La Morte Della Ragione

Giovanni Antonini, flautist and founder of the legendary Italian ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, enjoys musical voyages, the discursiveness of music. He begins with an anonymous 16th century pavane, 'La Morte della Ragione' ('The Death of Reason'), which he believes refers to 'In Praise of Folly', in which its author Erasmus distinguishes between two forms of madness: 'a sweet illusion of the spirit', and a negative form, 'one that the vengeful Furies conjure up from hell.'. This succession of 'musical pictures' leads us to the threshold of the Baroque era, starting out with the 'Puzzle Canon' by John Dunstable (1390 - ca.1453), whose manuscript is an enigma. Via the 'bizarre' style of Alexander Agricola (1446 - ca.1506) and his obsessive, ostinato rhythm - almost an anticipation of minimalist music. To the improvisatory freedom of the 'Galliard Battaglia' de Scheidt (1587 - 1654), a battle piece involving a great many diminutions or 'divisions', a common technique of improvisation in the Renaissance. This grand instrumental musical fresco of time and space is a kind of self-portrait of Giovanni Antonini and his longstanding musical colleagues. To accompany this disc, a richly-illustrated booklet presents a free-ranging iconographical tour combining pictures and contemporary photos.

1: Preludio a Flauto Solo
2: La Morte Della Ragione
3: Gagliarda
4: In Nomine Crye
5: De Tous Biens Plaine
6: De Tous Biens Plaine
7: De Tous Bien Plaine I
8: De Tous Bien Plaine II (A)
9: De Tous Bien Plaine III
10: De Tous Bien Plaine II (B)
11: Puzzle Canon
12: Nymphes Des Bois (La Déploration De La Mort De Johannes Ockeghem)
13: La Battaglia
14: Upon La Mi Re
15: Schiarazula Marazula, Ungarescha & Saltarello
16: Sonata XIII a Otto Voci
17: Seconda Stravaganza
18: La Rose
19: Sonata Decimaquarta a 4
20: Dormendo Un Giorno
21: La Napolitana
22: 4 Vocum
23: Canzon Francese Del Principe
24: Tarantella
25: Sonata VII Stravagante Sull'Ave Maris Stella
26: Fantasia & Echo
27: Galliard Battaglia

Composer: Samuel Scheidt, John Baldwine, John Dunstable, Jacob Van Eyck, Hayne van Ghizeghem, Nicolas Gombert, Cristofaro Caresana, Alexander Agricola, Giovanni de Macque, Christopher Tye, Thomas Preston, Vincenzo Ruffo, Dario Castello, Giovanni Gabrieli, Giovanni Pietro del Buono, Giorgio Mainerio, Josquin Desprez, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Carlo Gesualdo

Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico

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