Ensemble Tasto Solo brings us back to the Europe of the XVIIth Century, at a time when Italy was the epicenter of a new style derived from the world of dance. This album revolves mainly around the work of composer Vincenzo Ruffo and his contemporaries. The instruments used in the present recording are typical of the Italian culture of the early Renaissance in chamber music: a small harpsichord without damper in the upper register, a simple harp, a viola da gamba and a lute.
EROS & SUBTILITAS
Early Renaissance music by Vincenzo Ruffo, Philippe Verdelot,
Jacques Arcadelt, Clement Janequin, Jhan Gero, Domenico Ferrabosco,
and anonymous pieces from the Manuscript of Castell’Arquato.
1. La Gamba 3:32
V. Ruffo
2. Dormendo un giorno 2:33
Ph. Verdelot
3-4. Dormendo un giorno 5:10
V. Ruffo, Ph. Verdelot
5. Pavana in Sol 2:31
MS Castell’Arquato
6. Saltarello in Sol 2:41
MS Castell’Arquato
7. Quand’io penso al martire 2:07
V. Ruffo, J. Arcadelt
8. Madonna io v’amo 2:57
J. Gero
9. Ricercare in La 2:54
MS Castell’Arquato
10. Lieti felici spirti 3:32
V. Ruffo
11-12. Pavana & Saltarello in Re 3:17
MS Castell’Arquato
13. Gentil mia donna 2:57
V. Ruffo
14. Ricercare in Sol 1:49
MS Castell’Arquato
15. Io mi sono gioveneta 2:51
D. Ferrabosco, MS Castell’Arquato
16-17. O felici occhi miei 6:07
J. Arcadelt, V. Ruffo
18. La Disperata 1:28
V. Ruffo
19. Martin menoit 2:02
V. Ruffo, C. Janequin
20-21. Pavana & Saltarello in Ut 3:44
MS Castell’Arquato
22. El Cromato 1:38
V. Ruffo
23. Da bei rami scendea 4:10
V. Ruffo, J. Arcadelt
TASTO SOLO
Anne-Kathryn Olsen, soprano · Riccardo Pisani, baritone
Bertrand Cuiller, Renaissance harpsichord · Bérengère Sardin, Renaissance harp
Pau Marcos, viola bastarda · Bor Zuljan, Renaissance lute
Guillermo Pérez, organetto & direction
Recorded at the Château de Bournazel (France), November 2021.
