Alfonso Ferrabosco
2005 | Harmonia Mundi France
CD info
Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1588) 'Il Padre' has suffered a curious fate: he has long been neglected on record, yet in his own time he was the most eminent representative of a famous Bolognese musical dynasty. After emigrating to England at an early age, he spent most of his life in the service of Elizabeth I, earning the admiration of his peers. Though implicated in some distinctly murky affairs - could he have been a secret agent for the queen? - Ferrabosco was above all a musical genius, capable of equally felicitous expression in the motet, the madrigal or the polyphonic chanson.
Tracks
Dolci Ire (madrigal à 5) Auprés de vous (chanson à 5) In Nomine I (instr.) Peccantem me quotidie (motet à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic anima mea: Prima Pars : Benedic anima mea (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea : Secunda Pars : Extendens caelum (à 4) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Tertia Pars : Qui fundasti terram (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Quatra Pars : Qui emittis fontes (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Quinta Pars : Rigans montes (à 4) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Sexta Pars : Saturabuntur ligna campi (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Septima Pars : Posuisti tenebras (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Octava Pars : Quam magnificata sunt (à 3) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Nona Pars : Draco iste (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Decima Pars : Emittes spiritum tuum (à 5) Psalmus CIII - Benedic Anima Mea: Undecima Pars : Cantabo domino (à 6) Bruna sei tu, ma bella (madrigal à 5) Domine, non secundum peccata nostra (motet à 6) Quel sempre acerbo (madrigal à 6)
