Piccinini: Lute Music

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Pustlinik sustains it [Toccata Cromatica 12] well, bringing out it's contrasting moods. She adds some nice touches of her own for he repeats of Corrente 6 (bk.1, p.51), and I enjoyed her sparkling... — Early Music Review, April 2015 More…

Release Date: 24th Nov 2014
Catalogue No: ACC24193
Label: Accent
Length: 62 minutes

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Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 2 (Excerpts)

Work length6:59

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Monica Pustilnik

Sarrabanda alla francese

Track length4:08

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$1.30

Corrente No. 9

Track length2:51

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Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 1 (Excerpts)

Work length22:40

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Monica Pustilnik

Ricercare No. 9

Track length2:11

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Aria di sarabanda in varie partite

Track length7:57

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Corrente No. 6

Track length1:47

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Toccata cromatica No. 12

Track length3:57

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Gagliarda No. 5

Track length2:29

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Toccata No. 2

Track length4:19

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Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 2 (Excerpts)

Work length21:48

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Monica Pustilnik

Chiaconna cappona alla vera spagnola

Track length9:37

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Corrente No. 7

Track length1:28

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Toccata No. 8

Track length3:41

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Corrente No. 3

Track length2:15

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Corrente No. 6

Track length4:47

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Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 1 (Excerpts)

Work length4:15

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Monica Pustilnik

Corrente No. 8

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Toccata No. 13

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Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 2 (Excerpts)

Work length6:38

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Monica Pustilnik

Ciaccona mariona alla vera spagnola

Track length6:38

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Alessandro Piccinini, a contemporary of Monteverdi and Frescobaldi, hailed from a Bolognese family of lutenists that made its mark on Italian musical life for over one and a half centuries. At the court of Ferrara, Alessandro became familiar with the development of a new kind of lute that would later be designated as the archiliuto. This instrument is notable for its second extended neck to accommodate drone strings and was enthusiastically taken up by contemporaries such as Carlo Gesualdo.

After a longer sojourn in Rome, Alessandro Piccinini returned in 1611 to Bologna, where he published his lute works in 1623 after a lengthy preparation. The preface to this (first) volume contains a fundamental introduction to playing the lute and chitarrone; then as now, it was a decisive source for lute technique. After Piccinini' death, his son Leonardo Maria published a second volume with lute pieces by his father in 1639. Stylistically, Piccinini's lute works are influenced by the emergent Italian instrumental music, but French and Spanish influences can also be clearly heard.

On the present recording, Mónica Pustilnik introduces a selection from both of Piccinini's lute books. The lutenist, from Buenos Aires, is much in demand as a soloist and chamber musician; alongside these activities, she can also be regularly heard in outstanding ensembles for historical performance practice such as Le Concert d’Astrée, Les Musiciens du Louvre and Les Talens Lyriques.

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Early Music Review April 2015

Pustlinik sustains it [Toccata Cromatica 12] well, bringing out it's contrasting moods. She adds some nice touches of her own for he repeats of Corrente 6 (bk.1, p.51), and I enjoyed her sparkling interpretation of Corrente 7 (bk.2, p.30).

February 2015

an attractively performed and superbly engineered recording that will delight lute fans and more general Baroque music enthusiasts alike.

Piccinini: Lute Music

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