The Carlo G Manuscript: Virtuoso liturgical music from the early 17th century

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In places intimate, in others ravishing, these pieces are a delightful find, and are beautifully performed, recorded and presented — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…

Release Date: 19th May 2017
Catalogue No: GCD922516
Label: Glossa
Length: 65 minutes

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anon.: Veni dilecte mi (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length6:30

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Veni dilecte mi

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anon.: Tota pulchra es (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length2:07

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Tota pulchra es

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anon.: Amor Jesu dulcissime (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length2:02

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Amor Jesu dulcissime

Track length2:02

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Quagliati: Alma mater

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Caccini, G: Benché sovra le stelle (‘per monache’)

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

anon.: Ricercar [Biblioteca musicale Laurence K. J. Feininger, MS FP 236]

Work length2:44

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Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

anon.: Sub umbra illius (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length2:25

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Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Sub umbra illius

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anon.: Toccata in D [Chigi Manuscript, Q IV 24]

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Elam Rotem (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Toccata in D Minor (Chigi MS Q IV 24)

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anon.: Mater Hierusalem (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length2:40

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ)
Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Mater Hierusalem

Track length2:40

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anon.: Ego flos campi (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Ego flos campi

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anon.: Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat

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anon.: Panis angelicus (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

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Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ), Plamena Nikitassova (violin)
Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Panis angelicus

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anon.: Toccata in A [Chigi Manuscript, Q IV 27]

Work length1:32

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Elam Rotem (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Toccata in A Minor (Chigi MS Q IV 27)

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anon.: Iste est (‘per S. Bernardo’) (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length2:28

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Iste est (Per S. Bernardo)

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anon.: Peccavi super numerum (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Peccavi super numerum

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anon.: Toccata elevatione [Chigi Manuscript, Q IV 29]

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Elam Rotem (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Toccata elevatione (Chigi MS Q IV 29)

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anon.: Miserere mei (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Miserere

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anon.: Nigra sum (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Nigra sum

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Giacobbi: Luce gratiae tuae

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Quagliati: Toccata

Work length2:49

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Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Toccata dell'ottavo tono

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Caccini, G: Deus Dominus meus

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

anon.: Canzone [Biblioteca musicale Laurence K. J. Feininger, MS FP 236]

Work length1:43

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Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ)
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

anon.: Sicut sponsus matris (from Di Carlo G. Manuscript, ca. 1600-1620)

Work length3:20

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Profeti Della Quinta
Elam Rotem
Recorded: 26-27 April / 2-6 May 2016
Recording Venue: Chiesa del Santi Eusebio e Vittore, Peglio, Italy

Sicut sponsus matris

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Some 15 years ago, the hitherto unknown "Carlo G Manuscript" was purchased at a Vienna jumble sale for the princely sum of 60 euros. Once a doctoral thesis has been prepared based on this document and it had been made available on the internet in the form of scanned images, the manuscript was sold by Sotheby's at auction to an anonymous buyer in 2007, as a consequence of which it has once again disappeared. The fact that the surname of its author had become illegible as a result of a smudge deepens the mystery surrounding the manuscript even further - however, although being from the same time as that of the famous Carlo Gesualdo, everything points to the fact the prince of Venosa was not the composer being searched for... An extensive selection of pieces from the manuscript can now be heard courtesy of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, performed by the ensemble Profeti della Quinta, and directed by the organist Elam Rotem. These are liturgical pieces dating from the early seventeenth century which undoubtedly would have sounded in Central Italy in a very similar from to what can be heard on this recording: one of the manuscript's peculiar characteristics is that it includes, exactly - note for note - what is expected from the singers and organist. This embraces the complex ornamentations which, by and large, musicians would improvise and wouldn't be written down. The acoustic of the Chiesa dei Santi Eusebio e Vittore de Peglio, Italy provides added authenticity to a project which is entrancing from every angle.

Reviews

August 2017

In places intimate, in others ravishing, these pieces are a delightful find, and are beautifully performed, recorded and presented

11th June 2017

The pieces, many ascribed to the otherwise unknown “Carlo G”, are scored for continuo with one or two voices, and notable for their ornamentation. Profeti della Quinta, with the soprano Perrine Devillers and the countertenor Doron Schleifer, give stylish performances.

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