Con Gratia, Et Maniera

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Drawing together rigorous musicological research and virtuoso performances, this project impresses and delights. Countertenor Michael Chance achieves, at his finest, the ethereal sound of 'the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Feb 2010
Catalogue No: STR33822
Label: Stradivarius
Length: 67 minutes

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Salaverde: Canzoni fantasie et correnti da suonar

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Vestiva i Colli da Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Bovicelli: Ancor che col partire (After C.D. Rore)

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Florentio Maschera: Libro primo de canzoni da sonare a quattro voci

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Canzon "Decimaquinta"

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Bovicelli: Io son ferito ahi lasso (After G. P. d. Palestrina)

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Mainerio: Il Primo libro di Balli

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Pass'e mezzo Moderno

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Riccardo Rognoni: Domine quando veneris (After G. P. d. Palestrina)

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Riccardo Rognoni: Ben qui si mostra il ciel

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Mainerio: Il Primo libro di Balli

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Saltarello moderno

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Taeggio: Io son ferito ahi lasso passegiato (After G.P. Da Palestrina)

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Bassano, G: Vestiva i colli

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Taeggio: Sonata seconda

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Bovicelli: Io son ferito ahi lasso (After G. P. d. Palestrina)

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Bassano, G: Cosi le chiome

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Mainerio: La Billiarda

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Ballo e saltarello

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Dowland: A Pilgrim's Solace (1612)

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Galatea
Paul Beier

Lasso vita mia, mi fa morire

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In the 16th Century, the most important families of the nobility and rich men of the church vied with one another to hire the best musical virtuosos, to be exhibited with pride as a living demonstration of their prestige. At the same time the musician competed to become famous and eminent. The art of diminution (quick notes that artfully break-up longer note values of the original melody), founded on an age-old improvisatory tradition of virtuoso singers and instrumentalists, flowered especially in the half-century between 1575 and 1625. A wonderful overview of the pieces that flourished in this period. Bruce Dickey is one of today’s most expert practitioners of the Renaissance art of diminution and one of the world’s most accomplished cornettists. Monica Huggett, currently nomiated for a Grammy award for her work with Avie, appears here in her third cd with Galatea, after works by Buonamente and Marini. Michael Chance is known above all for his interpretations of Baroque Opera roles and for his interest in the lute-song repertoire of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. These distinguished soloists join Galatea, founded by lutenist and director, Paul Beier.

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March 2010

Drawing together rigorous musicological research and virtuoso performances, this project impresses and delights. Countertenor Michael Chance achieves, at his finest, the ethereal sound of 'the organ of the soul'… The plangent eloquence and dare-devil bravura of Bruce Dickey's cornetto playing would charm the skin off a snake, and the other instrumentalists of the ensemble Galatea respond to the music's sinuous lines with apt gratia e maniera. Set in a glossy church acoustic, the recording is acutely judged, capturing the subtlest details of this subtle art.

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