Saskia Coolen, Rainer Zipperling, Patrick Ayrton - Diminutions and Ostinati (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Saskia Coolen, Rainer Zipperling, Patrick Ayrton
- Title: Diminutions and Ostinati
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Globe
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:12:03
- Total Size: 384 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. From Tratado de Glosas: Recercada segunda
02. From Obras de Musica: Susanna un jur
03. Diminutions on Ancor che col partire
04. Recercada segunda sobre Doulce memoire
05. From Il primo libro d'intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo: I. Pass'emezzo
06. From Il primo libro d'intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo: II. Gailarda
07. From Fantasie et Correnti: Susanna passeggiata
08. Ancor che col partire
09. Recercada tercera sobre Doulce memoire
10. From Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie: Ricercata quarta
11. Diminutions on Susanne ung jour
12. From Passaggi per potersi esserci essercitare: Ancor che col partire per voila bastarda
13. Dulce memoriae
14. From Il libro primo di Canzone, Sinfonier: La Follia
15. From Il dolcimelo: Ricercata per voila bastarda
16. Diminutions on Ung bergier
17. Vestival i colli passeggiato a doi
18. La Gamba
19. Chiacona
Globe's disc Diminutions and Ostinati deals, according to annotator and principal artist Saskia Coolen, "with the art of ornamentation in Italy from 1550 to 1650." Coolen serves as recorder virtuoso and as the main instrumental voice in music largely meant for viols or lute, and is supported by gambist Rainer Zipperling - who is featured in a couple of pieces in the realm of viola bastarda - and harpsichordist Patrick Ayrton in a program made up of some dances and songs from this period that, on their own, would be generally interesting. This would include music of Diego Ortiz, Andrea Gabrieli, Andrea Falconieri, Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde, Tarquinio Merula, and others, including some original pieces by Coolen herself, all designed to support the extensive liner notes inside. That's fine, but the recording is rather boring; the 19 pieces included are taken at roughly the same tempo and the relationship among instrumental voices is also the same throughout. The recorder dominates the proceedings to such extent that, when it is out of the picture for a piece here and there, what one is left with is a quiet recording with the harpsichord being the least readily audible element. Clearly with Globe's Diminutions and Ostinati, premise took center stage and not the program inside; all three - Coolen, Zipperling, and Ayrton - are skillful performers, but there is a nonchalant, workaday quality to the music that merely wears out one's patience rather than informs or enthralls. For those to whom performance practice is paramount, this might prove of some interest anyway, but apart from its pedagogical value, Diminutions and Ostinati is a snoozer.
01. From Tratado de Glosas: Recercada segunda
02. From Obras de Musica: Susanna un jur
03. Diminutions on Ancor che col partire
04. Recercada segunda sobre Doulce memoire
05. From Il primo libro d'intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo: I. Pass'emezzo
06. From Il primo libro d'intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo: II. Gailarda
07. From Fantasie et Correnti: Susanna passeggiata
08. Ancor che col partire
09. Recercada tercera sobre Doulce memoire
10. From Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie: Ricercata quarta
11. Diminutions on Susanne ung jour
12. From Passaggi per potersi esserci essercitare: Ancor che col partire per voila bastarda
13. Dulce memoriae
14. From Il libro primo di Canzone, Sinfonier: La Follia
15. From Il dolcimelo: Ricercata per voila bastarda
16. Diminutions on Ung bergier
17. Vestival i colli passeggiato a doi
18. La Gamba
19. Chiacona
Globe's disc Diminutions and Ostinati deals, according to annotator and principal artist Saskia Coolen, "with the art of ornamentation in Italy from 1550 to 1650." Coolen serves as recorder virtuoso and as the main instrumental voice in music largely meant for viols or lute, and is supported by gambist Rainer Zipperling - who is featured in a couple of pieces in the realm of viola bastarda - and harpsichordist Patrick Ayrton in a program made up of some dances and songs from this period that, on their own, would be generally interesting. This would include music of Diego Ortiz, Andrea Gabrieli, Andrea Falconieri, Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde, Tarquinio Merula, and others, including some original pieces by Coolen herself, all designed to support the extensive liner notes inside. That's fine, but the recording is rather boring; the 19 pieces included are taken at roughly the same tempo and the relationship among instrumental voices is also the same throughout. The recorder dominates the proceedings to such extent that, when it is out of the picture for a piece here and there, what one is left with is a quiet recording with the harpsichord being the least readily audible element. Clearly with Globe's Diminutions and Ostinati, premise took center stage and not the program inside; all three - Coolen, Zipperling, and Ayrton - are skillful performers, but there is a nonchalant, workaday quality to the music that merely wears out one's patience rather than informs or enthralls. For those to whom performance practice is paramount, this might prove of some interest anyway, but apart from its pedagogical value, Diminutions and Ostinati is a snoozer.
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