Title: 2 Lutes with Grace
Artist: 2 Lutes with Grace / Various
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 747313385478
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020-03-13
Number of Discs: 1

The plectrum lute duo was one of the most popular ensembles for professional instrumentalists in late 15th-century Western Europe. This recording presents for the first time the bulk of a surviving repertoire that can arguably be considered for the lute duo, performed on two equal plectrum lutes or with a combination of lute and gittern- a smaller member of the lute family. The album, inspired by the Ferrarese virtuoso Pietrobono dal Chitarino (c. 1417-1497), acclaimed in his lifetime as 'the foremost lutenist in the world,' includes the earliest printed lute duos by Francesco Spinacino and Joan Ambrosio Dalza and the two-voice instrumental works by Johannes Tinctoris. The often highly ornamented instrumental duos are mostly reworkings of songs, some of which are given here in a performance with the singer Grace Newcombe to provide the context for the lute arrangements that follow.

Tracks:
1.1 La Bernardina de Josquin (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)
1.2 Duo [Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, Ms 1013 (M 36)]
1.3 Calata a Doi Lauti
1.4 J'ay Pris Amours (Arr. J. Martini for Voice)
1.5 J'ay Pris Amours [Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, Ms 1013 (M 36)]
1.6 Jay Pris Amours (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)
1.7 De Tous Biens Playne
1.8 La Spagna [Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, Ms 1013 (M 36)]
1.9 Alleluja
1.10 Je Ne Fay (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)
1.11 Comme Femme Desconfortee
1.12 Comme Femme Desconfortee
1.13 Comme Femme (Arr. M. Lewon for Lute and Gittern)
1.14 Fecit Potentiam
1.15 Fortune Alas (Arr. D. Fallows for Voice)
1.16 Fortune Alas [Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, Ms 1013 (M 36)]
1.17 Fortuna Desperata (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)
1.18 Le Souvenir
1.19 Juli Amours (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)
1.20 Tenor So Ys Enprentyd
1.21 So Ys Empretid
1.22 Tout a Par Moy
1.23 Saltarello
1.24 Piva (Version for 2 Lutes)
1.25 Duo [Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, Ms 1013 (M 36)]
1.26 Dung Aultre Amer
1.27 De Tous Biens Playne
1.28 De Tous Biens (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)
1.29 Gaudeamus Omnes in Domino
1.30 Mit Ganzem Willen (Arr. M. Lewon for Voice)
1.31 Mit Ganzem Willen WÜNSCH Ich Dir (Arr. C. Young, P. Kieffer for Lute Duo)

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