Bright & Early: Lute Music by Dalza & Spinacino
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Label: Naive
Cat No: E7545
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 3rd February 2023
Contents
Works
Io non comproCalata alla spagnuola ditta Terzetti
Caldibi castigliano
Caldibi saltarello
Pavana alla ferrarese
Pavana alla veneziana
Piva ala ferrarese
Piva ala venetiana
Poi che'l ciel contrario adverso
Poi che volse la mia stella
Saltarello ala ferrarese
Saltarello ala venetiana
Tastar de corde
Recercare 4
Recercare 6
Recercare 12
Recercare 13
Recercare 15
Recercare 19
Recercare 23
Recercare 25
Artists
Hopkinson Smith (lute)Works
Io non comproCalata alla spagnuola ditta Terzetti
Caldibi castigliano
Caldibi saltarello
Pavana alla ferrarese
Pavana alla veneziana
Piva ala ferrarese
Piva ala venetiana
Poi che'l ciel contrario adverso
Poi che volse la mia stella
Saltarello ala ferrarese
Saltarello ala venetiana
Tastar de corde
Recercare 4
Recercare 6
Recercare 12
Recercare 13
Recercare 15
Recercare 19
Recercare 23
Recercare 25
Artists
Hopkinson Smith (lute)About
Hopkinson Smith, that indefatigable pioneer for over forty years, eager hunter of the most distant scores and defender of restoring often obscure manuscripts, will stop at nothing in his exploration and revival of the huge repertoire of his instrument. In this recording, his art, underpinned by a vast historic knowledge together with a profound faith in intuition, examines the first music printed for the lute, and some of the first sources for the instrument to have reached us.
In a perfectly symmetrical programme structured around a central piece by Marchetto Cara, the Swiss American lutenist intertwines pieces inspired from popular dance by Joan Ambrosio Dalza and several free form ricercari by Francesco Spinacino, taken from collections of tablatures published in Venice in 1507 and 1508.
“Some critics may see my reconstruction of the music as heresy, but I considered it necessary, given the degree of confusion in which many of Spinacino’s works have reached us,” warns Hopkinson Smith. “I believed we had to either abandon the originals to their fate, never to be played, or tighten the loose threads of a convincing tapestry as a work of art.”
He weaves this subtle polyphony on a six-course lute built in the tradition of the late 15th century, giving it heightened resonance and clarity of sound. Inspired by the mystery of these mysterious treasures evoking the distant times and reverie of the Middle Ages, Hopkinson Smith approaches these works with the humility of one who appreciates the incredible richness, and the expressive power of this solitary lutenist who has become a storyteller through his instrument.
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