Musicke from the Ayre: and Back to the Ground

Release Date: 20th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: C9614
Label: Cantus
Length: 56 minutes

Purcell: Trio Sonata in D Minor, Z805 (from Ten Sonatas in Four Parts)

Work length8:40

$5.25

$6.50

Tripla Concordia

I. Adagio

Track length2:31

$1.05

$1.30

II. Canzona

Track length1:16

$1.05

$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length0:45

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Vivace

Track length2:04

$1.05

$1.30

V. Largo

Track length2:04

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Locke: The Broken Consort I, Suite No. 2 in G Major

Work length7:54

$4.20

$5.20

Tripla Concordia

I. Fantazie

Track length2:43

$1.05

$1.30

II. Courante

Track length1:09

$1.05

$1.30

III. Ayre

Track length3:05

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$1.30

IV. Saraband

Track length0:57

$1.05

$1.30

Jenkins, J: Fancy in G minor

Work length5:23

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Tripla Concordia

Purcell: Ground in C minor, ZD221

Work length2:46

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Sergio Ciomei

Locke: The Little Consort, Suite No. 6 in F Major

Work length5:48

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$5.20

Tripla Concordia

I. Pavan

Track length3:14

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II. Courante

Track length0:58

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III. Ayre

Track length0:58

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IV. Saraband

Track length0:38

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$1.30

Purcell: Pavan in A Major, Z. 748

Work length4:04

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$1.30

Tripla Concordia

Purcell: Sinfonia in D minor

Work length1:42

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Tripla Concordia

Jenkins, J: Ayre Divisions in D Minor

Work length4:15

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$1.30

Tripla Concordia

Locke: Duos for Two Bass Viols in D Minor-Major

Work length5:59

$6.30

$7.80

Giulio Capocaccia, Lorenzo Cavasanti

I. Fantazie (Version for Two Recorders)

Track length1:10

$1.05

$1.30

II. Fantazie (Version for Two Recorders)

Track length0:55

$1.05

$1.30

III. Courant (Version for Two Recorders)

Track length1:06

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Fantazie (Version for Two Recorders)

Track length1:01

$1.05

$1.30

V. Fantazie (Version for Two Recorders)

Track length1:07

$1.05

$1.30

VI. Saraband (Version for Two Recorders)

Track length0:40

$1.05

$1.30

Purcell: Suite in D Minor, Z. 668: Ground

Work length2:06

$1.05

$1.30

Sergio Ciomei

Purcell: Ten Sonata's in Four Parts, Sonata No. 4 in G Minor, Z. 807: Chaconne

Work length7:29

$1.60

$1.95

Tripla Concordia

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The complete title of this recording is “Musicke from the Ayre and Back to the Ground”. It relates to the double meanings of the words “Ayre” and “Ground” and their symbolism -air as opposed to the ground, and the freedom to improvise and the foundation on which a piece is based. Thus, from the “Ayre” to the “Ground”, almost all possibilities are to be found, and we can fly high with the powerful inventions of Matthew Locke and then descend to Purcell’s ground, where the bass provides the foundation of the upper parts. The aim of this recording is to present the diverse instrumental forms of the period, from the old-styled fancies and pavans to more modern suites including dances such as the courant and the saraband.

Tripla Concordia is a young Italian group formed by four renowned virtuosos who combine a highly accomplished technical level with an enormous degree of fantasy and imagination. The group performs here, for the first time on disc, this difficult repertoire with recorders and basso continuo, transposing and adapting the music for their instruments when required (much of this music was originally intended for violins and continuo, but composers usually left the door open for other combinations, as this CD suggests). The music gains in vitality and individuality, and the most demanding passages of Purcell’s big Chacony, with its vertiginous scales, and the folk-like dances of Locke sound fresh and alive thanks to the distinctive colour of the pair of recorders, stunningly played by Lorenzo Cavasanti and Giulio Capocaccia, undisputed masters of the instrument.

Musicke from the Ayre

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