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Two Lutes with Grace
Marc Lewon
The plectrum lute duo was one of the most popular ensembles for professional instrumentalistsin late 15th-century Western Europe. This recording presents for the first time the bulk of a surviving repertoire that can arguably be considered for the lute duo, performed on two equal plectrum lutes or with a combination of lute and gittern - a smaller member of the lute family. The album, inspired by the Ferrarese virtuoso Pietrobono dal Chitarino (c. 1417-1497), acclaimed in his lifetime as 'the foremost lutenist in the world', includes the earliest printed lute duos by Francesco Spinacino and Joan Ambrosio Dalza and the two-voice instrumental works by Johannes Tinctoris. The often highly ornamented instru-mental duos are mostly reworkings of songs, some of which are given here in a performance with the singer Grace Newcombe to provide the context for the lute arrangements that follow.
PLECTRUM LUTE DUOS OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY
| Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Composer | Agricola, Alexander / Anonymous / Bedyngham, Johannes / Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit / Dalza, Joan Ambrosio / Frye, Walter / Ghiselin, Johannes / Ghizeghen, Hayne van / Josquin Desprez / Roelkin, / Tinctoris, Johannes |
| Released | February 28, 2020 |
| EAN/UPC | 0747313385478 |
| Label | NAXOS 8573854 |
| Genre | Renaissance Music |
| Dimensions | 125 × 141 × 9 mm · 100 g (Weight (estimated)) |
