Ensemble L'Amorosa Caccia & Fabio Antonio Falcone - Tromboncino & Cara: Dialogo d'Amore, Frottolas for Isabella d'Este (2020) [Hi-Res]

• Title: Tromboncino & Cara: Dialogo d'Amore, Frottolas for Isabella d'Este
  
• Year Of Release: 2020
  
• Label: Brilliant Classics
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz
  
• Total Time: 01:04:29
  
• Total Size: 149 / 329 mb / 1.16 gb
  
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Tracklist
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01. Occhi mei lassi, acompagnate il core
02. Amor che fai si altero
03. Chiare, fresche e dolci aque
04. Cangia sperar, mia voglia
05. Improvisation
06. La Delfina
07. Gazollo
08. La moretta
09. Un cavalier di Spagna
10. Facto son per affanni ombra si oscura
11. Amor! che vuoi
12. Tante volte, si, si, si
13. Aqua, aqua; aiuto!
14. Su, su, leva, alza le ciglia
15. Che Vol.dir che cosi sete
16. Per dolor mi bagno il viso
17. Improvisation (2)
18. Zephyro spira e il bel tempo rimena
19. Cangia sperar, mia voglia
20. Fuga ognun amor protervo


The Italian frottola is an important predecessor to the madrigal and is a secular piece made up of three to four voices with instrumental accompaniment. Translating as ‘a lie’ or ‘a childish deceit’, frottolas are often simple, with repetitive melodies and homophonic textures. The frottola was immensely popular among the upper classes, in stark contrast to the other highly ornate and complex music of the Renaissance. This set sheds light on the fascinating genre.

Although little is known about the composers, their music survives thanks to Ottaviano Petrucci, a prominent Venetian publisher who printed 11 anthologies of frottolas during his lifetime. The frottola emerged at the same time as Renaissance humanism, and the diversity of the genre explores the human experience, with encounters between the sublime and homespun realities and the mingling of classes and cultures. In the musical texts we find a curious melting pot of themes, ranging from popular chansons of love and nature, to proverbs and classical antiquity.

Tromboncino is probably the most famous composer of frottolas, and he wrote 176 in total. He led a life fraught with criminal activity and most infamously murdered his wife, Antonia, after accusing her of adultery. He was never convicted, however, because the acting regent of Mantua, Isabella d’Este (to whom his frottolas are dedicated), was his patron and very fond of him. As for his music, Su, su leva, alza leciglia has an upbeat nature and features a clear harmonic progression in the accompaniment, foreshadowing what would later develop into Baroque era functional harmony. Meanwhile Zephyro spira e il bel tempo rimena, based on Petrarca’s poem about the Greek god of the west wind, is programmatic in its yearning melody and the ceaseless drive in its contrapuntal instrumental interludes.

This genre is often overlooked by early music researchers in favour of the era’s more sophisticated music, yet neither its historical, sociological or philosophical significance should be underestimated, as the frottola represents an encounter between high and low art forms in a space outside of the strict constraints of religion.

The Frottola (literally a lie, a childish deceit) was a popular secular song in Italy in the late 15th and early 16th century, enjoying an immense popularity. For 3 or 4 voices, the uppermost containing the melody. The rhyme schemes of the texts have their basis in the 14th century Ballata.
The Frottola has a strong popular origin, featuring direct, naturalistic and explicit texts, homophonic textures and clear, repetitive rhythms. This culture in which high and low are somehow equivalent and permeate each other, is especially found in Mantua, a city which played a large part in the development of the Frottola genres.
The Italian ensemble L’Amorosa Caccia is specialized in the performance of secular music from the Italian Renaissance. On this new recording two sopranos and one baritone are backed up by a rich instrumental ensemble, featuring recorders, cornet, dulcian, shawm, pipes, tabor, gambas and lute, Fabio Antonio Falcone leads the ensemble from the virginal.

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