Martin Shepherd: Fantasia: Lute Music from the Early 16th Century

This debut solo recording by respected lutenist and lutemaker Martin Shepherd, played on an instrument of his own making, brings together a range of little-known German and Italian music from the first half of the 16th century. It showcases different responses to the desire to bring both sacred and secular polyphony into a more intimate context, from simple intabulations of vocal works to entirely new pieces based on themes from or inspired by them: fantasia as a process as much as a genre.

1: Ein Seer Guter Organistischer Preambl
2: Mille Regretz
3: Tota Pulchra
4: Favus Distillans
5: Ha Traitre Amours
6: Mes Pensées Ne Me Lessent Une Heure
7: La Bernardina
8: La Plus Des Plus
9: Benedictus (A 3)
10: Preambel No. 2 for Lute
11: La Alfonsina
12: Preambel No. 3 for Lute
13: Adieu Mes Amours
14: Recercar for Lute, Ness 48
15: Recercar Sesto for Lute, Ness 73
16: De Mon Triste
17: Fantasia for Lute 'De Mon Triste'
18: Fantasia for Lute (After Da Milano)
19: Recercar for Lute (After Segni)
20: Fantasia for Lute (After Segni)
21: Recercar for Lute, Ness 34
22: Fantasia for Lute
23: Recercar for Lute
24: Fantasia for Lute, Ness 15

Composer: Hans Judenkunig, Francesco Da Milano, Hans Neusidler, Loyset Compere, Johannes Ghiselin, Perino Fiorentino, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Stockhem, Heinrich Isaac, Jean Richafort

Number of Discs: 1

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