boccuccia d'uno persico aperturo
+Anonymus: La Paduana de rey; La lavanda gagliarda