SECONDE STRAVAGANZE
Venetian & Neapolitan music for viol consort

Antonio Valente (fl. 2nd half of 16th c.)
1 Lo Ballo dell’Intorcia (Tenore del paso e mezzo)

Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
2 Moro, lasso

Anon. Ms. Chigi - Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)
3 La Moniche

Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c.1575-1647)
4 Gagliarda I, La Galante

Gioanpietro Del Buono (fl. mid 17th c.)
5 Sonata vii, stravagante sull’Ave maris stella

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
6 Sonata VI

Cherubino Waesich (?)
7 Canzone II

Salomone Rossi (1570-c.1630)
8 Sonata sopra l’Aria di Ruggiero

Giovanni Maria Trabaci
9 Gagliarda V cromatica, La Trabacina
10 Canzon VII, Cromatica

Bartolomeo Montalbano (c.1600-1651)
11 Sinfonia XI, Pianello

Bernardo Storace (fl. 2nd half of 17th c.)
12 Pastorale

Giovanni De Macque (1548?-1614)
13 Seconde Stravaganze

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About this CD

Guido Balestracci’s passion for extending the repertoire of the viol consort, especially with Italian music, took flight with this 1999 recording of Seconde Stravaganze (made originally for Symphonia) and now available on Glossa Cabinet. Happy to push boundaries in an “extravagant” but well thought-through way Balestracci – with his ensemble L’Amoroso of gambas, harp, keyboard instruments and percussion – conjured up an entertainment of Venetian and Neapolitan music for viol consort. Whether these 16th and 17th century pieces (Gesualdo, Trabaci, Del Buono, Montalbano, Legrenzi, Storace et al) were originally scored for voices, organ, harpsichord or viols, Balestracci and his musicians create transformations which remain true to the first composers’ intentions, and which sound as fresh today as when they were first recorded.