Tenor Marco Beasley and the period instrument Ensemble Accordone present a program of early 17th-century madrigals along with frottole and tarantelle in the Neopolitan and Apulian traditions.
Recorded live in concert as part of the Bad Arolsen Baroque Festival.
Giulio Caccini (~1545-1618)
Le Seconde Nuove Musiche (Florence, 1614)
Amor ch’attendi
Le Nuove Musiche (Florence, 1601)
Amarilli mia bella
Vincenzo Calestani (1589-ca 1617)
Madrigali et Arie (Venice, 1617)
Damigella tutta bella
Cherubino Busatti (~1600-~1644)
Angela siete
Giovanni Felice Sances (~1600-1679)
Cantade, Libro II (Venice, 1633)
Cantada a voce sola sopra il passacaglia
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze (Venice, 1624)
Si dolce è’l tormento
Anonymous
In the Apulian tradition:
Pizzica
Tarantella detta del Gargano
In the Neopolitan tradition:
Canto per Montevergine (tammurriata rituale)
In the Apulian tradition:
Tarantella Carpinese
In the Neopolitan tradition:
Lo Guarracino
Sona a battenti
Tarantella Carpinese (reprise)
PERFORMERS
Ensemble Accordone
Guido Morini, harpsichord and Director
Marco Beasley, tenor
Opening Theme for Baroque&Before:
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Piva, performed by Musica Reservata (Boston Skyline BSD 123)
