L'Arte dei Piffari: Cornetts and Sackbuts in Early Baroque Italy

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This anthology constructs a narrative through Italian music ranging acoross more than a century, from about 1580 to 1700, and most of the pieces are transcriptions taken from short sacred polyphony... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

Release Date: 15th Jun 2015
Catalogue No: PC10332
Label: Pan Classics
Length: 62 minutes

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Malvezzi: Intermedium "La pellegrina"

Work length2:18

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Ventosum Ensemble

Sinfonia a 4

Track length2:18

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Malvezzi: Coppia gentil (arr. for 2 cornets and 4 trombones)

Work length1:20

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Ventosum Ensemble

Marenzio: Chi dal delfino

Work length2:00

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Palestrina: Ave Maria

Work length5:05

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Bassano, G: Concerti ecclesiastici

Work length2:54

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Ventosum Ensemble

Concerti ecclesiastici: O doctor optime

Track length2:54

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anon.: El bisson [Bayerische Staatsbibliothel Munchen, Mus.ms 1503h] (arr. W. Dongois for 2 cornets and 3 trombones)

Work length2:58

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Ventosum Ensemble

anon.: sua gagliarda a 5 (arr. W. Dongois for 2 cornets and 4 trombones)

Work length2:06

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Ventosum Ensemble

Rore: Calami sonum ferentes (arr. for 4 trombones)

Work length5:56

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Ventosum Ensemble

Gussago: Sonate a 4,6,8, con alcuni concerti a 8

Work length3:54

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Ventosum Ensemble

Sonate a 4,6,8, con alcuni concerti a 8: Sonata undecima, "La Marina"

Track length3:54

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Gabrieli, G: Sacrae Symphoniae

Work length5:14

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Sacrae symphoniae: Domine exaudi (arr. W. Dongois for 2 cornets and 4 trombones)

Track length5:14

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Gabrieli, A: Maria stabat ad monumentum (arr. W. Dongois for cornet)

Work length6:03

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William Dongois (cornet), Gösta Funck (organ)

Casa: Il primo libre de motetti

Work length4:54

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Ventosum Ensemble

Il primo libre de motetti: Jubilate deo

Track length4:54

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Rossi, S: Sinfonie et gagliarde, Book 1

Work length2:23

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Ventosum Ensemble
Recorded: February 2013 - February 2014
Recording Venue: Sankt Nikolai, Berlin-Spandau, Germany

Sinfonia a 5 (arr. for 2 cornets and 3 trombones)

Track length1:17

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Gagliarda a 5 (arr. for 2 cornets and 3 trombones)

Track length1:06

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Vecchi: Selva di varia ricreatione

Work length2:26

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Ventosum Ensemble

Selva di varia ricreatione: Balletto a 5

Track length2:26

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Francesco Magini: Sinfonia prima

Work length3:36

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Perti: Stella ista sicut flamina

Work length3:48

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Massimiliano Neri: Sonate da sonarsi con varij stromenti

Work length5:46

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Ventosum Ensemble

Sonate da sonarsi con varij stromenti: Sonata a 6

Track length5:46

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William Dongois, Franck Poitrineau and Stefan Legée founded the Ensemble Ventosum in order to perform historically correct interpretations of the music for their instruments – cornetts and sackbuts (baroque trombones). An important concern of the ensemble is cooperation on equal terms between all the musicians without any fixed hierarchical structure; this enables them to play freely and creatively, combining musicological knowledge with a zest for improvisation.

Both instrumental groups existed in various sizes and ranges and were considered brass consorts – which is not actually correct, for cornetts were made out of wood, after all. These kinds of consorts were used in the areas of both secular and sacred music because their full, sustainable sound made them ideally suited for playing in churches, large spaces and outdoors.

The Ensemble Ventosum introduces Italian music from the "golden age" of cornetts and sackbuts - which lasted from about 1580 to 1650 - on the CD L’Arte dei Piffari. It includes works for grand princely weddings and dances as well as instrumental motets and madrigals, providing a representative overview of the wide variety of applications of these instruments and the "art of the winds" (L’Arte dei Piffari) of this epoch.

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September 2015

This anthology constructs a narrative through Italian music ranging acoross more than a century, from about 1580 to 1700, and most of the pieces are transcriptions taken from short sacred polyphony originally written for voices...these expertly played interpretations are manna from heaven for those who adore Renaissance brass consorts.

L'Arte dei Piffari

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