Leonardo Da Vinci: La Musique Secrète

Doulce Mémoire, having devoted themselves to Renaissance music for the past 30 years, have decided to pay homage to Leonardo da Vinci. Their founder-director, Denis Raisin Dadre, an eminent specialist in the music of the period and a great lover of pictorial art, has devised an original programme. He chose around fifteen paintings, many of which are now in the Louvre: 'The Baptism of Christ', 'The Virgin of the Rocks', 'Portrait of Isabella d'Este', 'Portrait of an Unknown Woman' ('La belle ferronnière'), 'Saint Anne', 'St John the Baptist' and of course 'La Gioconda'. He then matched them with works by Jacob Obrecht (1457 - 1505), Josquin Desprez (1450 - 1521), laude for the Annunciation. There are also some frotolle, and songs to texts by Petrarch accompanied by the lira da braccio, an instrument Leonardo played himself. This recording comes with a handsome booklet, including reproductions of the pictures by Leonardo, some in detail, giving an intimate insight into them; there is also a text by Denis Raisin Dadre explaining his selection.

1: Ave Maria
2: Ave Maria a 4
3: Vergine Immaculata (Instrumental)
4: Ave Maria a 5
5: Planxit Autem David
6: Basse Danse Venus (Instrumental)
7: Donne, Venete Al Ballo
8: Tante Volte Si Si Si
9: Ave Mater Matris Dei
10: Bel Fiore (Instrumental)
11: Recercare (Instrumental)
12: Poi Che T'hebbi Nel Core (Contrafactum De Fortuna Desperata)
13: Fortuna Desperata (Instrumental)
14: Poi Che T'hebbi Nel Core
15: Fortuna Desperata - Sancte Petre, Ora Pro Nobis
16: Agnus Dei
17: Rime, Sonetto XVIII
18: Lucrecia Pulchra (Mona Lisa Pulchra)
19: De Tous Biens Playne
20: Non Val' Acqua
21: L'acqua Vale Al Mio Gran Foco
22: Gli Pur Gionto El Giorno
23: Tanto L'afano (Le Despourvu Infortuné)
24: Elizabeth Zachariæ

Composer: Francesco Patavino, Domenico Da Piacenza, Johannes de la Fage, Jean L'Heritier, Michele Pesenti, Marchetto Cara, Francesco Spinacino, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Josquin Desprez, Jacob Obrecht, Johannes de Pinarol, Firminus Caron, Frater Petrus, Heinrich Isaac, Hayne van Ghizeghem

Conductor: Denis Raisin Dadre

Number of Discs: 1

UK Delivery:

• Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
• £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
• UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

International Delivery:

• Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

Dispatch and Delivery Times:

• All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
• UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

View our full delivery infomation here.