Libro primo
Rolf Lisveland
- Label
- ECM New Series
- Catalogue number
- ECM 2848
- Release date
- 29 August 2025
- Format
- Digital
On his latest recording for ECM's New Series, lute virtuoso Rolf Lislevand turns to the revolutionary baroque literature for archlute and chitarrone, interpreting works by 17th-century lute composers largely found in their first printed books – their respective libri primi . In striking solo performances, the Norwegian explores the progressive character of pieces by the Italians Johann Hieronymous Kapsberger, Giovanni Paolo Foscarini and Bernardo Gianoncelli, as well as two Recerercadas by the Spaniard Diego Ortiz. Lislevand takes historically informed liberties in his interpretations, improvises frequently, as was customary at the time, and even contributes his own personal study of the challenging Passacaglia form with his "Passacaglia al modo mio". The modernity of the melodic and rhythmic sensibility of this music can be surprising everywhere, which underscores Lislevand's deeper dive into this repertoire. "The new style marked a break with traditional renaissance polyphony", he writes in the accompanying notes to the cd. The so-called ' nuove musica' that he gave, "brought unusually dissonant and bold harmonic idioms, as well as an entirely newly discovered ability to express the emotional content of text, accompanied by previously unheard notions of rhythmic complexity." Lislevand's own expressive approach to the music brings it fully into the present. The album was recorded in Moosestudios, Norway, between 2022 and 2023, mixed in Munich in 2024 and produced by Rolf Lislevand and Manfred Eicher.
Tracklist
- 01 Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto: Toccata terza 02:01
- 02 Li cinque libri della chitarra alla spagnola: Tasteggiata 03:22
- 03 Intro / Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto: Toccata sesta 03:51
- 04 Il liuto di Bernardo Giaconcelli detto il Bernardello: Corrente con le sue spezzate 02:02
- 05 Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto: Toccata quinta 03:03
- 06 Passacaglia al modo mio 07:24
- 07 Libro terzo d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata seconda 03:17
- 08 Trattado de Glosas: Recercada sesta 01:53
- 09 Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarone: Kapsberger 02:18
- 10 Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata seconda arpeggiata 02:35
- 11 Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata prima 04:08
- 12 Libro primo d' intavolatura di lauto: Gagliarda prima 02:17
- 13 Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone / lntavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone: Folias 05:23
- 14 Trattado de glosas: Recercada quinta 03:08
Source: MusicBrainz
