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Of all the instruments that were developed during the Renaissance, the bassoon undoubtedly has the most curious history. Associated with music in the open air, it was also praised for the sweetness of its sound, as certain of its - such as dolce suono - show.
The musicians of Syntagma Amici here explore the use of the bassoon as a family of instruments in polyphonic repertoire of the 16th century as well as in early virtuoso pieces that were dedicated to it at the beginning of the 17th century.
Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore
Terpsichore: Ballet
Adriano Banchieri: Canzon sesta: L'Alcenagina sopra Vestiva i colli
Canzon sesta: L'Alcenagina sopra Vestiva i colli
Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde: Vestiva i colli
Vestiva i colli
Gioseffo Guami: La Lucchesina
La Lucchesina
Philippe Verdelot: Madonna per voi ardo (arr. A. Willaert)
Madonna per voi ardo (arr. A. Willaert)
Giorgio Mainerio: Il primo libro de balli
Il primo libro de balli: Pass'e mezzo della Paganina e Saltarello
Giovanni Bassano: Nativitas tua Dei genitrix
Nativitas tua Dei genitrix
Federico Glamonte: Toccata di durezze sopra La fagotta
Toccata di durezze sopra La fagotta
Tylman Susato: Danserye
Danserye: Branle: No. 24. Fagot
Federico Glamonte: Canzona sopra La Fagotta
Canzona sopra La Fagotta
Jacques Moderne: Basse dance - Tordion
Basse dance - Tordion
Girolamo Parabosco: Da pacem Domine
Da pacem Domine
Eustache Du Caurroy: Fantasie sur Une jeune fillette
Fantasie sur Une jeune fillette
Philipp Friedrich Boddecker: Sonata sopra la monica
Sacra Partitura: Sonata sopra La Monica
Thomas Selle: Domine exaudi orationem meam
Domine exaudi orationem meam
Diego Ortiz: Recercada segunda sobre Douce memoire
Recercada segunda sobre, "Douce memoire"
Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde: Canzona a 2
Canzona a 2
Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde: Corente - Balletto - Gagliarda a 2
Corente - Balletto - Gagliarda a 2
Federico Glamonte: Toccata con imitazione
Toccata con imitazione
Giovanni Antonio Bertoli: Sonata No. 7
Sonata No. 7
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