Adrian Willaert (1490?-1562) - Ricercari da Musica Nova

Danilo Lorenzini (clavecimbel), Antonio Eros Negri (organo tamburini, organo XVII secolo), Riccardo Villani (clavecimbel, orgels), Giuseppe Azzarelli (organo XVII secolo, organo tamburini della Chiesa di Santa Bernadetta, Milaan)

Opname november 1993
Deel 7 uit het complete werk van Adrian Willaert op het label Stradivarius

"The Musica Nova of 1540 consists of 21 ricercares written out in four separate part-books and intended "for the organ or other instruments" and this performance chooses the common practice of pairing keyboard instruments in many of them. This is one of the earliest published examples of fully imitative instrumental music (also appearing intabulated on the lute), and was quickly copied in other publications and even reprinted in France in Musicque de Ioye (in which the last two "appendix" selections survive).

Willaert's influence here cannot be underestimated. He was the one who was principally responsible for integrating the imitative contrapuntal writing of the Franco-Flemish school with the instrumental technology & sonority of Italy. These early works revolved around him and his school." (www.medieval.org)
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"The thematic melodies of the Ricercari in Musica Nova are long and extended and they have a rhythm which is not very incisive; nor do vibrant, passionate accents perturb the quiet lyricism and the dreamy uncertainty of these pieces." (Booklet)

1. Willaert: Ricercare I (harpsichord)
2. Segni: Ricercare III (harpsichord)
3. Segni: Ricercare IV (organ, harpsichord)
4. Segni or Willaert: Ricercare VI (organ)
5. Benoist: Ricercare VII (organ, harpsichord)
6. Segni: Ricercare VIII (harpsichord, organ)
7. Segni: Ricercare IX (organ)
8. Willaert: Ricercare X (2 organs)
9. Segni: Ricercare XI (organ)
10. Segni: Ricercare XII (harpsichord)
11. Segni or Willaert: Ricercare XIII (harpsichord)
12. Willaert: Ricercare XIV (organ, harpsichord)
13. Segni: Ricercare XV (harpsichord, organ)
14. Segni: Ricercare XVI (2 organs)
15. Golin: Ricercare XVII (harpsichord, organ)
16. Parabosco: Ricercare XVIII (organ)
17. Segni: Ricercare XIX (organ, harpsichord)
18. Cavazzoni: Ricercare XX (harpsichord, organ)
19. Parabosco: Ricercare XXI (harpsichord)
20. Willaert or Segni: Ricercare XXII / Appendix 1 (organ)
21. Coste: Ricercare XXIII / Appendix 2 (organ)




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