THE LUTE BOOKS of ORAZIO ALBANI DA URBINO

THE LUTE BOOKS of ORAZIO ALBANI DA URBINO

Anonymous
Touched | Madness | Current | Vigorous
Song of the Birds | Fantasy
If ever love [Villanella] | Volta
French song | Ballet

Lorenzino Tracetti (ca. 1550 -1598):
Prelude overo Tochata by Sr. Lorenzino Tracetti – ms. 6.42 f.1
Fantasy by Mr. Lorenzino Tracetti – ms. 6.42 f. 75v
Gagliarda [Lorenzino Tracetti] – ms. 2.26 f.11
Valiant [Lorenzino Tracetti] – ms. 2.22 9v
Gagliarda [Lorenzino Tracetti] – ms. 2.27 f. 13v

Vincenzo Pinti (1542 – 1608)
Romanesca of Mr. Cavaliere – ms. 2.33 f. 25v
Gagliarda [Knight's Gagliarda] – ms 2.27 f. 16
Knight's Gagliarda – ms. 6.42 f. 44v

World premiere recording

Andrea Damiani, lute

1 CD

From the legendary Albani Library in Urbino, a collection of recordings, many previously unpublished, of anonymous manuscripts interspersed with compositions by two of Rome's most celebrated lutenists of the time: Vincenzo Pinti and Lorenzo Tracetti. The repertoire presented captures the almost magical moment when two distinct musical trends briefly meet, only to separate with the emergence of the Baroque style. On the one hand, the tradition of Roman polyphony, on the other, the revolution of Baroque music. These aspects are almost never present separately; rather, they often blend together in the same piece, alternating moments of meditative rigor with unexpected shifts in mood and sound.

From the legendary Albani's library in Urbino, a collection of recordings, many of which unpublished, of anonymous manuscripts alternated to compositions by the two most famous Lutenists of Rome at the time: Vincenzo Pinti and Lorenzo Tracetti. The repertoire of this Album captures an almost magical moment in which two different musical tendencies meet briefly, only to separate with the establishment of the Baroque style. On the one hand the tradition of Roman polyphony, on the other the revolution in Baroque music. However, these two aspects are hardly presented separately, rather they are combined in the same piece, where strict meditation and sudden changes of atmosphere and sound alternate.