LUZZASCO LUZZASCHI (c.1545-1607)
Quinto Libro de Madrigali

1 Aura ch’errando intorno
2 Itene a volo
3 Lungi da te cor mio
4 Se la mia vita sete
5 Aura ch’errando intorno*
6 O miracol d’amore
7 Ecco, o dolce, o gradita
8 Ahi cruda sorte mia
9 Se parti i’ moro
10 Tu godi o bell’amante
11 Io vissi anima mia
12 Ecco, o dolce, o gradita*
13 Cinto di neve homai
14 A l’hor fia lieto il core
15 Credete a me
16 Vivo da voi lontana
17 Parte il corpo da voi
18 Moro ardendo
19 A l’hor fia lieto il core*
20 Come viva il mio core
21 Godete anima bella
22 Può ben fortuna far
23 Non guardar, che se guardi
24 Itene mie querele (Sesto Libro)**
25 Credete a me*
26 Cor mio, benché lontana (Sesto Libro)**
27 Gioite voi col canto (Settimo Libro)**

* alternative version
** bonus track

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About this CD

The Ferrarese Luzzasco Luzzaschi, a pupil of Cipriano de Rore and teacher in turn of Girolamo Frescobaldi, much admired and praised by the self-same Gesualdo da Venosa, has passed into history as the principal musical inspiration for the Concerto delle Dame, that vocal trio with instrumental accompaniment (for which Glossa has very recently produced a new recording). Luzzaschi’s Quinto Libro de Madrigali from 1595, fully in keeping with the seconda prattica, which stressed the fundamental role of the text both at the point of composing and performing, and which was a new aesthetic which the ensemble La Venexiana led by Claudio Cavina have been responsible for reviving over the last twenty years with a superlative and refined commitment. With this disc from 1999 – their third such for Glossa – the group was definitively recognized as leading modern-day interpreters of madrigals.