Alla Caccia
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Composer or Director: Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger
Label: Musick's Monument
Magazine Review Date: 1/1997
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 70
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 30365 0009-2
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Lascivette pastorelle |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Avrilla mia |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Tu che pallido essangue |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Gia risi del mio mal |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Alla caccia pastori |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Augelin |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Ite sospiri miei |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Pieta di chi si mora |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Amor non piangere |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Voi che dietro |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Fuggi fuggi l'inganno |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Figlio dormi |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Sussurat'aure volante |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Nò nò nò non burlar meco |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Tu dormi anima mia |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Spiega la vela nocchiero |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Che fai tu |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone, Movement: Canzone prima |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone, Movement: Kapsperger |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
| Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone, Movement: Passacaglia in G |
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer
(La) Sfera Armoniosa Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger, Composer |
Author: John Duarte
Kapsberger was a German of noble birth who lived and worked in Italy for most of his life. He is remembered mainly (exclusively on the Gramophone Database) as a player of, and composer for, the lute, chitarrone and theorbo. His playing of the last of these was eyebrow-raisingly described by a contemporary Roman poet as thundering and blazing “with German passion”. His compositions for plucked strings certainly abound in amiable eccentricities, but his hitherto unrecorded vocal works and the punctuating instrumental items in this programme show no trace of them. Kapsberger’s motivation to write vocal music came from his association with the rich and powerful Barberini family, notably Cardinal Francesco (nephew of the Pope), in whose private orchestra he was employed (together with Frescobaldi) and to whom several of his works were dedicated. Francesco loved vocal music, especially that written for high (and few) voices.
If Kapsberger, a set of dance variations for the chitarrone, is a self-portrait it is of his sober German face; the vocal music, on the other hand, shows his honorary Italian status. In his gift of melody in the service of every mood, from the solemn to the joyous, he needed to bow to few of his contemporaries. Constanze Backes and Maria Jonas use every expressive vocal device and trip sure-footedly through the demanding passagi and fiorature, and the support of their instrumental colleagues could hardly be better. The recording per se is superb. The important question is not why Kapsberger wrote vocal music, but rather why it has remained in obscurity for so long – to which I add two more: how soon will we hear the enchanting La Sfera Armoniosa again, and what fresh buried treasure will they unearth?'
If Kapsberger, a set of dance variations for the chitarrone, is a self-portrait it is of his sober German face; the vocal music, on the other hand, shows his honorary Italian status. In his gift of melody in the service of every mood, from the solemn to the joyous, he needed to bow to few of his contemporaries. Constanze Backes and Maria Jonas use every expressive vocal device and trip sure-footedly through the demanding passagi and fiorature, and the support of their instrumental colleagues could hardly be better. The recording per se is superb. The important question is not why Kapsberger wrote vocal music, but rather why it has remained in obscurity for so long – to which I add two more: how soon will we hear the enchanting La Sfera Armoniosa again, and what fresh buried treasure will they unearth?'
Alla Caccia
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