Album

This double album from the Accent label collects two single recordings, one made in Ghent in 1994, the other in Corsica and Frankfurt in 2003 and 2005. The second shares only a few musicians with the first but is essentially made of the same stuff, so you might wonder what exactly is added. The pieces on the second CD are generally longer, more serious, and more intricate. But the more important answer is that the repertory involved is almost unknown, and any contribution to its recorded coverage is welcome. The pieces here, many of them by anonymous composers, poets, or even both, are convincingly presented in the notes by recorder player and director Roberto Festa as essentially anti-madrigals: they were compiled by publishers as brash, humorous, Southern Italian counterparts to the increasingly literary and experimental madrigals issuing from Northern courts. As such, they're a great deal of fun, with many of the earlier pieces trafficking in delightfully bawdy sexual imagery vastly different from the subtle conceits of the madrigal. Like their Northern counterparts, these villanesche, which went by various names, underwent development as established composers tried out the form; a piece like Lasso's Sto core mio se fosse di diamante (CD 2, track 16) has the harmonic subtlety of a mid-level madrigal. In general, though, this is high-spirited, simple, direct music, given a small but important dose of period percussion by Festa. Recommended for good Renaissance collections.

© James Manheim, Rovi

CD 1 of 2
Anonymous, Italian Composer Madonna tu me fai lo scorucciato Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
1	Madonna tu me fai lo scorucciato	3:51			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Work Recorded 1994 Marco Beasley Tenor, Federico Marincola Lute, Mara Galassi Harp (double - Arpa Doppia), Roberto Festa Conductor
2	Villanella ch'all'acqua vai (version 1)	4:11			$0.99
Tomaso Cimello Composer Venimo a salutarte a 'sta contrata Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
3	Venimo a salutarte a 'sta contrata	4:06			$0.99
Orlande de Lassus Composer Sto core mio se fosse di diamante (a4), S.x/69 Work Recorded 1994 Maria Cristina Kiehr Soprano, Hugh Sandilands Viol, Roberto Festa Conductor
4	Sto core mio se fosse di diamante (a4), S.x/69 (version 1)	5:50			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Madonna mia, la vostra alma bellezza Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
5	Madonna mia, la vostra alma bellezza	4:02			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Boccuccia dolce chiù che canamielle Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
6	Boccuccia dolce chiù che canamielle	2:34			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Voccuccia de no pierseco apreturo Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
7	Voccuccia de no pierseco apreturo	3:58			$0.99
Giovan Tomas di Maio Composer Madonna non è più lo tiempo antico (Canzon villanesche di Giovan Thomaso di Maio Libro I), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
8	Madonna non è più lo tiempo antico (Canzon villanesche di Giovan Thomaso di Maio Libro I), Neapolitan song (version 1)	4:54			$0.99
Baldassare Donato Composer Chi la gagliarda (All Ye Who Music Love), madrigal Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
9	Chi la gagliarda (All Ye Who Music Love), madrigal	4:24			$0.99
Gioseppe Caimo Composer Mentre il Cuculo Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
10	Mentre il Cuculo	2:55			$0.99
Vincenzo Capirola Composer La vilanela, for lute Work Recorded 1994 Mara Galassi Harp (double - Arpa Doppia), Roberto Festa Conductor
11	La vilanela, for lute	1:51			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Baciami, vita mia, baciami anchora Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
12	Baciami, vita mia, baciami anchora	2:35			$0.99
Adrian Willaert Composer A quand' a quand'haveva una vicina, canzona for 4 voices Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
13	A quand' a quand'haveva una vicina, canzona for 4 voices	3:44			$0.99
Orlande de Lassus Composer La cortesia voi donne predicate (a4), S.x/66 Work Recorded 1994 Hugh Sandilands Viol, Roberto Festa Conductor
14	La cortesia voi donne predicate (a4), S.x/66	2:58			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer S' io dormo aggio gran male Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
15	S' io dormo aggio gran male	5:47			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer 'St' amaro core mio e diventato Work Recorded 1994 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
