ENSEMBLE FOR THE SEICENTO

• Ensemble for the Seicento

"Ensemble for the Seicento...handles this music with brio...spirited playing all around...It's a pleasure to hear an ensemble that's not afraid to rock when the music warrants it. All the brightness and spirit are vividly captured in a recording that has a detailed but very natural sound."

EARLY MUSIC AMERICA, FALL 2002

ENSEMBLE FOR THE SEICENTO represents the collaboration of four performers from different musical, cultural, and educational backgrounds, with a mutual passion for early Italian Baroque music. The Ensemble's unique and imaginative instrumental palette allows for lively and colorfully varied continuo and solo combinations and fresh, dynamic interpretations of music from a fascinating time of transition between the Renaissance and the Baroque. Formed in 1995, the New York-based ensemble has presented concerts for numerous seasons under the auspices of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, and was a finalist in the 2000 Dorian/Early Music America Recording Competition.

JUAN ARANES
Chaconna

GIROLAMO FRESOBALDI
Aria de Romanesca
Aria Di Passacglia

DIEGO ORTIZ
Capona/Recercada Settima Sobre la Romanesca
Recercada Segunda Sobre El Passamezzo Moderno
Recercada Primera Sobre El Passamezzo Antiguo

ORATIO BASSANI
Toccata Del Signor

IMPROVISATION
Folia Di Spagna

GIOVANNI FELICES SANCES
Passacaglia-Ciaconna/Cantata Voce Sopra La Passacaglia

MATTEO COFERATI
Lauda Spirituale/Folias Di Spagna

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BOVICELLI
Ancor Che Col Partire

GIOVANNI BASSANO
Ancor Che Col Partire- Diminutions

BENEDETTO FERRARI
Cantata A Voce sopra la Ciaconna

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