Io canterei d'amor

Petrarch's Canzoniere in musical settings of the early 16th century

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Music of M. Cara, B. Tromboncino, S. Festa, C. de Sermisy
Ensemble Chanterelle
Gundula Anders – soprano, Liane Ehlich – renaissance flute and recorder,
Sigrun Richter – lute

 

Analogous to Petrarch's maxim to say more beautifully what others have already said, the settings of Canzoniere texts chosen for this recording demonstrate different possible interpretive renderings, even of the same texts: the music is by no means supplementary, but an essential component of the interpretation. These settings reflect both tendencies in Italian music of the 16th century as well as the musical reception of Petrarch.

"I would like to have a canzona by Petrarch set to music and ask you to select one that is to your liking and inform me of the title". Isabella d'Este, Countess of Mantua, who was considered by her contemporaries as "la prima donna del mondo" because of her exemplary as well as ambitious life-style, appealed to her court poet Niccolò da Corregio with this request in 1504. His answer followed but a few days later: "I chose the one that I like best; it starts with the words Si è debile il filo a cui s'atiene. It seems to me that it lends itself well to being set to music because it has lines that grow and diminish (crescendo et sminuendo)".

Analogous to Petrarch's maxim to say more beautifully what others have already said, the settings of Canzoniere texts chosen for this recording demonstrate different possible interpretive renderings, even of the same texts: the music is by no means supplementary, but an essential component of the interpretation. These settings reflect both tendencies in Italian music of the 16th century as well as the musical reception of Petrarch.

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