16	'St' amaro core mio e diventato	2:42			$0.99
CD 2 of 2
Anonymous, Italian Composer Sto calascione che me metto 'nzino (De la Tiorba a Taccone de Filippo Sgruttendio de Scafato), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Luciano Catapano Tenor, Roberto Festa Conductor
1	Sto calascione che me metto 'nzino (De la Tiorba a Taccone de Filippo Sgruttendio de Scafato), Neapolitan song	0:55			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Deh, quando ti veggio (Canzone villanesche alla napolitana), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
2	Deh, quando ti veggio (Canzone villanesche alla napolitana), Neapolitan song	5:11			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer O Vecchia tu che guardi (Canzone villanesche alla napolitana), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
3	O Vecchia tu che guardi (Canzone villanesche alla napolitana), Neapolitan song	2:52			$0.99
Gabriel Fallamero Composer Vorria, Madonna, fareti sapere (Canzonette alla napolitana di Gabriel Fallamero), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Luciano Catapano Tenor, Roberto Festa Conductor
4	Vorria, Madonna, fareti sapere (Canzonette alla napolitana di Gabriel Fallamero), Neapolitan song	2:48			$0.99
Bernardo Pasquini Composer A calascione (MS 2431, Napoli, biblioteca del Conservatorio), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Pierre Pitzl Viola (Tenor), Roberto Festa Conductor
5	A calascione (MS 2431, Napoli, biblioteca del Conservatorio), Neapolitan song	2:38			$0.99
Orlande de Lassus Composer O Lucia miau (morescha; a3) S.x/70 Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
6	O Lucia miau (morescha; a3) S.x/70	3:27			$0.99
Perissone Cambio Composer La morte di marito, Villotta Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Josep Benet Tenor, Pierre Pitzl Viola (Tenor), Roberto Festa Conductor
7	La morte di marito, Villotta	4:46			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Vorria ca fosse ciaola (Il terzo libro delle villotte alla napolitana a tre), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
8	Vorria ca fosse ciaola (Il terzo libro delle villotte alla napolitana a tre), Neapolitan song	4:38			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Luciano Catapano Tenor, Roberto Festa Conductor
9	Villanella ch'all'acqua vai (version 2)	4:05			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Jesce sole (Lo cunto de li cunti), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Luciano Catapano Tenor, Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Recorder
10	Jesce sole (Lo cunto de li cunti), Neapolitan song	1:08			$0.99
Giovan Tomas di Maio Composer Madonna non è più lo tiempo antico (Canzon villanesche di Giovan Thomaso di Maio Libro I), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
11	Madonna non è più lo tiempo antico (Canzon villanesche di Giovan Thomaso di Maio Libro I), Neapolitan song (version 2)	3:48			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Che sia malditta l'acqua sta matina (Canzone villanesche alla napolitana, J. de Colonia, 1537) Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
12	Che sia malditta l'acqua sta matina (Canzone villanesche alla napolitana, J. de Colonia, 1537)	3:05			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Voria, crudel, tornare (Canzon napolitane a tre), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Luciano Catapano Tenor, Roberto Festa Conductor
13	Voria, crudel, tornare (Canzon napolitane a tre), Neapolitan song	3:58			$0.99
Vincenzo Gorzanis Composer Recercar secondo (Il terzo libro di liuto di vincenzo Gorzanis), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Roberto Festa Conductor
14	Recercar secondo (Il terzo libro di liuto di vincenzo Gorzanis), Neapolitan song	1:51			$0.99
Vincenzo Gorzanis Composer Caccia la vecchia fuora del campo (Il terzo libro di liuto di vincenzo Gorzanis), Neapolitan song Work Recorded 2005 Hugh Sandilands Lute, Roberto Festa Conductor
15	Caccia la vecchia fuora del campo (Il terzo libro di liuto di vincenzo Gorzanis), Neapolitan song	1:38			$0.99
Orlande de Lassus Composer Sto core mio se fosse di diamante (a4), S.x/69 Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
16	Sto core mio se fosse di diamante (a4), S.x/69 (version 2)	5:49			$0.99
Anonymous, Italian Composer Tu sai che la cornacchia Work Recorded 2005 Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble, Roberto Festa Conductor
17	Tu sai che la cornacchia	6:29			$0.99
G. Capolongo Composer Nuttata 'e Sentimento Work Recorded 2005 Luciano Catapano Tenor, Roberto Festa Conductor
18	Nuttata 'e Sentimento	4:07			$0.99