IL SPIRITILLO BRANDO Andrea Falconieri
Dance music in the courts of Italy and Spain, c.1650
GCD 923101
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La Ritirata
Tamar Lalo, recorders Miren Zeberio, Baroque violin Raúl Orellana, Baroque violin Enrike Solinís, Baroque guitar & archlute Daniel Zapico, theorbo Ignacio Prego, harpsichord Daniel Oyarzábal, chest organ Sara Águeda, triple harpDavid Mayoral, percussion
Josetxu Obregón, Baroque cello & direction
Production details
Total playing time 62:32 Recorded in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Real Coliseo de Carlos III), Spain, in May 2011 and December 2012 Engineered by Federico Prieto (Master Acoustics)Edited by Federico Prieto, Josetxu Obregón and Tamar Lalo Produced by Federico Prieto and Josetxu ObregónHarpsichord tuned by Rafael Marijuán Executive producer and editorial director: Carlos CésterEditorial assistance: María Díaz Booklet in English - Français - Español - DeutschDigipak with 32-page colour bookletMade in Austria by Sony DADC
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IL SPIRITILLO BRANDOAndrea Falconieri
Diego Ortiz (c.1510-c.1570)01 Recercadas sobre tenores italianos
Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656) 02 Corriente dicha la Mota, echa para Don Pedro de la Mota 03 Ciaccona04 La Benedetta
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692) 05 Toccata06 Bergamasca per la lettera B
Dario Castello (c.1590-c.1630)07 Sonata II a sopran solo
Andrea Falconieri 08 La Suave Melodia 09 Passacalle10 Alemana dicha Villega
Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (1667-1727)11 Sonata VIII per Camera
Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712)12 Corrente italiana
Diego Ortiz13 Recercadas sobre la canción “Doulce Memoire”
Andrea Falconieri14 Folias echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla de Carallenos
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c.1580-c.1640)15 Fantasia a basso solo
Giovanni Gabrieli (1563-1612)16 Ricercare del VII e VIII tono
Andrea Falconieri 17 Corrente detta L’Auellina 18 Corriente dicha la Cuella 19 Il Spiritillo Brando20 Brando dicho el Melo
Anonymous (17th century)21 Chacona
Domenico Gabrielli (1659-1690)22 Ricercare V
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde23 Canzon quinta a tre, Doi Soprani e Basso
Andrea Falconieri 24 Battaglia de Barabaso yerno de Satanás
About this CD
With Il Spiritillo Brando from La Ritirata comes an opportunity to enjoy exciting performances from a new name on the Spanish early music scene as well as a thrilling ride across the terrain of the Spanish and Italian courtly instrumental traditions as the Renaissance danced its way into the Baroque.
Not since the days when brothers José Miguel and Emilio Moreno made their first recordings for Glossa has any Spanish musician been invited to figure on the label from El Escorial. This is now changing with the arrival of the talents of Josetxu Obregón and his Spanish colleagues from La Ritirata – counting amongst them the best in the younger string, plucked-string, wind and keyboard players from the country – as they bring us the dance rhythm delights of Andrea Falconieri, whose music leads the way into contributions from the likes of Diego Ortiz and Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde; permitting the individual members of La Ritirata to demonstrate their virtuosic skills and commitment to the music that they perform. This includes Josetxu Obregón himself, who as a cellist, delights in music from late 17th century exponents of the cello in Giuseppe Maria Jacchini, Giovanni Battista Vitali and Domenico Gabrielli.
As the title implies, Il Spiritillo Brando evokes both the social dancing which will have taken place in the court of the Spanish viceroyalty in Naples itself, and the mischievous duendes which roamed the streets, animating all the proceedings in the vicinity!
Josetxu Obregón is one of a new generation of musicians hailing from Spain and like many younger musicians in many countries he has undergone further studies outside his own native country. However, what sets this early music performer (as also with Fahmi Alqhai) apart from others is that he has been invited to join the “family” of Glossa artists – indeed Obregón and Alqhai are the first Spanish musicians to join the label since the days of José Miguel Moreno and Emilio Moreno. With his fellow performers Obregón has created a spectacular entertainment for their first album, Il Spiritillo Brando, which captures the spirit of Spanish courtly entertainment across the 16th and 17th centuries through instrumental music, as well as allowing today’s modern performers to display their virtuosity in music from the time. Appropriately, the recording was made in the Real Coliseo de Carlos III, in Glossa’s home town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Here, in welcoming Obregón to the label, we have taken the opportunity to talk to him about his new recording and how, as a musician from the recent generation in Spain, he regards the performing of “early music” today. [read more...]